The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green Longmans, & Roberts, 1849 - Great Britain |
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... refuse to the Sovereign ; and , happily for the nation , those few things were the very things on which James had set his heart . Act . One of his objects was to obtain a repeal of the The Habeas Habeas Corpus Act , which he hated , as ...
... refuse to the Sovereign ; and , happily for the nation , those few things were the very things on which James had set his heart . Act . One of his objects was to obtain a repeal of the The Habeas Habeas Corpus Act , which he hated , as ...
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... refused to promise that he would give his vote in the House of Lords for the repeal either of the Test Act or of the Habeas Corpus Act . Some of those who were about the King advised him not , on the eve of the meeting of Parliament ...
... refused to promise that he would give his vote in the House of Lords for the repeal either of the Test Act or of the Habeas Corpus Act . Some of those who were about the King advised him not , on the eve of the meeting of Parliament ...
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... refuse to make any addition to a force which it was clear that His Majesty could not manage . The motion that the sum to be granted should not exceed four hundred thousand pounds , was lost by twelve votes . This victory of the ...
... refuse to make any addition to a force which it was clear that His Majesty could not manage . The motion that the sum to be granted should not exceed four hundred thousand pounds , was lost by twelve votes . This victory of the ...
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... refusing to give or take quarter . The Bishop himself , before he was ordained , had borne arms in the Guards ; and , though he generally did his best to preserve the gravity and sobriety befitting a prelate , some flashes of his ...
... refusing to give or take quarter . The Bishop himself , before he was ordained , had borne arms in the Guards ; and , though he generally did his best to preserve the gravity and sobriety befitting a prelate , some flashes of his ...
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... refused to make any concession to the Long Parliament , and had resorted to arms in defence of the ship money and of the Star Chamber , he would have seen , in the hostile ranks , Hyde and Falkland side by side with Hollis and Hampden ...
... refused to make any concession to the Long Parliament , and had resorted to arms in defence of the ship money and of the Star Chamber , he would have seen , in the hostile ranks , Hyde and Falkland side by side with Hollis and Hampden ...
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