Readings from English History: From Cromwell to BalaklavaMacmillan and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... fell on his neck before the windows of his palace , that reaction became rapid and violent . At the Restoration it had attained such a point that it could go no further . The people were ready to place at the mercy of their sovereign ...
... fell on his neck before the windows of his palace , that reaction became rapid and violent . At the Restoration it had attained such a point that it could go no further . The people were ready to place at the mercy of their sovereign ...
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... I walked , " he tells us of this time , " to a neighbouring town , and sate down 2 The Puritan army . 3 Against Charles the First . upon a settle in the street , and fell into 12 PROSE READINGS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY .
... I walked , " he tells us of this time , " to a neighbouring town , and sate down 2 The Puritan army . 3 Against Charles the First . upon a settle in the street , and fell into 12 PROSE READINGS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY .
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John Richard Green. upon a settle in the street , and fell into a very deep pause about the most fearful state my sin had brought me to ; and after long musing I lifted up my head ; but me- thought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the ...
John Richard Green. upon a settle in the street , and fell into a very deep pause about the most fearful state my sin had brought me to ; and after long musing I lifted up my head ; but me- thought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the ...
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... fell mellow into his very mouth . If he had arrested Lord Shaftesbury and Lord Russell in a manner not warranted by law , it is not im- probable that he would have ended his life in exile . He took the sure course . He employed only his ...
... fell mellow into his very mouth . If he had arrested Lord Shaftesbury and Lord Russell in a manner not warranted by law , it is not im- probable that he would have ended his life in exile . He took the sure course . He employed only his ...
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... fell on their knees to ask his blessing . In the evening the premature joy at this temporary liberation displayed itself in bonfires and in some outrages to Roman Catholics , as the supposed insti- gators of the prosecution . [ In spite ...
... fell on their knees to ask his blessing . In the evening the premature joy at this temporary liberation displayed itself in bonfires and in some outrages to Roman Catholics , as the supposed insti- gators of the prosecution . [ In spite ...
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