The book Elements of General History Ancient And Modern was written by author Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee Here you can read free online of Elements of General History Ancient And Modern book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Elements of General History Ancient And Modern a good or bad book?
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Its further operations were criminal in the extreme. The subsequent usurpations of the commons can no more be justified on any constitutional principle, than the murder of the king can be de- fended on the score of legality, justice, or humanity. SECTION LVII. THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND. 1. The parliament of Scotland had taken no part in these latter scenes, and had formally protested against the trial of the king. On his death tliey proclaimed Charles II. Their sovereign, but on the ex- press... condition of his signing the covenant, and ratifying their con- fession of faith. Ireland recognised him without any conditions. The heroic marquis of Montrose landed in the north of Scotland with a few foreign troops, and attempted to reduce the party ol the cove- nantee, and to establish the legal rirthorit^' of the king, independent of the servile restrictions with which they had fettered it. - Being attacked by a much superior force, he was defeated, and betrayed into the power of his enemies, who put him to death by the hands of the executioner, 1, 650; displaying in the circumstances of his punishment ail the insolence of cruelty which distinguishes revenge in the meanest of souls.
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