Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 - English literature |
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Page 99
... Parliament . I speak not this as wishing to provoke debate ; which neither yet do I decline . " Mr. Cowley was , as I could see , a little nettled . Yet , as he was a man of a kind disposition and a most refined courtesy , he put a ...
... Parliament . I speak not this as wishing to provoke debate ; which neither yet do I decline . " Mr. Cowley was , as I could see , a little nettled . Yet , as he was a man of a kind disposition and a most refined courtesy , he put a ...
Page 100
... parliaments should be holden , and that their own power should continue till of their great condescension they should be pleased to resign it themselves ? What more could they ask ? Was it not enough that they had taken from their king ...
... parliaments should be holden , and that their own power should continue till of their great condescension they should be pleased to resign it themselves ? What more could they ask ? Was it not enough that they had taken from their king ...
Page 101
... Parliament could desire ? I will answer you in one word , security . What are votes , and statutes , and resolutions ? They have no eyes to see , no hands to strike and avenge . They must have some safeguard from without . Many things ...
... Parliament could desire ? I will answer you in one word , security . What are votes , and statutes , and resolutions ? They have no eyes to see , no hands to strike and avenge . They must have some safeguard from without . Many things ...
Page 102
... Parliament , from these solemn promises of the king . Were we to be deceived again ? Were we again to give subsidies , and receive nothing but promises ? Were we again to make wholesome statutes , and then leave them to be broken daily ...
... Parliament , from these solemn promises of the king . Were we to be deceived again ? Were we again to give subsidies , and receive nothing but promises ? Were we again to make wholesome statutes , and then leave them to be broken daily ...
Page 103
... Parliament should be impeached of high treason at the bar of the Lords ; thereby violating both the trial by jury ... Parliament . Neither did that Parliament demand it as a permanent possession . They asked it only for temporary ...
... Parliament should be impeached of high treason at the bar of the Lords ; thereby violating both the trial by jury ... Parliament . Neither did that Parliament demand it as a permanent possession . They asked it only for temporary ...
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