The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 2George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... attempts upon his power , as if to mortify them the more bitterly , he was made chancellor of Cambridge university . This measure was not accomplished without a sharp struggle . It was at length decided only by a majority of three , and ...
... attempts upon his power , as if to mortify them the more bitterly , he was made chancellor of Cambridge university . This measure was not accomplished without a sharp struggle . It was at length decided only by a majority of three , and ...
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... attempt was made to crush all investigation . The speaker rose and announced an order from the king for a second adjournment . But the spirit of the house was now up , and it was impossible longer to suppress the question which had so ...
... attempt was made to crush all investigation . The speaker rose and announced an order from the king for a second adjournment . But the spirit of the house was now up , and it was impossible longer to suppress the question which had so ...
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... attempt to seize Hull and its magazine of warlike stores . But the parliament had placed it under the command of Sir J. Hotham , who effectually resisted the king's attempt , made in violation of his recent compact with the parliament ...
... attempt to seize Hull and its magazine of warlike stores . But the parliament had placed it under the command of Sir J. Hotham , who effectually resisted the king's attempt , made in violation of his recent compact with the parliament ...
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... attempt a general massacre of the royalists , he always with horror rejected such sanguinary counsels . Bishop Burnet also says , when referring to the gentleness of his disposition— " this gentleness had , in a good measure , quieted ...
... attempt a general massacre of the royalists , he always with horror rejected such sanguinary counsels . Bishop Burnet also says , when referring to the gentleness of his disposition— " this gentleness had , in a good measure , quieted ...
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... attempt would have been made by the leaders of the army , and upon more favourable terms than would have been demanded by the parliament . In fact , at that junction the king might have gained the army ; and the king and the army might ...
... attempt would have been made by the leaders of the army , and upon more favourable terms than would have been demanded by the parliament . In fact , at that junction the king might have gained the army ; and the king and the army might ...
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