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" For what do the enemy say ? Nay, what do many say that were friends at the beginning of the Parliament ? Even this, That the Members of both Houses have got great places and commands, and the sword into their hands; and, what by interest in Parliament,... "
Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: Sir Henry Vane, the Younger; Henry ... - Page 91
1838
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A History of England from the First Invasion of the Romans to the ..., Volume 1

John Lingard - Great Britain - 1871 - 306 pages
...commands, and the sword into their hands; and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the Army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...lest their own power should determine with it. This ' that' I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far...
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Letters and Speeches

Oliver Cromwell - 1873 - 314 pages
...commands, and the sword into their hands ; and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the Army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...lest their own power should determine with it. This ' that' I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far...
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King and Commonwealth, a history of the Great rebellion [by B.M. Gardiner ...

Bertha Meriton Gardiner - Great Britain - 1874 - 404 pages
...members of both Houses have got great places, and commands, and the sword into their hands, and •will not permit the war speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it." " Whatever is the matter," continued another member ; " two summers are passed over, and we are not...
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Works of the Camden Society

Great Britain - 1875 - 212 pages
...have got great places and commands, and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces is but what others do utter behind our backs. I am far from reflecting...
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Works of the Camden Society

Great Britain - 1875 - 224 pages
...have got great places and commands, and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces is but what others do utter behind our backs. I am far from reflecting...
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Cavaliers and Roundheads

John George Edgar - 1875 - 556 pages
...and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...end, lest their own power should determine with it. I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those commanders, members of both Houses, who...
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King and Commonwealth: A History of Charles I. and the Great Rebellion

Bertha Meriton Cordery Gardiner, James Surtees Phillpotts, B. Cordery (Meriton) - Great Britain - 1876 - 420 pages
...members of both Houses have got great places, and commands, and the sword into their hands, and will not permit the war speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it." " Whatever is the matter," continued another member ; " two summers are passed over, and we are not...
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The History of the Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England, Volume 2

Andrew Bisset - Constitutional history - 1877 - 388 pages
...and the sword into their hands; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...behind our backs. I am far from reflecting on any. . . ." He then went on to advise the House in the words quoted a few pages back, not to insist upon...
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The Draytons and the Davenants: A Story of the Civil Wars

Elizabeth Rundle Charles - Great Britain - 1877 - 520 pages
...into their hands, and what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will per petually continue themselves in grandeur, and not permit the...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far from...
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Cavaliers and Roundheads, Or Stories of the Great Civil War

John George Edgar - 1881 - 418 pages
...and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur,...end, lest their own power should determine with it. I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those commanders, members of both Houses, who...
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