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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... raise him to the primacy as soon as it should please heaven to remove old Archbishop Abbot . It should seem that , on a closer acquaintance , the sympathies of the king and bishop chimed together wondrously well ; and that , while Laud ...
... raise him to the primacy as soon as it should please heaven to remove old Archbishop Abbot . It should seem that , on a closer acquaintance , the sympathies of the king and bishop chimed together wondrously well ; and that , while Laud ...
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... raised in Scotland by the Marquis of Hamilton on his own account , and without the king's knowledge . When Hamilton was getting ready , Donald , Lord Reay , and Major Borthwick accused the marquis of raising troops to usurp the crown of ...
... raised in Scotland by the Marquis of Hamilton on his own account , and without the king's knowledge . When Hamilton was getting ready , Donald , Lord Reay , and Major Borthwick accused the marquis of raising troops to usurp the crown of ...
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... raising money ; and these commissioners called upon all landed proprietors , rated at 40 % . , to pay their fines for not being knighted . When any resistance was offered , the parties were drag- ged into the expensive law - courts ...
... raising money ; and these commissioners called upon all landed proprietors , rated at 40 % . , to pay their fines for not being knighted . When any resistance was offered , the parties were drag- ged into the expensive law - courts ...
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... raised himself to that bad eminence which is now as everlasting as our annals and language : and yet , in spite of all his dark deeds , his government was for a time in some respects advantageous to the country . Before his arrival ...
... raised himself to that bad eminence which is now as everlasting as our annals and language : and yet , in spite of all his dark deeds , his government was for a time in some respects advantageous to the country . Before his arrival ...
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... raised an insignificant force , and threw them- * Northumberland's commission , under the privy seal , was signed on the 23rd of March . - Rymer . † Whitelock . Strafford Letters . selves into Westphalia , where there remained about ...
... raised an insignificant force , and threw them- * Northumberland's commission , under the privy seal , was signed on the 23rd of March . - Rymer . † Whitelock . Strafford Letters . selves into Westphalia , where there remained about ...
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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...