Oliver CromwellLongmans, Green, 1909 - 319 páginas This volume is an extensive biography of Oliver Cromwell, but according to its preface, the author suggests that it is a history. Gardiner makes a point to distinguish a history with a biographical viewpoint from that of a strict biography. |
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... kingdom , a power which was not to determine at the King's pleasure , but to continue till Parliament should take further order . Cromwell was evidently for strong measures . Yet there are signs that now , as at other times in his life ...
... kingdom , a power which was not to determine at the King's pleasure , but to continue till Parliament should take further order . Cromwell was evidently for strong measures . Yet there are signs that now , as at other times in his life ...
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... kingdom in a posture of defence , and this motion he followed up by others , with the practical object of forwarding repression in Ireland or protection to the Houses at Westminster . Though he was far from being a wealthy man , he con ...
... kingdom in a posture of defence , and this motion he followed up by others , with the practical object of forwarding repression in Ireland or protection to the Houses at Westminster . Though he was far from being a wealthy man , he con ...
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... kingdoms , including the King himself , was to be bound to swear to the observance of the Covenant . Such a demand natur- ally met with stern resistance . " There are three things , " replied Charles , " I will not part with — the ...
... kingdoms , including the King himself , was to be bound to swear to the observance of the Covenant . Such a demand natur- ally met with stern resistance . " There are three things , " replied Charles , " I will not part with — the ...
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... kingdoms , a body which had recently been appointed to direct the movements of the armies , that they won over the Presbyterian leaders , Essex and Holles , to look favourably on a scheme for bringing an accusation against Cromwell as ...
... kingdoms , a body which had recently been appointed to direct the movements of the armies , that they won over the Presbyterian leaders , Essex and Holles , to look favourably on a scheme for bringing an accusation against Cromwell as ...
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... kingdom would become weary of Parliament . " For what , " he added , " 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 ...
... kingdom would become weary of Parliament . " For what , " he added , " 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 ...
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