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Page 121
... rule . And , of course , Cromwell was totally unrepresentative of the country . At any moment , if a vote of the nation could have been taken , the King would have been restored . Opposed to Cromwell was the whole of the Royalist party ...
... rule . And , of course , Cromwell was totally unrepresentative of the country . At any moment , if a vote of the nation could have been taken , the King would have been restored . Opposed to Cromwell was the whole of the Royalist party ...
Page 122
... rule in England , in the end : henceforward the martyred King's blood ran for ever between hateful Puritanism and the English people . Once Oliver's dictatorship and the rule of force were over they would see to it . . . . Never again ...
... rule in England , in the end : henceforward the martyred King's blood ran for ever between hateful Puritanism and the English people . Once Oliver's dictatorship and the rule of force were over they would see to it . . . . Never again ...
Page 162
... rule of a small minority , supported by a large army , the expense of which was intolerable . What could have been sillier than ' to take arms against taxes of scarce £ 200,000 a year [ Ship Money ] and to raise them to above £ 2 ...
... rule of a small minority , supported by a large army , the expense of which was intolerable . What could have been sillier than ' to take arms against taxes of scarce £ 200,000 a year [ Ship Money ] and to raise them to above £ 2 ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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