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No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself ...
No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself ...
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Why , after the king had consented to so many reforms , and re- nounced so many oppressive prerogatives , did the parlia ment continue to rise in their demands , at the risk of pro- voking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given ...
Why , after the king had consented to so many reforms , and re- nounced so many oppressive prerogatives , did the parlia ment continue to rise in their demands , at the risk of pro- voking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given ...
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king who had recognised them . At length circumstances compelled Charles to summon another parliament ; another chance was given them for liberty . Were they to throw it away , as they had thrown away the former ?
king who had recognised them . At length circumstances compelled Charles to summon another parliament ; another chance was given them for liberty . Were they to throw it away , as they had thrown away the former ?
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For ourselves , we own that we do not understand the common phrase - a good man , but a bad king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot , in estimating the ...
For ourselves , we own that we do not understand the common phrase - a good man , but a bad king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot , in estimating the ...
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Quakers riding naked through the market - place ; Fifth- monarchy - men shouting for King Jesus ; agitators lecturing from the top of tubs , on the fate of Agag ; all these , they tell us , were the offspring of the Great Rebellion .
Quakers riding naked through the market - place ; Fifth- monarchy - men shouting for King Jesus ; agitators lecturing from the top of tubs , on the fate of Agag ; all these , they tell us , were the offspring of the Great Rebellion .
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