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Page xii
The transactions of the two first parliaments of Charles exhibited nearly the same view of the controversy as those of the preceding reign . On the opening of the third parliament he no longer disguised his despotical principles ...
The transactions of the two first parliaments of Charles exhibited nearly the same view of the controversy as those of the preceding reign . On the opening of the third parliament he no longer disguised his despotical principles ...
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From the dissolution of this parliament , in 1629 , Charles resolved to rule without a parliament . Wentworth was now gained over froun the Commons , and despotism , was systematized . , All the instances of abuse and tyranny before ...
From the dissolution of this parliament , in 1629 , Charles resolved to rule without a parliament . Wentworth was now gained over froun the Commons , and despotism , was systematized . , All the instances of abuse and tyranny before ...
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This , spirit of persecution reduced the Independents ' to despair ; and they petitioned parliament for leave to retire undisturbed to their own houses . This the Scots clamoured against as foul murder , and the Independents expected a ...
This , spirit of persecution reduced the Independents ' to despair ; and they petitioned parliament for leave to retire undisturbed to their own houses . This the Scots clamoured against as foul murder , and the Independents expected a ...
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The votes of the bishops in the house , and the clergy . throughout the nation , uniformly obstructed the efforts of parliament to restrain the prerogative . The Paritans , with equal zeal , espoused their cause ' ; and both the ...
The votes of the bishops in the house , and the clergy . throughout the nation , uniformly obstructed the efforts of parliament to restrain the prerogative . The Paritans , with equal zeal , espoused their cause ' ; and both the ...
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Hitherto the measures of parliament had been merely defensive . ... monopolies , ship - money , and all other illegal exactions were abolished ; triennial parliaments appointed to be held ( measures pronounced beneficial by historians ...
Hitherto the measures of parliament had been merely defensive . ... monopolies , ship - money , and all other illegal exactions were abolished ; triennial parliaments appointed to be held ( measures pronounced beneficial by historians ...
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| Title | Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, George Burnett |
| Author | John Milton |
| Translated by | George Burnett |
| Publisher | J. Miller, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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