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... Parliament of- fered to him and to his brother - exiles protection from the tyranny of the High Commission and the Star - chamber courts . Soon after this period , we find him engaged in controversy , as one of the writers of the ...
... Parliament of- fered to him and to his brother - exiles protection from the tyranny of the High Commission and the Star - chamber courts . Soon after this period , we find him engaged in controversy , as one of the writers of the ...
Page 120
... parliament for the raising of an army , or at the immediately subsequent event of the siege of Hull . The Scots rebellion began in 1637 , the civil war of England in 1642 . months ; and whenever his religion was at- tacked , 120 LIFE OF ...
... parliament for the raising of an army , or at the immediately subsequent event of the siege of Hull . The Scots rebellion began in 1637 , the civil war of England in 1642 . months ; and whenever his religion was at- tacked , 120 LIFE OF ...
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... Parliament was now assembled as the representative of a nation , irritated and alarmed by very flagrant abuses of power y " Atque illi quidem Deo perinde confisi , servitutem ho- nestissimis armis pepulere : cujus laudis etsi nullam ...
... Parliament was now assembled as the representative of a nation , irritated and alarmed by very flagrant abuses of power y " Atque illi quidem Deo perinde confisi , servitutem ho- nestissimis armis pepulere : cujus laudis etsi nullam ...
Page 171
... parliaments , with his unrelenting im- prisonment of their members , one of whom had died under the length and rigours of the confinement ; his violent attempts to govern by prerogative alone ; his arbitrary exactions in violation of ...
... parliaments , with his unrelenting im- prisonment of their members , one of whom had died under the length and rigours of the confinement ; his violent attempts to govern by prerogative alone ; his arbitrary exactions in violation of ...
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... Parliament not yet be- ing convened , the public indignation was forced still to wait , for a short interval , before it could diffuse itself from the press . When this rapid propagator of opinions and best guardian of truth was at last ...
... Parliament not yet be- ing convened , the public indignation was forced still to wait , for a short interval , before it could diffuse itself from the press . When this rapid propagator of opinions and best guardian of truth was at last ...
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