Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Sons, 1907 |
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Page 11
... Cromwell , or Somerset . But , when an attempt is made to set him up as a saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of sense who knows the history of the times to preserve his gravity . If the memory of the archbishop had been left to ...
... Cromwell , or Somerset . But , when an attempt is made to set him up as a saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of sense who knows the history of the times to preserve his gravity . If the memory of the archbishop had been left to ...
Page 12
... Cromwell while the fortunes of Cromwell flourished . He voted for cutting off Cromwell's head without a trial , when the tide of royal favour turned . He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind . He assisted ...
... Cromwell while the fortunes of Cromwell flourished . He voted for cutting off Cromwell's head without a trial , when the tide of royal favour turned . He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind . He assisted ...
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... Cromwell , had begun to talk of selling their estates and leaving England . The event soon showed , that they were the only men who really understood how much inhumanity and fraud lay hid under the constitutional language and gracious ...
... Cromwell , had begun to talk of selling their estates and leaving England . The event soon showed , that they were the only men who really understood how much inhumanity and fraud lay hid under the constitutional language and gracious ...
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... Cromwell . " Those who may agree with us in the opinion which we have expressed as to the original demands of the Parliament will scarcely concur in this strong censure . The propositions which the Houses made at Oxford , at Uxbridge ...
... Cromwell . " Those who may agree with us in the opinion which we have expressed as to the original demands of the Parliament will scarcely concur in this strong censure . The propositions which the Houses made at Oxford , at Uxbridge ...
Page 42
... decidedly unfavourable to the cause of liberty was principally owing to the skill and energy which the more violent roundheads had displayed in subordinate situations . The conduct of Fairfax and Cromwell at 42 Macaulay's Essays.
... decidedly unfavourable to the cause of liberty was principally owing to the skill and energy which the more violent roundheads had displayed in subordinate situations . The conduct of Fairfax and Cromwell at 42 Macaulay's Essays.
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