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... observe , however , that numerous and gross as they were , and directed equally against the freedom and the property of the sub- ject , there were never wanting powerful minds ready to expose and exaggerate , if they were unable to ...
... observe , however , that numerous and gross as they were , and directed equally against the freedom and the property of the sub- ject , there were never wanting powerful minds ready to expose and exaggerate , if they were unable to ...
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... observed , preparatory to subscribing . On the day appointed , multi- tudes of every rank , age , and sex , thronged the great church of St. Giles's and its pre- cincts . The force , the freedom , and the extravagance of the republican ...
... observed , preparatory to subscribing . On the day appointed , multi- tudes of every rank , age , and sex , thronged the great church of St. Giles's and its pre- cincts . The force , the freedom , and the extravagance of the republican ...
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... observed , that he thought he had as good a right to defend his life , as any person had to endeavour to take it away . His eloquence , acknowledged by his accusers to have been " full of weight and reason , " was regulated by manly ...
... observed , that he thought he had as good a right to defend his life , as any person had to endeavour to take it away . His eloquence , acknowledged by his accusers to have been " full of weight and reason , " was regulated by manly ...
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... observed ) at the head of his troops . He was habited in black , with white gloves on his hands . A numerous crowd , consisting of not less than one hundred thousand persons , stretched in long perspective across Tower Hill ; to whom he ...
... observed ) at the head of his troops . He was habited in black , with white gloves on his hands . A numerous crowd , consisting of not less than one hundred thousand persons , stretched in long perspective across Tower Hill ; to whom he ...
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... observed . The next day the house passed some resolutions , denouncing , in haughty terms , this " high breach of the rights and privileges of Parliament , " and immediately adjourned for a week ; but resolved to sit in the mean time ...
... observed . The next day the house passed some resolutions , denouncing , in haughty terms , this " high breach of the rights and privileges of Parliament , " and immediately adjourned for a week ; but resolved to sit in the mean time ...
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already answer appeared appointed arms army Ashburnham attended authority battle Berkley Bevil Grenvil brought Castle cause cavalry charge Charles Charles's church Colonel command commissioners consent courage court covenant Covenanters Cromwell Cromwell's declared defence desire despatched Donnington Castle Earl Earl of Newcastle effect enemy engaged England Essex Fairfax farther favour followed foot force friends garrison Hammond Hampden hands Holdenby honour horse House of Commons immediately instantly Ireland Ireton king king's kingdom London Lord loyalty majesty Marquess Marquess of Newcastle military Montrose negotiations Newcastle officers Oxford parliament parliamentarians party passed peace person petition Presbyterians present Prince Rupert prisoners proceeded proposed propositions queen raised rebels received refused regiment religion replied republican resolved retired royal royalists Scotland Scots sent side siege Sir John Sir John Gell soldiers solemn sovereign Strafford success surrender sword town treason treaty troops victory vote Waller Westminster whole
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Page 280 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 103 - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war, than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
Page 99 - We the inhabitants, magistrates, officers, and soldiers, within this garrison of Gloucester, unto his majesty's gracious message return this humble answer : That we do keep this city, according to our oaths and allegiance, to and for the use of his majesty and his royal posterity : and do accordingly conceive ourselves wholly bound to obey the commands of his majesty, signified by both houses of parliament : and are resolved, by God's help, to keep this city accordingly.
Page 25 - Certainly," says Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "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 177 - Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty : I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them. I wish this action may beget thankfulness and humility in all that are concerned in it. He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Page 104 - ... engaged his person in those troops, which he thought by the forwardness of the commanders to be most like to be farthest engaged : and in all such encounters he had about him an extraordinary cheerfulness, without at all affecting the execution that usually attended them ; in which he took no delight...
Page 104 - When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it ; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence and frequent sighs, would, with a shrill and sad accent, ingeminate the word Peace, Peace...
Page 276 - Sir," said he, addressing the speaker, " if any man whatsoever have carried on this design of deposing the king, and disinheriting his posterity, or if any man have still such a design, he must be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but since the providence of God has cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence, though I am not yet prepared to give you my advice.
Page 115 - Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which hast seduced so many precious souls ; get thee gone, thou corrupt rotten book ! Earth to earth and dust to dust. Get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author, and see corruption.
Page 30 - I beheld on Tower-hill the fatal stroke which severed the wisest head in England from the shoulders of the Earl of Strafford, whose crime coming under the cognizance of no human law, or statute, a new one was made, not to be a precedent, but his destruction.