Monk's Contemporaries: Biographic Studies on the English RevolutionBohn, 1851 - 195 pages |
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... appeared in the Parliament of 1640 , much more exasperated and powerful than it had ever been before . Charles found himself face to face with , and at the mercy of , those men whom he had treated as insolent and impotent rebels ...
... appeared in the Parliament of 1640 , much more exasperated and powerful than it had ever been before . Charles found himself face to face with , and at the mercy of , those men whom he had treated as insolent and impotent rebels ...
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... appeared at the head of the Pres- byterians , who foresaw , and prepared the way for , the resto- ration of Charles II . He could labour in this cause with- out abandoning his principles , or belying , in the slightest de- gree , his ...
... appeared at the head of the Pres- byterians , who foresaw , and prepared the way for , the resto- ration of Charles II . He could labour in this cause with- out abandoning his principles , or belying , in the slightest de- gree , his ...
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... the French Foreign Office . Despatch of 26th December , 1663 ; French Foreign Office . Letter of 25th June , 1664 ; French Foreign Office . lingered on , but no tangible results appeared ; Hollis 18 MONK'S CONTEMPORARIES .
... the French Foreign Office . Despatch of 26th December , 1663 ; French Foreign Office . Letter of 25th June , 1664 ; French Foreign Office . lingered on , but no tangible results appeared ; Hollis 18 MONK'S CONTEMPORARIES .
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... appeared ; Hollis had a splendid house in Paris , arranged and kept in the Eng- lish fashion , as he would , in no respect , conform to the manners and usages of France . * It was not long before the political relations of the two ...
... appeared ; Hollis had a splendid house in Paris , arranged and kept in the Eng- lish fashion , as he would , in no respect , conform to the manners and usages of France . * It was not long before the political relations of the two ...
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... appeared moved by this language , and disposed to adopt the course recommended . Three months afterwards , a common danger came to the aid of his skilful policy ; the second civil war broke out , and twenty thousand Scotch en- tered ...
... appeared moved by this language , and disposed to adopt the course recommended . Three months afterwards , a common danger came to the aid of his skilful policy ; the second civil war broke out , and twenty thousand Scotch en- tered ...
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Page 181 - The particular you mention has indeed been mentioned to me, as a secret ; I am sorry I ever knew it ; and when it ceases to be a secret, it will please none but MR. MILTON...
Page 68 - ... he fell from his duty, and all his former friends, and prostituted himself to the vile office of celebrating the infamous acts of those who were in rebellion against the King ; which he did so meanly, that he seemed to all men to have lost his wits when he left his honesty; and so shortly after died miserable and neglected, and deserves to be forgotten.
Page 77 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subjectmatter would...
Page 32 - high carriages' of Holies and Company, he whispers Edmund Ludlow who sat by him, " These men will never leave till the Army pull them out by the ears...
Page 121 - I entertained myself with elder company, to whom I was very acceptable ; and living in the house with many persons that had a great deal of wit, and very profitable serious discourses being frequent at my father's table and in my mother's drawing-room, I was very attentive to all, and gathered up things that I would utter again to great admiration of many that took my memory and imitation for wit.
Page 42 - That which we fought for,' said I, ' that the nation might be governed by its own consent.' ' I am,' said he, ' as much for a government by consent as any man ; but where shall we find that consent...