 | John William Clayton - 1859 - 404 trang
...spirits. A committee was nominated to prefer a charge against him ; and, on their report, a vote was passed, declaring it treason in a King to levy war against his Parliament ; and a high court of justice was appointed to try his Majesty, for this newly-invented crime. For... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 820 trang
...this, nothing remained but the public trial and execution of their sovereign. In the House of Commons a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his Parliament, and... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 234 trang
...for the advancement of their common ends of safety and ambition. In the house of commons, therefore, a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote parsed, declaring it treason in .. king to "• vy war against his parliament,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 546 trang
...were allowed to enter but the most furious and determined of the independents, in all not ex ceeding sixty. This atrocious invasion of the parliamentary...king ; and a vote passed, declaring it treason in » king to levy war against his parliament. A high court of justice was accordingly appointed, to try... | |
 | David Hume - 1864 - 602 trang
...for the advancement of their common ends of safety and ambition. In the House of Commons, therefore, a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his Parliament, and... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1866 - 738 trang
...but his own partisans (about sixty in number), a second vote was passed, rescinding the former, and declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his parliament. A court of justice was then appointed to try the king for this act of treason. The House of Lords having... | |
 | David Hume - 1869 - 822 trang
...this, nothing remained but the public trial and execution of their sovereign. In the House of Commons a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his Parliament, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 540 trang
...kingly ; and frequent proposals for an accommodation passed between the captive king and the commcns. 7. But it was now too late : their power was soon...justice was accordingly appointed, to try his majesty lor this new-invented treason. 1 1 . Colonel Harrison, the son of a butcher, was coruU manded to conduct... | |
 | David Hume - 1872 - 822 trang
...this, nothing remained but the public trial and execution of their sovereign. In the House of Commons a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his Parliament, and... | |
 | David Hume - 1873 - 820 trang
...this, nothing remained but the public trial and execution of their sovereign. In the House of Commons a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his Parliament, and... | |
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... sixty. This atrocious invasion of the parliamentary rights commonly passed by the name of Pride's Purge, and the remaining members were called the Rump. These soon voted that the transactions of the house a few days before were entirely illegal, and... 
