The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England: With a Treatise on the Popular Progress in English History, Volume 1Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1846 - Great Britain |
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... authorities of his soon . Ever watchful , and wary as he was empire , for treason to the trust reposed in bold , the ... authority which had ble power , " were , from that instant , struck given him power , the popular sympathies out for ...
... authorities of his soon . Ever watchful , and wary as he was empire , for treason to the trust reposed in bold , the ... authority which had ble power , " were , from that instant , struck given him power , the popular sympathies out for ...
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... authority well entitled to respect , a noble fabric of constitutional liberty , hardly inferior to the petition of right . It is vain to say that many of these vast advantages were , in later years , obscured or disregarded . To show ...
... authority well entitled to respect , a noble fabric of constitutional liberty , hardly inferior to the petition of right . It is vain to say that many of these vast advantages were , in later years , obscured or disregarded . To show ...
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... Authority , without the means for its sharp and decisive en- forcement , is the most dangerous weak- ness known to a state . The commons claimed , therefore , in the name and for the protection of the people , certain exclusive rights ...
... Authority , without the means for its sharp and decisive en- forcement , is the most dangerous weak- ness known to a state . The commons claimed , therefore , in the name and for the protection of the people , certain exclusive rights ...
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... authority , and this they substituted . In order , also , to limit the protectoral pow- er still farther , they named a council , with- out whose advice and approbation no measure of importance was ever to be de- termined . Nor less ...
... authority , and this they substituted . In order , also , to limit the protectoral pow- er still farther , they named a council , with- out whose advice and approbation no measure of importance was ever to be de- termined . Nor less ...
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... authority , and have loudly de- was wanted to engage and elevate men's bearts and souls . Nothing in which the higher nature or faculties of men could participate seemed to be going on in any part of Europe . What was Italy with its ...
... authority , and have loudly de- was wanted to engage and elevate men's bearts and souls . Nothing in which the higher nature or faculties of men could participate seemed to be going on in any part of Europe . What was Italy with its ...
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Common terms and phrases
answer army authority bill bill of attainder bishops Buckingham cause charge Charles Church Clarendon command committee Commonwealth council counsel court Cromwell crown danger death declared desire despatch doth duty Earl Earl of Strafford effect enemies England faith father favour fear friends give grievances Hampden hath Henry Hist honour hope House of Commons House of Lords Ireland judges judgment justice king king's kingdom Laud letter liberty London Long Parliament Lord Lord Nugent lord-deputy lordships majesty majesty's matter memory ment Mountnorris never noble observed occasion Parl Parlia Parliament party passed person petition petition of right present prince prison proceedings Pym's reason received religion Rushworth says sent Sir Henry Vane Sir John speech spirit Star Chamber Strafford Papers thereof things thought tion tonnage and poundage truth unto Vane Vane's vote Wentworth wherein whole words
Popular passages
Page 294 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 339 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 293 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 294 - Till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportioned to each kind. So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More airy, last the bright consummate flower Spirits odorous breathes...
Page 287 - Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion, confession of faith, form of Church government, directory for worship and catechising, that we, and our posterity after us, may, as brethren, live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us.
Page 266 - I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Page 232 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page xxvii - I marvel much that the house should stand upon granting of a subsidy or the time of payment, when all we have is her majesty's, and she may lawfully at her pleasure take it from us; yea, she hath as much right to all our lands and goods as to any revenue of her crown.
Page 250 - HAMBDEN was a man of much greater cunning, and it may be of the most discerning spirit, and of the greatest address and insinuation to bring any thing to pass which he desired, of any man of that time, and who laid the design deepest.
Page 199 - But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so ; What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat : These only with our law best form a king.