History of the Commonwealth of England: From the death of Charles I. to the protectorate

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H. Colburn, 1827 - 696 pages
 

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Page 38 - Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe : Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Page 478 - ... thought fit to grant ; maintained a war against the Dutch with that conduct and success, that it seemed now drawing to a happy conclusion; recovered our reputation at sea; secured our trade; and provided a powerful fleet for the service of the nation. And, however the malice of their enemies may endeavour to deprive them of the glory which they justly merited, yet it will appear to unprejudiced posterity that they were a disinterested and impartial parliament, who, though they had the sovereign...
Page 584 - That the sitting of this Parliament any longer, as now constituted, will not be for the good of the Commonwealth ; and that therefore it is requisite to deliver up unto the Lord General Cromwell the Powers which we received from him...
Page 458 - Sir, we have heard what you did at the house in the morning, and before many hours all England will hear it: but, Sir, you are mistaken to think that the parliament is dissolved; for no power under heaven can dissolve them but themselves; therefore take you notice of that.
Page 445 - ... being asked whether he did not often read Homer and Virgil, she understood it as an imputation upon him for stealing from those authors, and answered with eagerness that he stole from nobody but the Muse who inspired him; and being asked by a lady present who the Muse -was, replied it was God's grace, and the Holy Spirit that visited him nightly*.
Page 498 - And here the damage and mischief cannot be expressed that the crown and state sustained, by the deserved reproach and infamy that attended the judges, by being made use of in this and the like acts of power ; there being no possibility to preserve the dignity, reverence, and estimation of the laws themselves but by the integrity and innocency of the judges.
Page 456 - Perceiving the spirit of God so strong upon me, I would no longer consult flesh and blood."* He has done it, at all events ; and is responsible for the results it may have.
Page 596 - The institute determined, that every person possessing an estate, real or personal, to the value of two hundred pounds, should have a vote at the election of members of parliament, excepting such as had been concerned in the war against the parliament or in the rebellion in Ireland. It ordered, that all bills passed by the parliament should be presented to the lord protector for his assent, and, if he did not assent within twenty days, the parliament might declare his neglect, and the bills should...
Page 346 - Item. I give all my deer to the Earl of Salisbury, who I know will preserve them, because he denied the King a buck out of one of his own parks.
Page 507 - Swearing and the like open wickedness, are in their own nature as Holy and Righteous as the Duties of Prayer, Preaching or Giving...

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