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History of the English Parliament, Vol. 2

Together With an Account of the Parliaments of Scotland and Ireland (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from History of the English Parliament, Vol. 2: Together With an Account of the Parliaments of Scotland and Ireland Here was the Old threat, covertly expressed, to do without Parliaments, if they were found intractable. But for the present the House acquiesced. The revenues which Charles II. Had possessed for life, and which were now reckoned at about were granted to his successor for the same period, and the tax upon wines was voted for eight years. The Upper House was like wise yielding, and repealed the resolution passed some years before providing that proceedings begun on an impeachment by the Lower House were not to be an nulled by a dissolution. Under this new enactment Lord Danby and the imprisoned Catholic lords were re leased. The Lower House promised to stand by and assist with their lives and fortunes his Majesty against the Earl of Argyle and all other rebels and traitors. There was practically no opposition to the grant of revenue, and the only speech to disturb the general harmony was one made by Edward Seymour, who, though a Tory, and hitherto no friend to popular government, stood forth singly to condemn the abrogation Of the charters of towns and the arbitrary proceedings which had in con sequence resulted at the elections. Seymour made him self the mouthpiece Of constitutionalism, foreseeing grave dangers to the State if a system Of arbitrary government were to acquire the ascendency, of which he declared there were manifest signs. He had, no doubt, secret sym pathisers, but he found none to support his views in the House. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Release date NZ
August 31st, 2018
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  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
650 illustrations
Imprint
Forgotten Books
Pages
646
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Dimensions
152x229x33
ISBN-13
9781330342046
Product ID
23310493

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