A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... Charles II . 1660. ] Ann . 1625 . CHARLES was very popular at the time of his father's death , and his accession excited as univer- sal a joy among the people as can be imagined . In the mean time , all the powers of Europe being en ...
... Charles II . 1660. ] Ann . 1625 . CHARLES was very popular at the time of his father's death , and his accession excited as univer- sal a joy among the people as can be imagined . In the mean time , all the powers of Europe being en ...
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... Charles had early imbibed those exaggerated notions of the regal unlimited prerogative , and of the limited privileges of the people , which through James's imprudence or vanity , had actually become the common topic of parliamentary ...
... Charles had early imbibed those exaggerated notions of the regal unlimited prerogative , and of the limited privileges of the people , which through James's imprudence or vanity , had actually become the common topic of parliamentary ...
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... Charles an influence exceeding even that which he had acquired over the weakness of James , and that no public measure was conducted but by his direction . The envy excited by his rapid and immense fortune was not inferior to the ...
... Charles an influence exceeding even that which he had acquired over the weakness of James , and that no public measure was conducted but by his direction . The envy excited by his rapid and immense fortune was not inferior to the ...
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... Charles perceived likewise that the illiberality of this vote was connected with a plan of encroaching on his authority , by granting him no supplies without extorting from him some concessions in favour of civil liberty , or of the pri ...
... Charles perceived likewise that the illiberality of this vote was connected with a plan of encroaching on his authority , by granting him no supplies without extorting from him some concessions in favour of civil liberty , or of the pri ...
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... Charles expected great advan- tage , evidently discovered the weakness of the court , put the commons more upon their guard , and in- duced them completely to adopt the views of their predecessors . They immediately voted three sub ...
... Charles expected great advan- tage , evidently discovered the weakness of the court , put the commons more upon their guard , and in- duced them completely to adopt the views of their predecessors . They immediately voted three sub ...
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Page 480 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 534 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 480 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 20 - 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 510 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel and the protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 473 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Page 179 - ... in that very hour when he was thus wickedly murdered in the sight of the sun, he had as great a share in the hearts and affections of his subjects in general, was as much beloved, esteemed, and longed for by the people in general of the three nations, as any of his predecessors had ever been.
Page 178 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 8 - I pray you to consider what these new counsels are, and may be. I fear to declare those that I conceive. In all Christian kingdoms you know that parliaments were in use anciently, until the monarchs began to know their own strength ; and, seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew the parliaments throughout Christendom, except here only -with us.
Page 63 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.