Heath's Historical Annual; Or, The Great Civil War of Charles I.: And the Parliament Rev. Richard Cattermole ...Longman, 1841 - 287 oldal |
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... kingdom might have been spared the calamities of the following twenty years . But when , in the confidence of vic- tory , the popular leaders proceeded to make that just and necessary enactment a vantage ground for direct attacks on the ...
... kingdom might have been spared the calamities of the following twenty years . But when , in the confidence of vic- tory , the popular leaders proceeded to make that just and necessary enactment a vantage ground for direct attacks on the ...
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... kingdom to the royal exchequer . Charles had soon to acknow- ledge , rather than discover , such extraordinary zeal and ability in his new minister , as manifestly quali- fied him to serve the state in a wider sphere . Went- worth was ...
... kingdom to the royal exchequer . Charles had soon to acknow- ledge , rather than discover , such extraordinary zeal and ability in his new minister , as manifestly quali- fied him to serve the state in a wider sphere . Went- worth was ...
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... the demand was presently ex- tended to the whole kingdom , the inland counties com- pounding for their assessments in money . The funds thus raised were honestly and successfully applied to the purposes 8 INTRODUCTION .
... the demand was presently ex- tended to the whole kingdom , the inland counties com- pounding for their assessments in money . The funds thus raised were honestly and successfully applied to the purposes 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... kingdom . " To impress the commissioner with a high notion of their union and strength , the Covenanters , to the number of twenty thousand , on foot and on horse- back , met and conducted him into the city ; and seven hundred robed ...
... kingdom . " To impress the commissioner with a high notion of their union and strength , the Covenanters , to the number of twenty thousand , on foot and on horse- back , met and conducted him into the city ; and seven hundred robed ...
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... kingdom . The temper in which that measure was long pursued , was plainly contempt - contempt for the independence of the kirk , and for the spirit of Scotchmen . But it is a dangerous thing to despise a nation- even for a great nation ...
... kingdom . The temper in which that measure was long pursued , was plainly contempt - contempt for the independence of the kirk , and for the spirit of Scotchmen . But it is a dangerous thing to despise a nation- even for a great nation ...
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accused already answer archbishop arms army arrived assembly attended battle besiegers Bevil Grenvil bill of attainder body brought cannon cause cavalry charge Charles Charles's church Clarendon Colonel command commissioners committee counties courage court covenant Covenanters Cromwell defence despatched Earl of Essex Earl of Newcastle enemy engaged England Fairfax fell field fight followed foot forces friends garrison Hampden hands honour Hopton horse Hotham house of Commons Hyde impeachment instantly king king's kingdom Laud liament London Lord majesty Marquess Marquess of Newcastle ment Nathaniel Fiennes nation Newcastle noble numbers officers Oxford parlia parliament parliamentarians party passed patriots peace peers person petition present Prince Rupert prisoners queen raised received regiment religion replied resolved royal royalists Scotch Scotland Scots sent side siege Sir John Sir John Gell soldiers solemn Strafford sword Tower town trained bands troops victory voted Waller whole William Waller York
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244. oldal - Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy...
213. oldal - We the inhabitants, magistrates, officers, and soldiers, within this garrison of Gloucester, unto his majesty's gracious message return this humble answer : That we do keep this city, according to our oaths and allegiance, to and for the use of his majesty and his royal posterity : and do accordingly conceive ourselves wholly bound to obey the commands of his majesty, signified by both houses of parliament : and are resolved, by God's help, to keep this city accordingly.
51. oldal - 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.
247. oldal - Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which hast seduced so many precious souls ; get thee gone, thou corrupt rotten book ! Earth to earth and dust to dust. Get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author, and see corruption.
225. oldal - ... that the very agony of the war, and the view of the calamities and desolation the kingdom did and must endure, took his sleep from him, and would shortly break his heart.
222. oldal - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so glowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed Civil War than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
52. oldal - ... neither will this be a new way of blood. There are marks enough to trace this law to the very original of this kingdom; and if it hath not been put in execution, as he allegeth...
225. oldal - When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press anything which he thought might promote it ; and sitting among his friends, often after a deep silence, and frequent sighs...
223. oldal - Oxford, he contracted familiarity and friendship with the most polite and accurate men of that university ; who found such an immenseness of wit, and such a solidity of judgment in him, so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination...
226. oldal - ... the which (though not ordered) when very many did, the Lord Falkland (who believed the service itself not to be of that moment, and that an honourable and generous person could not have stooped to it for any recompense), instead of moving his hat, stretched both his arms out, and clasped his hands together upon the crown of his hat, and held it close down to his head ; that all men might see how odious that flattery was to him, and the very approbation of the person, though at that time most...