A Short Critical Review of the Political Life of Oliver Cromwell: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... By the Late John Banks, ... With an Appendix, ...C. Hitch and L. Hawes; J. Rivington; L. Davis and C. Reymers; S. Crowder; and T. Longman, 1760 - Всего страниц: 330 |
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... town of Hun . tingdon , where his father then inhabited . The accounts we have of his youth are imperfect and unsatiffactory ; for he never distinguished himself till he was called upon to do it in a publick capacity . We only learn ...
... town of Hun . tingdon , where his father then inhabited . The accounts we have of his youth are imperfect and unsatiffactory ; for he never distinguished himself till he was called upon to do it in a publick capacity . We only learn ...
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... town's people of Cambridge , he got to be elected one of their burgesses , to serve in the parliament of 1640 , afterwards called the long parliament . In this parliament he fewed himself a zealous and forward opposer of the publick ...
... town's people of Cambridge , he got to be elected one of their burgesses , to serve in the parliament of 1640 , afterwards called the long parliament . In this parliament he fewed himself a zealous and forward opposer of the publick ...
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... town of Cambridge , when the college - plate was upon the point of being sent to the king at Oxford , and his taking Sir Thomas Connesby , high - sheriff of Hertfordshire , just as he was going to St. Albans , to proclaim the parliament ...
... town of Cambridge , when the college - plate was upon the point of being sent to the king at Oxford , and his taking Sir Thomas Connesby , high - sheriff of Hertfordshire , just as he was going to St. Albans , to proclaim the parliament ...
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... town , and took many prisoners , being some of prince Rupert's life - guard , and Langdale's brigade . This gave such an alarm to the whole royal army , that the king at midnight left his own quarters , and for security haftened to ...
... town , and took many prisoners , being some of prince Rupert's life - guard , and Langdale's brigade . This gave such an alarm to the whole royal army , that the king at midnight left his own quarters , and for security haftened to ...
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... town , and in his return summoned the train , and visited his carriages , where was good plunder . But here , as in the battle of Marston - moor , his long stay so far from the main body , was no small prejudice to the king's army , For ...
... town , and in his return summoned the train , and visited his carriages , where was good plunder . But here , as in the battle of Marston - moor , his long stay so far from the main body , was no small prejudice to the king's army , For ...
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