 | L. M. Stretch - 1808 - 316 trang
...mediocrity, than of too great an elevation of fortune. AFTER the murder of Charles the first, the common* published a proclamation, forbidding all persons,...or any other as sovereign of England. They likewise abolisned the house of lords, where there were but sixteen peers sitting ; so that in all appearance,... | |
 | S. Blewett - 1849 - 228 trang
...dictatorship ef the British nation. HISTORICAL EVENTS. AFTER the death of King Charles, the House of Commons published a proclamation, forbidding all persons...England. They likewise abolished the House of Lords, thus taking into their own hands the sovereignty of the kingdom. Their own House, which should be composed... | |
 | Voltaire - 1901 - 632 trang
...before our era, to find an example, in the person of Agis, king of Lacedaemon. Oliver Cromwell. 291 CHAPTER CLI. OLIVER CROMWELL. AFTER the murder of...the sovereignty of England and Ireland. The House of Commons,which should be composed of five hundred and thirteen members, consisted then of only eighty.... | |
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CHAPTER CLI. OLIVER CROMWELL. AFTER the murder of Charles I. the Commons published a proclamation, forbidding all persons, on pain of death, to acknowledge the late king's son, or any other, as sovereign of England. They likewise abolished the House of... 