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" And whereas it is and hath been found by experience, that the office of a King in this nation and Ireland, and to have the power thereof in any single person, is unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety and public interest of the... "
The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as ... - Page 399
by George Lillie Craik - 1841
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Constitutional history - 1906 - 570 pages
...and hath been found by experience, that the office of a King in this nation and Ireland, and to have the power thereof in any single person, is unnecessary,...liberty, safety, and public interest of the people, and that for the most part, use hath been made of the regal power and prerogative to oppress and impoverish...
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A Short History of Mediæval and Modern Times: For Colleges and High Schools

Philip Van Ness Myers - History, Modern - 1906 - 500 pages
...Commonwealth. — A few weeks after the execution of Charles the Commons voted to abolish the office of king as "unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety, and public interest of the people," and also to do away with the House of Lords as likewise " useless and dangerous to the people of England,"...
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General History for Colleges and High Schools

Philip Van Ness Myers - World history - 1906 - 890 pages
...Commonwealth. — A few weeks after the execution of Charles the Commons voted to abolish the office of king as "unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety, and public interest of the people," and also to do away with the House of Lords as likewise " useless and dangerous to the people of England,"...
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The History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Restoration ...

Francis Charles Montague - Great Britain - 1907 - 564 pages
...XVIdangerous, and ought to be abolished. On February 7 they resolved that the office and power of a king were unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety, and public interest of the people, and ought to be abolished. Both resolutions were converted into acts.1 A republic was thus virtually...
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The Reform of the House of Lords: Three Speeches Delivered in that House on ...

Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery - 1910 - 105 pages
...found by experience, and this House does declare, that the office of King in this nation, and to have the power thereof in any single person, is unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, the safety, and the public interests of this nation, and therefore ought to be abolished.' And an Act...
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English Political Institutions: An Introductory Study

Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - Administrative law - 1910 - 484 pages
...committed by him. . . . And whereas it is and hath been found by experience that the office of a king ... is unnecessary, burdensome and dangerous to the liberty, safety and public interest of the people, and that for the most part use hath been made of the regal power and prerogative to oppress and impoverish...
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Sussex in the Great Civil War and the Interregnum, 1642-1660

Charles Thomas-Stanford - Great Britain - 1910 - 416 pages
...offered a ground of settlement. They next abolished the House of Lords, and finally the kingly office, as unnecessary, burdensome and dangerous to the liberty, safety, and public interest of the people. As an executive power they created a Council of State to be chosen by themselves, and to consist of...
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Of Education: Areopagitica; The Commonwealth

John Milton - Education - 1911 - 304 pages
...king was beheaded on Jan. 30, 1649. On Feb. 7, the House passed the resolution that the office of king is " unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the...this nation, and therefore ought to be abolished." — Masson, Iv, 5. 8 There appears now to be little evidence that there was either admiration or terror....
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Yale Studies in English, Volumes 49-51

1914 - 680 pages
...found by Experience, and this House doth declare, that the Office of a King in this Nation, and to have the Power thereof in any Single Person, is unnecessary,...burdensome, and dangerous to the Liberty, Safety, and publick Interest of the People of this Nation ; and therefore ought to be abolished : And that an Act...
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The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, Issue 51

John Milton - Education - 1915 - 284 pages
...found by Experience, and this House doth declare, that the Office of a King in this Nation, and to have the Power thereof in any Single Person, is unnecessary,...burdensome, and dangerous to the Liberty, Safety, and publick Interest of the People of this Nation ; and therefore ought to be abolished : And that an Act...
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