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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... Parties ; Dissolution of Parliament 30 1615. Appointed to the Office of Custos Rotulorum , or Keeper of the Archives for ... Party Disgraceful Occurrences during the Interval be- tween the two Parliaments Assembling of Parliament ; early ...
... Parties ; Dissolution of Parliament 30 1615. Appointed to the Office of Custos Rotulorum , or Keeper of the Archives for ... Party Disgraceful Occurrences during the Interval be- tween the two Parliaments Assembling of Parliament ; early ...
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... Party in England . 112 His Letter to the King 112 be observed within the Castle 92 His Letter to Archbishop Laud 112 Extract from his first Despatch 92 Builds two royal Residences 112 His Law Reforms 93 His Mode of living equal in ...
... Party in England . 112 His Letter to the King 112 be observed within the Castle 92 His Letter to Archbishop Laud 112 Extract from his first Despatch 92 Builds two royal Residences 112 His Law Reforms 93 His Mode of living equal in ...
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... Party Makes himself a prominent Member of the famous Glanville Committee , in the first Parliament of Charles 241 SIR HENRY VANE . 241 241 1612-1662 . 242 1612. His Birth and Parentage 265 242 A brief Review of the chief Incidents of ...
... Party Makes himself a prominent Member of the famous Glanville Committee , in the first Parliament of Charles 241 SIR HENRY VANE . 241 241 1612-1662 . 242 1612. His Birth and Parentage 265 242 A brief Review of the chief Incidents of ...
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... Party formed without the Doors of the House ; Richard Cromwell attempts to dis- solve the Parliament They debate with closed Doors . Vane addresses the Speaker Formal Abdication of Richard Cromwell ; Re- suscitation of the famous Long ...
... Party formed without the Doors of the House ; Richard Cromwell attempts to dis- solve the Parliament They debate with closed Doors . Vane addresses the Speaker Formal Abdication of Richard Cromwell ; Re- suscitation of the famous Long ...
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... party for whose rights and privileges he afterward suf- fered death . “ Right Honourable - With what affection I have served your grace , I desire rather it should be read in my actions than my words , which made me sparing , in my last ...
... party for whose rights and privileges he afterward suf- fered death . “ Right Honourable - With what affection I have served your grace , I desire rather it should be read in my actions than my words , which made me sparing , in my last ...
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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.