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Page 410
... took place at Edgehill , in which , though the royalists were at first victorious , their impetu- osity lost the advantage they had gained ; and 5000 men were found dead on the field of bat- tle . Soon after the king took Banbury and ...
... took place at Edgehill , in which , though the royalists were at first victorious , their impetu- osity lost the advantage they had gained ; and 5000 men were found dead on the field of bat- tle . Soon after the king took Banbury and ...
Page 412
... took three days after ; making the garrison , to the number of 2600 men , prisoners of war . He then reduced Bath and Sherborne ; and , on the 11th of September , Bristol was sur- rendered by prince Rupert , though a few days before he ...
... took three days after ; making the garrison , to the number of 2600 men , prisoners of war . He then reduced Bath and Sherborne ; and , on the 11th of September , Bristol was sur- rendered by prince Rupert , though a few days before he ...
Page 418
... took care to insinuate the confusion that arose in legal proceedings without the name of a king ; that no man was acquainted with the extent or limits of the present magistrate's authority , but those of a king had been well ascertained ...
... took care to insinuate the confusion that arose in legal proceedings without the name of a king ; that no man was acquainted with the extent or limits of the present magistrate's authority , but those of a king had been well ascertained ...
Page 419
... took the command as lord high admiral . The king embarked , and , landing at Dover , was re- ceived by the general , whom he tenderly em- braced . He entered London in 1660 , on the 29th of May , which was his birth - day ; and was ...
... took the command as lord high admiral . The king embarked , and , landing at Dover , was re- ceived by the general , whom he tenderly em- braced . He entered London in 1660 , on the 29th of May , which was his birth - day ; and was ...
Page 420
... took a di- rection totally opposite to that of the time of Charles I. The latter found his subjects anima- ted with a ferocious though ignorant zeal for lib- erty . They knew not what it was to be free , and therefore imagined that ...
... took a di- rection totally opposite to that of the time of Charles I. The latter found his subjects anima- ted with a ferocious though ignorant zeal for lib- erty . They knew not what it was to be free , and therefore imagined that ...
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Page 676 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 394 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 565 - I have observed, with great concern, the attempts which have recently been made, in some of the manufacturing districts, to take advantage of circumstances of local distress, to excite a spirit of disaffection to the institutions and government of the country.
Page 401 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 695 - Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Page 435 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 403 - He justified his own innocence in the late fatal wars, and observed, that he had not taken arms till after the Parliament had...
Page 396 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this Parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 743 - On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill Upon the other, and the rosy sky, With one star sparkling through it like an eye.
Page 428 - The people, however, were raised into such a ferment, that the parliament-house was surrounded with multitudes, who intimidated the ministry, and compelled them to drop the design. The miscarriage of the Bill was celebrated with public rejoicings in London and Westminster, and the minister was burned in effigy by the populace of London.