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" 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,... "
An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and ... - Page 108
by William Harris - 1814
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Works of the Camden Society

1875 - 224 pages
...members of both Houses have got great places and commands, and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces is but what others do utter behind our backs. I am far from reflecting...
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Cavaliers and Roundheads

John George Edgar - 1875 - 556 pages
...places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...end, lest their own power should determine with it. I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those commanders, members of both Houses, who...
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King and Commonwealth: A History of Charles I. and the Great Rebellion

Bertha Meriton Cordery Gardiner, James Surtees Phillpotts, B. Cordery (Meriton) - 1876 - 420 pages
...members of both Houses have got great places, and commands, and the sword into their hands, and will not permit the war speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it." " Whatever is the matter," continued another member ; " two summers are passed over, and we are not...
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The Draytons and the Davenants: A Story of the Civil Wars

Elizabeth Rundle Charles - 1877 - 520 pages
...into their hands, and what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will per petually continue themselves in grandeur, and not permit the...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far from...
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The History of the Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England, Volume 1

Andrew Bisset - 1877 - 388 pages
...speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it. This I speak here, to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far from reflecting on any. . . ." He then went on to advise the House in the words quoted a few pages back, not to insist upon...
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Cavaliers and Roundheads, Or Stories of the Great Civil War

John George Edgar - 1881 - 418 pages
...places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...end, lest their own power should determine with it. I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those commanders, members of both Houses, who...
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Life of Oliver Cromwell

Francis Warre Cornish - 1882 - 446 pages
...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...end, lest their own power should determine with it. ... I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those Commanders, Members of both Houses,...
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Carlyles' Works: Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches

Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 536 pages
...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...lest their own power should determine with it. This [that] I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far...
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Oliver Cromwell

Frederic Harrison - 1888 - 248 pages
...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...end, lest their own power should determine with it. ... " But this I would recommend to your prudence, Not to insist upon any complaint or oversight of...
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History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649: 1644-1647

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1889 - 670 pages
...plans and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and, what by interest of Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...should determine with it. This I speak here to our faces is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs." He would not, he added, reflect upon any,...
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