The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 6Conner & Cooke, 1833 - English literature |
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Page 129
... present was so of money to pay them , seemed to possess great great on the side of the Convention . But the Eng- advantages over the party of Charles . But the gal - lish Commissioners held out a bait which the Con- lantry of the King's ...
... present was so of money to pay them , seemed to possess great great on the side of the Convention . But the Eng- advantages over the party of Charles . But the gal - lish Commissioners held out a bait which the Con- lantry of the King's ...
Page 158
... present occupied the capital . The Rump Parliament had no alternative but to take the hint , unless they had resolved to try the fate of bat- tle at the head of those insubordinate troops , who had more than once changed sides between ...
... present occupied the capital . The Rump Parliament had no alternative but to take the hint , unless they had resolved to try the fate of bat- tle at the head of those insubordinate troops , who had more than once changed sides between ...
Page 163
... present would prove but a gouk storm ; and after some other depreciating expressions concerning the prevailing party in the Scottish Parliament , he added , that " then the King would see their tricks . " once expelled from their ...
... present would prove but a gouk storm ; and after some other depreciating expressions concerning the prevailing party in the Scottish Parliament , he added , that " then the King would see their tricks . " once expelled from their ...
Page 179
... present sovereign's will and pleasure , return again under the dominion of the Holy Father , when they beheld their prince surrender to him , as a usurpation , the right of supremacy which his predecessors had seized upon . But there ...
... present sovereign's will and pleasure , return again under the dominion of the Holy Father , when they beheld their prince surrender to him , as a usurpation , the right of supremacy which his predecessors had seized upon . But there ...
Page 183
... present- ed to them as one of general toleration for all Chris- tian sects , was in fact designed to achieve the supre- macy of the Catholic faith over heresy of every de- nomination . with the numerous and various factions in England ...
... present- ed to them as one of general toleration for all Chris- tian sects , was in fact designed to achieve the supre- macy of the Catholic faith over heresy of every de- nomination . with the numerous and various factions in England ...
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