Three English Statesmen: A Course of Lectures on the Political History of EnglandMacmillan, 1867 - 328 էջ |
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... tion , which put conscience in the place both of pope and king . I take for granted a knowledge of the reign . of James I .; the glories of Elizabeth lighting the shame of her successor ; the fatal ques- up tion whether sovereign power ...
... tion , which put conscience in the place both of pope and king . I take for granted a knowledge of the reign . of James I .; the glories of Elizabeth lighting the shame of her successor ; the fatal ques- up tion whether sovereign power ...
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... tion of Right , when Secretary Cooke desired in the name of the king to know whether they would take the king's word for the observance of their liberties or not , " there was silence for a good space , " none liking to reject the ...
... tion of Right , when Secretary Cooke desired in the name of the king to know whether they would take the king's word for the observance of their liberties or not , " there was silence for a good space , " none liking to reject the ...
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... tion of souls to the promotion of violence and oppression . He remarked that " those who la- boured in civil matters to set up the king above the laws of the kingdom , did yet in ecclesias- tical matters labour to set up themselves ...
... tion of souls to the promotion of violence and oppression . He remarked that " those who la- boured in civil matters to set up the king above the laws of the kingdom , did yet in ecclesias- tical matters labour to set up themselves ...
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... tion of those already in force : he was far from seeking the ruin of their persons or estates ; only he wished they might be kept in such a condition as to restrain them from doing hurt . To restrain them from doing hurt was unhappily ...
... tion of those already in force : he was far from seeking the ruin of their persons or estates ; only he wished they might be kept in such a condition as to restrain them from doing hurt . To restrain them from doing hurt was unhappily ...
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... tion . But he wrote to Secretary Nicholas , " I hope this ill news of Ireland will hinder some of those follies in England . " It did not hinder the preparation of the Grand Remonstrance . But a chivalrous royalist tried to hinder all ...
... tion . But he wrote to Secretary Nicholas , " I hope this ill news of Ireland will hinder some of those follies in England . " It did not hinder the preparation of the Grand Remonstrance . But a chivalrous royalist tried to hinder all ...
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Էջ 245 - the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them.
Էջ 238 - We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.
Էջ 70 - Cant, Cloth-worship, or whatever ugly name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever since ; and is now at length, in these generations, very rapidly dying.
Էջ 71 - That it was our duty, if ever the Lord brought us back again in peace, to call Charles Stuart, that man of blood, to an account for that blood he had shed, and mischief he had done to his utmost, against the Lord's Cause and People in these poor Nations.
Էջ 281 - The conversation of the principal persons of the country all tends to encourage this system of blood ; and the conversation even at my table, where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it, always turns on hanging, shooting, burning, &C., and if a priest has been put to death, the greatest joy is expressed by the whole company.
Էջ 28 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government against law...
Էջ 271 - If punishment adequate to the crime of sedition were to be sought for, it could not be found in our law, now that torture is happily abolished.
Էջ 319 - He had a brave regiment of his countrymen, most of them freeholders and freeholders' sons, and who upon matter of conscience engaged in this quarrel ; and thus being well armed within by the satisfaction of their own consciences, and without by good iron arms, they would, as one man, stand firmly and charge desperately.
Էջ 8 - Let Sir John Eliot's body be buried in the church of that parish where he died.
Էջ 111 - I am confident that it came so into your hands ; and was not judged by you to be from counterfeited or feigned Necessity, but by Divine Providence and Dispensation. And this I speak with more earnestness, because I speak for God and not for men.