The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, and the State of Europe During the Early Part of the Reign of Louis XIV.Robert Vaughan H. Colburn, 1839 |
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... present the reader will not often find the charm which belongs to flowing and vigorous nar- ration ; to the finished portraitures of great men ; or to the regular classification , and judicious compres- sion , of the materials which ...
... present the reader will not often find the charm which belongs to flowing and vigorous nar- ration ; to the finished portraitures of great men ; or to the regular classification , and judicious compres- sion , of the materials which ...
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... present publication . On those points in the Introduction concerning which some difference of opinion may possibly arise , he has given both the authorities and the reasoning on which his convictions are founded ; but in a pre- liminary ...
... present publication . On those points in the Introduction concerning which some difference of opinion may possibly arise , he has given both the authorities and the reasoning on which his convictions are founded ; but in a pre- liminary ...
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... present as secretaries of state , their assistance being necessary to the shaping , and particularly to the execution , of the measures agreed upon . Vane was one of that numerous class of worthies who become the willing servants of a ...
... present as secretaries of state , their assistance being necessary to the shaping , and particularly to the execution , of the measures agreed upon . Vane was one of that numerous class of worthies who become the willing servants of a ...
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... present at the meetings of the council . Northumberland was too often absent on such occasions to operate as any check on irregularity ; and Pembroke , if we may credit Clarendon , was wanting too generally in the disposition to do so ...
... present at the meetings of the council . Northumberland was too often absent on such occasions to operate as any check on irregularity ; and Pembroke , if we may credit Clarendon , was wanting too generally in the disposition to do so ...
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... present at the opening of the session of parliament in Scot- land in August , and returned to the capital in November . During his Majesty's visit in Scotland , the dark project known by the name of " the Incident " became known , and ...
... present at the opening of the session of parliament in Scot- land in August , and returned to the capital in November . During his Majesty's visit in Scotland , the dark project known by the name of " the Incident " became known , and ...
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Seite xci - I think it my duty to tell you that it is not for the profit of these Nations, nor for common and public good, for you to continue here any longer. And therefore I do declare unto you, That I do dissolve this Parliament.
Seite xiv - I do not know any formed act of either house (for neither the remonstrance or votes of the last day were such) that was not agreeable to the wisdom and justice of great courts, upon those extraordinary occasions. And whoever considers the acts of power and injustice in the intervals of parliament, will not be much scandalized at the warmth and vivacity of those meetings.
Seite xiv - It is not to be denied, that there were, in all those parliaments, especially in that of the fourth year, several passages, and distempered speeches of particular persons, not fit for the dignity and honour of those places, and unsuitable to the reverence due to his majesty and his councils.
Seite 81 - My Lord Protector's Mother, of Ninety' four years old, died last night. A little before her death she gave my 'Lord her blessing, in these words : " The Lord cause His face to shine ' upon you ; and comfort you in all your adversities ; and enable you to ' do great things for the glory of your Most High God, and to be a relief 43 Thurloe, i. 652 3 ; Ludlow, ii. 508. ' unto His People. My dear Son, I leave my heart with thee. A good ' night ! " ' u — and therewith sank into her long sleep.
Seite 64 - Writ of Return, and such a consent testified as will make it appear that the same is accepted, I HAVE CAUSED A STOP TO BE PUT TO YOUR ENTRANCE INTO THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
Seite lxxvi - Colonel Hutchinson privately discoursing with his cousin about the communications he had had with the king, Ireton's expressions were these : " He gave us words, and we paid him in his own coin, when we found he had no real intention to the people's good, but to prevail by our factions, to regain by art what he had lost in fight.
Seite lxxxvi - Whether any of the qualifications reached " so far as to include" the Presbyterian Party. And we were bold to tell them, That none of that judgment who had deserted this Cause and Interest should have any power therein.
Seite 151 - Thus you have the true state of this business, with this further, that all the counties of England would, instead of rising for them, have risen against them; and the Protector could, if there had been need, have drawn into the field, within fourteen days, twenty thousand men, besides the standing army. So far are they mistaken who dream that the affections of this people are towards the House of Stuart.
Seite lix - Certainly my affections to you are so unchangeable, that hostility itself cannot violate my friendship to your person ; but I must be true to the cause wherein I serve. The old limitation, usque ad aras, holds still ; and, where my conscience is interested, all other obligations are swallowed up.
Seite 64 - Thing," as you will find there, is a bit of Parchment with these words engrossed on it: " I do hereby freely promise, and engage myself, to be true and faithful to the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ; and shall not [according to the tenor of the Indenture whereby I am returned to serve in this present Parliament) propose, or give my consent, to alter the Government as it is settled in a Single Person and a Parliament."^ Sign that, or go home again to your countries.