The Cabinet History of England: Being an Abridgment, by the Author, of the Chapters Entitled "Civil and Military History" in "The Pictorial History of England," with a Continuation to the Present Time, Bände 11-12C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
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... Petition of Right . The king's counsel slurred over that great con- stitutional enactment , and the attorney - general , Heath- " a fit instrument for those times " -quibbled and evaded , and set up the old tyrannical doctrine of ...
... Petition of Right . The king's counsel slurred over that great con- stitutional enactment , and the attorney - general , Heath- " a fit instrument for those times " -quibbled and evaded , and set up the old tyrannical doctrine of ...
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... Petition of Right , that he could lay on duties by prerogative . Smarting under his wrongs , and foreseeing the deplorable consequences that must ensue if this arbitrary principle were established , Chambers told the privy council ...
... Petition of Right , that he could lay on duties by prerogative . Smarting under his wrongs , and foreseeing the deplorable consequences that must ensue if this arbitrary principle were established , Chambers told the privy council ...
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... Petition of Right , the king persisted in levying tonnage and poundage , even aug- menting the rates on sundry kinds of goods , and ordering that the goods of such as refused payment should be in- stantly seized and sold . The Commons ...
... Petition of Right , the king persisted in levying tonnage and poundage , even aug- menting the rates on sundry kinds of goods , and ordering that the goods of such as refused payment should be in- stantly seized and sold . The Commons ...
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... petition , - " Double his father's graces , O Lord ! upon him , if it be possible . " Bishop Williams , the ex - lord keeper , now in disgrace , and almost a patriot , forgetting his own performances in former times , called this ...
... petition , - " Double his father's graces , O Lord ! upon him , if it be possible . " Bishop Williams , the ex - lord keeper , now in disgrace , and almost a patriot , forgetting his own performances in former times , called this ...
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... petition was subscribed by Lord Poulet , Sir William Portman , Sir Ralph Hopeton , and many other gentle- men of rank and fortune ; but before they could deliver it to the king , a declaration came forth concerning " law- ful sports to ...
... petition was subscribed by Lord Poulet , Sir William Portman , Sir Ralph Hopeton , and many other gentle- men of rank and fortune ; but before they could deliver it to the king , a declaration came forth concerning " law- ful sports to ...
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Seite 181 - Certainly," says Whitlocke,** with his usual candor, "never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity.
Seite 83 - From the entrance into this unnatural war, his natural cheerfulness and vivacity grew clouded, and a kind of sadness and dejection of spirit stole upon him, which he had never been used to ; yet being one of those who believed that one battle would end all differences, and that there would be so great a victory on one side, that the other would be compelled to submit to any conditions from the victor, which supposition and conclusion...
Seite 80 - Barons which so agreed being, that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger...
Seite 58 - ... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
Seite 5 - Whosoever shall bring in innovation in religion, or by favour seek to extend or introduce Popery or Arminianism, or other opinions disagreeing from the true and orthodox church, shall be reputed a capital enemy to the kingdom and this commonwealth.
Seite 83 - that he could be content to lend as well as others, but feared to draw upon himself that curse in Magna Charta which should be read twice a year against those who infringe it.
Seite 99 - I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far from reflecting on any. I know the worth of those Commanders, Members of both Houses, who are yet in power...
Seite 32 - House were not to be obeyed without his consent, by a resolution ' that when the Lords and Commons in Parliament, which is the supreme court of judicature in the kingdom, shall declare what the law of the land is, to have this not only questioned and controverted, but contradicted, and a command that it should not be obeyed, is a high breach of the privilege of Parliament.
Seite 13 - Well, since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you will send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But I assure you, on the word of a king, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other. — And now, since I see I cannot do what I came for, I think this no unfit occasion to repeat what I have said formerly, that whatsoever I have done in favour and to the good of my subjects, I do mean to maintain it....
Seite 12 - I am sorry for this occasion of coming unto you. Yesterday I sent a sergeant-at-arms, upon a very important occasion, to apprehend some that, by my command, were accused of high treason, whereunto I did expect obedience, and not a message ; and I must declare unto you here, that albeit no king that ever was in England shall be more careful of your privileges, to maintain them to the uttermost of his power, than I shall be, yet you must know that in cases of treason no person hath a privilege, and...