The Life of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: With a History of the Events of His TimeE. Nash, 1905 - 513 من الصفحات |
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... land- lords would have vigilantly insisted upon . There is no doubt that a very large portion of the English peasantry passed from villeinage , in which condition they were incapable of holding any property ( or at least could be ...
... land- lords would have vigilantly insisted upon . There is no doubt that a very large portion of the English peasantry passed from villeinage , in which condition they were incapable of holding any property ( or at least could be ...
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... lands under the old hard conditions . This rendered the cultivation of estates by bailiffs difficult and unremunerative , and made it the interest of the feudal lords to be in- dulgent to the cultivators . The feudal lands were at the ...
... lands under the old hard conditions . This rendered the cultivation of estates by bailiffs difficult and unremunerative , and made it the interest of the feudal lords to be in- dulgent to the cultivators . The feudal lands were at the ...
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... land , while another law of Henry VII . caused their numerous retainers to be dispersed . Instead of taking their revenue in kind , and spending the best part of it in feeding their retainers and in indiscriminate hospi- tality , they ...
... land , while another law of Henry VII . caused their numerous retainers to be dispersed . Instead of taking their revenue in kind , and spending the best part of it in feeding their retainers and in indiscriminate hospi- tality , they ...
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... land not been as deplorable as those on the sea . The wretched fleet straggled ignominiously back in mid - winter to the western ports of England and Ireland , a danger to the country which sent them forth , for infection went and came ...
... land not been as deplorable as those on the sea . The wretched fleet straggled ignominiously back in mid - winter to the western ports of England and Ireland , a danger to the country which sent them forth , for infection went and came ...
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... land ; yet there were many evils which a good government might have prevented or alleviated . Following upon the increase of the population there was a movement towards the towns , which the government vainly tried to check by turning ...
... land ; yet there were many evils which a good government might have prevented or alleviated . Following upon the increase of the population there was a movement towards the towns , which the government vainly tried to check by turning ...
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الصفحة 303 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
الصفحة 205 - The Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, in Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best Reformed Churches...
الصفحة 204 - God's people in other nations, after mature deliberation, resolved and determined to enter into a mutual and solemn league and covenant, wherein we all subscribe, and each one of us for himself, with our hands lifted up to the most high God, do swear, I. That we shall sincerely, really and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against...
الصفحة 237 - 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, what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur, and not permit the war speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it.
الصفحة 321 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
الصفحة 21 - That whereas, for several ill ends, the calling again of a parliament is divulged; though his majesty has shown, by frequent meetings with his people, his love to the use of parliaments ; yet the late abuse having, for the present, driven him unwillingly out of that course ; he will account it presumption for any one to prescribe to him any time for the calling of that assembly n.
الصفحة 237 - I am far from reflecting on any. I know the worth of those Commanders, Members of both Houses, who are yet in power: but if I may speak my conscience without reflection upon any, I do conceive if the Army be not put into another method...
الصفحة 151 - My lords, I have now troubled your lordships a great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of these pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be loth...
الصفحة 343 - ... convention of faithful, honest, and discerning men, chosen for that purpose by the free consent of the whole body...
الصفحة 236 - War, — casting off all lingering proceedings like 'those of soldiers-of-fortune beyond sea, to spin out a war, — we shall make the kingdom weary of us, and hate the name of a Parliament.