Oliver Cromwell: the Man and His MissionCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1889 - 516 pages |
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... Parliament and Crown . Inevitable , -but not perhaps to contemporary observers , unless gifted with superhuman foresight . For when Henry VIII . in 1531 , in addition to his new - fangled despotism , forced on an unwilling clergy the ...
... Parliament and Crown . Inevitable , -but not perhaps to contemporary observers , unless gifted with superhuman foresight . For when Henry VIII . in 1531 , in addition to his new - fangled despotism , forced on an unwilling clergy the ...
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... Parliament of Elizabeth , was soon to have proof that there were in the conditions of the time some elements of discord which even the great and popular Queen might have some difficulty in controlling . The language of the House of ...
... Parliament of Elizabeth , was soon to have proof that there were in the conditions of the time some elements of discord which even the great and popular Queen might have some difficulty in controlling . The language of the House of ...
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... Parliament met , he was one of the knights chosen for the county , and Henry Cromwell , Robert's younger brother , of Upwood , near Ramsey , was elected for the town , events which would cause much family activity , and must surely have ...
... Parliament met , he was one of the knights chosen for the county , and Henry Cromwell , Robert's younger brother , of Upwood , near Ramsey , was elected for the town , events which would cause much family activity , and must surely have ...
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... Parliament met in February 1624 , the whole nation was too eager for action to scrutinise the trans- parent falsehood of the King's account of the futile negotiations with Rome and Lisbon . Sir Oliver of Hinchinbrook attended this ...
... Parliament met in February 1624 , the whole nation was too eager for action to scrutinise the trans- parent falsehood of the King's account of the futile negotiations with Rome and Lisbon . Sir Oliver of Hinchinbrook attended this ...
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... Parliament . " It was a futile arrangement , for the commissioners were obliged to honour all drafts of the Crown ... Parliament met in June , and Sir Oliver of Hinchinbrook was sent once more , and for the last time , as member for his ...
... Parliament . " It was a futile arrangement , for the commissioners were obliged to honour all drafts of the Crown ... Parliament met in June , and Sir Oliver of Hinchinbrook was sent once more , and for the last time , as member for his ...
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Page 461 - Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Page 500 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
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