The life of Edward earl of Clarendon, written by himself |
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... able to do , than He lamented the Condition to which He found He must be fubject : And did in Truth from that Minute contract fuch a Prejudice against the Per- fons of fome of those , though of the greatest Quality , for the Indecency ...
... able to do , than He lamented the Condition to which He found He must be fubject : And did in Truth from that Minute contract fuch a Prejudice against the Per- fons of fome of those , though of the greatest Quality , for the Indecency ...
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... able to fettle their Difcipline ; Which urges and therefore with their usual Confidence They were of Ecclefiafti- very importunate in the House of Commons , " that cal Govern- " the Ecclefiaftical Government might be settled and ment ...
... able to fettle their Difcipline ; Which urges and therefore with their usual Confidence They were of Ecclefiafti- very importunate in the House of Commons , " that cal Govern- " the Ecclefiaftical Government might be settled and ment ...
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... able to cross his Designs and Purposes , when He ' fhould think fit to discover them , and conferred their Charges and Commands upon those who had been disfavoured by the late Powers ; and after the Parliament had decla- red for and ...
... able to cross his Designs and Purposes , when He ' fhould think fit to discover them , and conferred their Charges and Commands upon those who had been disfavoured by the late Powers ; and after the Parliament had decla- red for and ...
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... able to do it again ) thefe Perfons who were thus trufted , or ( 14 ) the major Part of them , were seldom out of Prison , or free from the Obligation of good Sureties for their peaceable Behaviour ; yet all the Vigilance of Cromwell ...
... able to do it again ) thefe Perfons who were thus trufted , or ( 14 ) the major Part of them , were seldom out of Prison , or free from the Obligation of good Sureties for their peaceable Behaviour ; yet all the Vigilance of Cromwell ...
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... able and willing to serve him ; and to concert all the Ways and Means , by which the Transactions in the Houses might be carried with the more Expedition , and attended with the best Success , The daily Conferences proved very ...
... able and willing to serve him ; and to concert all the Ways and Means , by which the Transactions in the Houses might be carried with the more Expedition , and attended with the best Success , The daily Conferences proved very ...
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Page 272 - And I do declare, that I do hold there lies no obligation upon me, or on any other person, from the oath commonly called the solemn league and covenant, to endeavour any change or alteration of government either in church or state ; and that the same was in itself an unlawful oath, and imposed upon the subjects of this realm against the known laws and liberties of this kingdom.
Page 102 - ... at very valuable rates, and jointures made upon marriages, and all other conveyances and settlements executed, as in a kingdom at peace within itself, and where no doubt could be made of the validity of titles.
Page 42 - His daughter quickly arrived at her father's house, to his great joy, having always had a great affection for her; and she being his eldest child, he had more acquaintance with her than with any of his children...
Page 169 - They did not enough distinguish between persons; nor did the suffering any man had undergone for fidelity to the King, or his affection to the Church, eminently expressed, often prevail for the mitigation of his fine ; or if it did sometimes, three or four stories of the contrary, and in which there had been some unreasonable hardness used, made a greater noise, and spread farther than their examples of charity and moderation.
Page 125 - Prayer; and that he would take it well from those who used it in their churches, that the common people might be again acquainted with the piety, gravity, and devotion of it; and which he thought...
Page 102 - Ireland was the great capital, out of which all debts were paid, all services rewarded, and all acts of bounty performed.
Page 389 - I will not dehy to you that I have always expected that you would, and even wondered that you have not considered the wonderful clauses in that Bill, which passed in a time very uncareful for the dignity of the Crown, or the security of the people.
Page 100 - ... such a numerous people, that they knew not how to dispose of: and though they were declared to be all forfeited, and so to have no title to any thing, yet they must remain somewhere.
Page 121 - Order," which his Majefty confented to. And this was the true Ground and Occafion of the continuing and increafing the Guard for his Majefty's Perfon, which no Man at that Time thought to be more than was neceffary.
Page 201 - Both eminently againft the King, but upon this Turn, when all other Powers were down, eminently for him ; the one, very able and generous ; the other, proud, dull and very avaricious. But the King had not then Power to...