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Página 249 - 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.
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Página 476 - Vane's carriage yesterday in the Hall, is the occasion of this letter; which, if I am rightly informed, was so insolent as to justify all he had done, acknowledging no supreme power in England but a Parliament, and many things to that purpose. You have had a true account of all, and if he has given new occasion to be hanged, certainly he is too dangerous a man to let live, if we can honestly put him out of the way. Think of this, and give me some account of it to-morrow, till when I have no more...
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| Título | The Life of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: With a History of the Events of His Time Books for college libraries The Life of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: With a History of the Events of His Time, William Wotherspoon Ireland |
| Autor | William Wotherspoon Ireland |
| Editor | E. Nash, 1905 |
| ISBN | 0404035078, 9780404035075 |
| Largo | 513 páginas |
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