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... Charles I and James II are very different . Charles , after a trial by a parliamentary court which , reasonably enough , he refused to recognise , was formally beheaded in January 1649 ( ' justly condemned , adjudged to die , and put to ...
... Charles I and James II are very different . Charles , after a trial by a parliamentary court which , reasonably enough , he refused to recognise , was formally beheaded in January 1649 ( ' justly condemned , adjudged to die , and put to ...
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... Charles's death and heartened by the accession of his brother : ' Our Atlas fell indeed ; But Hercules was near ' ( l . 35 ) . Dryden's James is seen as ' Pious Brother , sure the best / Who ever bore that Name ' ( ll . 36—7 ) . He is ...
... Charles's death and heartened by the accession of his brother : ' Our Atlas fell indeed ; But Hercules was near ' ( l . 35 ) . Dryden's James is seen as ' Pious Brother , sure the best / Who ever bore that Name ' ( ll . 36—7 ) . He is ...
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... Charles's love for his bastard son . Making Achitophel a figure of force and energy misapplied both allows for heroic action by David / Charles and takes the main blame away from Absalom , who is seen in the poem as a dupe rather than a ...
... Charles's love for his bastard son . Making Achitophel a figure of force and energy misapplied both allows for heroic action by David / Charles and takes the main blame away from Absalom , who is seen in the poem as a dupe rather than a ...
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