The History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Restoration (1603-1660) |
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... resolved to uphold the bishops with his power , but he probably hoped to overawe the puritans with his learning . He therefore gave orders for a conference where both parties should state their views to him as president , and he should ...
... resolved to uphold the bishops with his power , but he probably hoped to overawe the puritans with his learning . He therefore gave orders for a conference where both parties should state their views to him as president , and he should ...
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... resolved on peace with Spain , nor did he want solid reasons for taking this course . After many years of war , England had ensured herself against invasion and had ended the Spanish dominion of the sea . But it was unlikely that she ...
... resolved on peace with Spain , nor did he want solid reasons for taking this course . After many years of war , England had ensured herself against invasion and had ended the Spanish dominion of the sea . But it was unlikely that she ...
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... resolved , while sparing the laity , to exile the priests , and in September all who were in jail were sent out of England . Meantime Sir James Lindsay , a catholic gentleman who had acted as messenger between the king and the pope ...
... resolved , while sparing the laity , to exile the priests , and in September all who were in jail were sent out of England . Meantime Sir James Lindsay , a catholic gentleman who had acted as messenger between the king and the pope ...
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... resolved to warn at all hazards . Late on the evening of October 26 , as Monteagle was sitting down to supper in his house at Hoxton , he received a letter brought by an unknown person , and yielding no indication of the writer . It ...
... resolved to warn at all hazards . Late on the evening of October 26 , as Monteagle was sitting down to supper in his house at Hoxton , he received a letter brought by an unknown person , and yielding no indication of the writer . It ...
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... resolved at least to have the authority of the judges in support of the doctrine that the Post - nati were entitled to all the privileges of English subjects . The point was raised by means of a suit for land brought in the name of ...
... resolved at least to have the authority of the judges in support of the doctrine that the Post - nati were entitled to all the privileges of English subjects . The point was raised by means of a suit for land brought in the name of ...
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Page 261 - May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your Majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Page 479 - that according to the ancient and fundamental laws of this Kingdom, the government is, and ought to be, by King, Lords, and Commons.
Page 11 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil. Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council, and all our proceedings ; then Will shall stand up and say, It must be thus ; then Dick shall reply, Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
Page 350 - And truly I desire their Liberty and Freedom, as much as any Body whomsoever ; but I must tell you, That their Liberty and Freedom consists in having of Government, those Laws by which their Life and their Goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in Government (Sirs) that is nothing pertaining to them. A Subject and a Sovereign are clean different things...
Page 397 - O Sir Henry Vane, Sir Henry Vane, the Lord deliver me from Sir Henry Vane.
Page 261 - since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you shall send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But I assure you, on the word of a King, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.
Page 182 - I pray God bless him to carry it so that the Church may have honour, and the State service and content by it. And now, if the Church will not hold up themselves, under God I can do no more.
Page 105 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 16 - What cause we your poor Commons have to watch over our privileges is manifest in itself to all men. The prerogatives of princes may easily and do daily grow; the privileges of the subject are for the most part at an everlasting stand.
Page 236 - 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.