The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV.J. Murray, 1845 - Judges |
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... remained for the represen- tatives of the nation to bring him to punishment ; he had shed the blood of man , and God made it a duty to demand Arguments his blood in return . They urged that the life of the King was incompatible with ...
... remained for the represen- tatives of the nation to bring him to punishment ; he had shed the blood of man , and God made it a duty to demand Arguments his blood in return . They urged that the life of the King was incompatible with ...
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... remained concealed till the trial was actually begun . They certainly would have acted a more manly part if they had boldly attempted to prevent that which they so much condemned ; and if Bradshaw sin- cerely approved of the prosecution ...
... remained concealed till the trial was actually begun . They certainly would have acted a more manly part if they had boldly attempted to prevent that which they so much condemned ; and if Bradshaw sin- cerely approved of the prosecution ...
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... remained in concealment till they heard that the High Court of Justice had met , had elected Serjeant Bradshaw for President , and had made all the preliminary ar- rangements for the trial . On the 20th of January , the day when the ...
... remained in concealment till they heard that the High Court of Justice had met , had elected Serjeant Bradshaw for President , and had made all the preliminary ar- rangements for the trial . On the 20th of January , the day when the ...
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... remained in full force , no act could be done without the concurrence of one noble Commissioner ; and the twelve Judges being consulted , de- clared that without an order under the Great Seal they must go to Westminster Hall , and begin ...
... remained in full force , no act could be done without the concurrence of one noble Commissioner ; and the twelve Judges being consulted , de- clared that without an order under the Great Seal they must go to Westminster Hall , and begin ...
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... remained absent from England till the 6th of July in the following year , and on his return found Crom- well regularly installed in the office of Lord Protector , and about to meet a parliament called on the soundest principles Cromwell ...
... remained absent from England till the 6th of July in the following year , and on his return found Crom- well regularly installed in the office of Lord Protector , and about to meet a parliament called on the soundest principles Cromwell ...
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Page 185 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 287 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 539 - Lisle, be conveyed from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, where your body is to be burnt alive till you be dead And the Lord have mercy on your soul...
Page 282 - We do in the next place declare our will and pleasure to be that the execution of all and all manner of penal laws in matters ecclesiastical, against whatsoever sort of nonconformists or recusants, be immediately suspended, and they are hereby suspended...
Page 22 - Whitlocke", with his usual candour, never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
Page 534 - ... out of thy writing trade forty years ago it had been happy. Thou pretendest to be a preacher of the gospel of peace, and thou hast one foot in the grave ; it is time for thee to begin to think what account thou intendest to give ; but leave thee to thyself and I see thou wilt go on as thou hast begun ; but, by the grace of God, I'll look after thee.
Page 528 - THE terms of our recognizances were, that we should appear in the Court of King's Bench, on the first day of the ensuing Easter term, and not depart therefrom without the permission of the court.
Page 219 - I need not tell you how much I love parliaments. Never King was so much beholden to parliaments as I have been ; nor do I think the Crown can ever be happy without frequent, parliaments. But assure yourselves, if I should think otherwise, I would never suffer a parliament to come together by the means prescribed by that bill.
Page 519 - Jack.pudding than with that gravity which beseems a Judge : he was mighty witty upon the prisoners at the bar ; he was very full of his jokes upon people that came to give evidence, not suffering them to declare what they had to say in their own way and method...
Page 215 - ... thereunto, through scruple and tenderness of misguided conscience, but modestly and without scandal perform their devotions in their own way...