The Trials of Charles the First: And of Some of the RegicidesJ. Murray, 1832 - 338 pages |
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... never cease purging the Houses , till they had made them of such a temper as would do his Majesty's business . " Pride rose , it is said , from a drayman to be a brewer , and then a colonel , and was knighted by leaders of the army had ...
... never cease purging the Houses , till they had made them of such a temper as would do his Majesty's business . " Pride rose , it is said , from a drayman to be a brewer , and then a colonel , and was knighted by leaders of the army had ...
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... , " These fellows will never be quiet till they are pulled out by the ears . " - See D'Israeli's Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles , vol . v . 242 , claration , " that the House of Commons , being 12 THE TRIAL OF.
... , " These fellows will never be quiet till they are pulled out by the ears . " - See D'Israeli's Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles , vol . v . 242 , claration , " that the House of Commons , being 12 THE TRIAL OF.
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... never imagining what misery it would bring upon the kingdom , and now abhorred the work in hand as much as any body could do ; and did all she could to hinder her husband from acting any part in it . Nor did he ever sit in that bloody ...
... never imagining what misery it would bring upon the kingdom , and now abhorred the work in hand as much as any body could do ; and did all she could to hinder her husband from acting any part in it . Nor did he ever sit in that bloody ...
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... never an elective kingdom , but an hereditary kingdom for near these thousand years ; there- fore let me know by what authority I am called hither : I do stand more for the liberty of my people than any here that come to be my pre ...
... never an elective kingdom , but an hereditary kingdom for near these thousand years ; there- fore let me know by what authority I am called hither : I do stand more for the liberty of my people than any here that come to be my pre ...
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... never dreamt of charging him with the murder of the King by poison . They charged him with " transcendent presumption in giving the King physic ; " which they say is " an offence and misdemeanour of so high a nature as may justly be ...
... never dreamt of charging him with the murder of the King by poison . They charged him with " transcendent presumption in giving the King physic ; " which they say is " an offence and misdemeanour of so high a nature as may justly be ...
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Page 4 - The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene...
Page 164 - Dear Robin, our fleshly reasonings ensnare us. These make us say, 'heavy,' 'sad,' 'pleasant,' 'easy.' Was there not a little of this when Robert Hammond, through dissatisfaction too, desired retirement from the Army, and thought of quiet in the Isle of Wight ? > Did not God find him out there ? I believe he will never forget this.
Page 96 - For all which treasons and crimes this Court doth adjudge that he, the said Charles Stuart, as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of this nation, shall be put to death by the severing of his head from his body.
Page 324 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand...
Page 101 - WHEREAS Charles Stuart, King of England, is and standeth convicted, attainted and condemned of High Treason and other high Crimes ; and Sentence upon Saturday last was pronounced against him by this Court, To be put to death by the severing of his head from his body ; of...
Page 129 - He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 101 - Heed, my child, what I say; they will cut off my head , and perhaps make thee a king. But, mark what I say, you must not be a king so long as your brothers Charles and James do live. For they will cut off your brothers' heads, when they can catch them, and cut off thy head too at the last. And therefore, I charge you, do not be made a king by them.
Page 165 - Thirdly, Whether this Army be not a lawful Power, called by God to oppose and fight against the king upon some stated grounds ; and being in power to such ends, may not oppose one Name of...
Page 101 - Sweetheart, now they will cut oft' thy father's head (upon which words the child looking very stedfastly on him) ; mark, child, what I say, they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a King. But mark what I say, you must not be a King, so long as your brothers, Charles and James do live ; for they will cut off your brothers...
Page 7 - ... which being made known to a committee there, she was by them ordered to have her tongue fastened by a nail to the body of a tree by the highway side on a market day, which was accordingly done ; and a paper in great letters, setting forth the heinousness of the fact, fixed to her back to make her the more notorious.