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Page 177
... Waller , as he continued to sit , was one of the com- missioners nominated by the parliament to treat with the king at Oxford ; and when they were presented , the King said to him , " Though you are the last , you are not the lowest nor ...
... Waller , as he continued to sit , was one of the com- missioners nominated by the parliament to treat with the king at Oxford ; and when they were presented , the King said to him , " Though you are the last , you are not the lowest nor ...
Page 179
... Waller , which was an act purely civil , they compounded a horrid and dreadful plot . The discovery of Waller's design is variously related . In Clarendon's History it is told , that a servant of Tom- kyns , lurking behind the hangings ...
... Waller , which was an act purely civil , they compounded a horrid and dreadful plot . The discovery of Waller's design is variously related . In Clarendon's History it is told , that a servant of Tom- kyns , lurking behind the hangings ...
Page 187
... Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parlia- ments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most powerful recommendations to regard , it is not likely that Waller was forgotten ...
... Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parlia- ments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most powerful recommendations to regard , it is not likely that Waller was forgotten ...
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