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... commons intensely active through the dawn- ing of intelligence ; every tavern the head- quarters of a political clique ; general discon- tent begotten of the despotic policy of the crown ; the people , like a blind Samson , grasp- ing ...
... commons intensely active through the dawn- ing of intelligence ; every tavern the head- quarters of a political clique ; general discon- tent begotten of the despotic policy of the crown ; the people , like a blind Samson , grasp- ing ...
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... Commons resolved itself into a " Committee of Religion . " " It was in this Committee of Religion , " says Carlyle , * " on the 11th day of February , 1628-9 , that Mr. Cromwell , member for Hunt- ingdon , then in his thirtieth year ...
... Commons resolved itself into a " Committee of Religion . " " It was in this Committee of Religion , " says Carlyle , * " on the 11th day of February , 1628-9 , that Mr. Cromwell , member for Hunt- ingdon , then in his thirtieth year ...
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... Commons signed together the " Solemn League and Covenant " which bound England and Scotland to the extirpation of Popery and Prelacy . * Considering how greatly Milton's writings had contributed towards that consummation , it must have ...
... Commons signed together the " Solemn League and Covenant " which bound England and Scotland to the extirpation of Popery and Prelacy . * Considering how greatly Milton's writings had contributed towards that consummation , it must have ...
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