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Page 147
... passed unnoticed , as the judges had been sworn to secrecy , but as soon as it became publicly known that it was the legal decision of the judges that the commons had no power to impeach the king's ministers , or stop the progress of ...
... passed unnoticed , as the judges had been sworn to secrecy , but as soon as it became publicly known that it was the legal decision of the judges that the commons had no power to impeach the king's ministers , or stop the progress of ...
Page 153
... passed , a scheme which had been declared high treason by the judges of Richard II . Henry however declined to gratify the com- mons in this respect , alleging " that no such practice had been known in ancient times , and he was ...
... passed , a scheme which had been declared high treason by the judges of Richard II . Henry however declined to gratify the com- mons in this respect , alleging " that no such practice had been known in ancient times , and he was ...
Page 157
... passed ; under his vigorous administration the country enjoyed internal peace , while the success of his foreign campaigns sur- passed in brilliancy even the dazzling victories of Edward III .; but what is more to his praise than all ...
... passed ; under his vigorous administration the country enjoyed internal peace , while the success of his foreign campaigns sur- passed in brilliancy even the dazzling victories of Edward III .; but what is more to his praise than all ...
Page 161
... passed through London on his way to the sea - coast , the people rose to intercept him , but he succeeded in making his escape , and embarked at Ipswich for France : before arriving at Calais , the ship in which he was carried was ...
... passed through London on his way to the sea - coast , the people rose to intercept him , but he succeeded in making his escape , and embarked at Ipswich for France : before arriving at Calais , the ship in which he was carried was ...
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... passed within their gates was sub- jected to the most oppressive interference ; even the necessaries of life were taxed , and the peasant who brought his produce to market was molested at every turn by tolls and dues , as if he had ...
... passed within their gates was sub- jected to the most oppressive interference ; even the necessaries of life were taxed , and the peasant who brought his produce to market was molested at every turn by tolls and dues , as if he had ...
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Page 228 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear.
Page 228 - ... grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you.
Page 228 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Page 228 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
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Page 272 - Parliament," says Mr. Hallam, "it may be said, I think, with not greater severity than truth, that scarce two or three public acts of justice, humanity, or generosity, and very few of political wisdom or courage, are recorded of them, from their quarrel with the King, to their expulsion by Cromwell.
Page 283 - Sirs, it was for this that now I am come here. If I would have given way to an Arbitrary Way, for to have all Laws changed according to the Power of the Sword, I needed not to have come here ; and therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your Charge) that I am the Martyr of the People.
Page 21 - WORKSHOP COMPANION. Comprising a great variety of the most useful Rules and Formulae in Mechanical Science, with numerous Tables of Practical Data and Calculated Results for Facilitating Mechanical Operations. By WILLIAM TEMPLETON, Author of " The Engineer's Practical Assistant, "&c., &c. Eighteenth Edition, Revised, Modernised, and considerably Enlarged by WALTER S. HUTTON, CE, Author of "The Works' Manager's Handbook," " The Practical Engineer's Handbook,
Page 226 - After our hearty commendations ; we find by speech lately uttered by her Majesty, that she doth note in you both a lack of that care and zeal for her service, that she looketh for at your hands ; in that you have not in all this time (of yourselves without other provocation) found out some way to shorten the [life of *] that Queen ; considering the great peril she is hourly subject to, so long as the said Queen shall live.
Page 276 - These great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent, as they became less excusable, would make a sober man hesitate to support them in a civil war, wherein their success must not only consummate the destruction of the crown, the church, and the peerage, but expose all who had dissented from their proceedings, as it ultimately happened, to an oppression less severe perhaps, but far more sweeping, than that which had rendered the star-chamber odious.