Dryden's SatireMacmillan, 1966 - 182 pages |
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Page lii
... James should be excluded from the succession to the throne . Early in 1679 James was compelled to withdraw to Flanders , and when the Whigs were returned to power in May with a huge majority they at once introduced the Exclusion Bill ...
... James should be excluded from the succession to the throne . Early in 1679 James was compelled to withdraw to Flanders , and when the Whigs were returned to power in May with a huge majority they at once introduced the Exclusion Bill ...
Page liii
... James was summoned back from Brussels . However , the alarm of the Tories at the prospect of civil war had stiffened their opposition to Shaftesbury , so that on his recovery Charles felt himself to be in a sufficiently strong position ...
... James was summoned back from Brussels . However , the alarm of the Tories at the prospect of civil war had stiffened their opposition to Shaftesbury , so that on his recovery Charles felt himself to be in a sufficiently strong position ...
Page 161
... James was en- couraged in his over - confidence by the Jesuits , led by Father Petre ( the Martin ) . Sir Edward Petre ( 1638-99 ) , who had twice been imprisoned during the Popish Plot crisis , became the king's confessor when James ...
... James was en- couraged in his over - confidence by the Jesuits , led by Father Petre ( the Martin ) . Sir Edward Petre ( 1638-99 ) , who had twice been imprisoned during the Popish Plot crisis , became the king's confessor when James ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO Absalom | xlvii |
TIME CHART | lv |
Copyright | |
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