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He subsequently suffered persecution at the hands of Judge Jeffreys. After the Revolution he had a few years of peace and quiet. His literary activity was marvellous in spite of ill-health and outward disturbance.
Upon the orders of his colonel he would have hanged Pitt out of hand, but was restrained by the lies of the prisoner Blood, who led him to believe that Pitt was a peer of the realm and a person of consideration. As the Captain's evidence concluded, Lord Jeffreys looked across at Peter Blood. "Will the prisoner Blood ask the witness any questions?" "None, my lord.
Opening with the deathscene of the dissolute Charles II., it presents a series of brilliant pictures of the events succeeding: The miserable fate of Oates and Dangerfield, the perjured inventors of the Popish Plot; the trial of Baxter by the infamous Jeffreys; the ill-starred attempt of the Duke of Monmouth; the battle of Sedgemoor, and the dreadful atrocities of the king's soldiers, and the horrible perversion of justice by the king's chief judge in the "Bloody Assizes;" the barbarous hunting of the Scotch Dissenters by Claverbouse; the melancholy fate of the brave and noble Duke of Argyle, are described with graphic power unknown to Smollett or Hume.
"Well, they got to high words; the t'other wouldn't give up the file; and when Jeffreys tried to get hold of it, what did the aggravation Smasher do for you see he was used to bolting half-crowns and such like but swallow the file!" "Why, that must have killed him?" observed Yorke. "So Jeffreys concluded," returned Mr. Rolfe, coolly; "and indeed that was his defense when his trial came on.
Jeffreys sought now to wring from Dunne what was this business to which he had so mysteriously alluded this with the object of establishing Lady Lisle's knowledge of Hicks's treason. Dunne resisted more stubbornly than ever.
The horseman was only about one hundred yards away, and as he caught sight of the rifles pointed toward him he pulled his pony to its haunches. "Throw up your hands!" yelled Horace. "If you make a move, we'll drop you. You are a prisoner of the Half-Moon Ranch!" As the horseman heard the name he shouted: "Steady, there! I'm Jim Jeffreys. What are you up to, anyhow?"
So now Jerry answered very politely. "It looks good," he said. "Is the circus coming?" asked Danny. "Of course it is. What do you suppose they've put up the posters for?" "It don't say so here," said Nora. "All it says is " Darn interrupted. "Where've you kids been? That old poster has been up for a week. Two new ones were pasted up to-day one at Jenkins' corner and the other on Jeffreys' barn.
The guard aboard will be small and sleepy; our limbs are free; we lie a fair distance from the shore. We are never so loosely guarded as when in Panama itself." The two Englishmen remained silent for perhaps three or four minutes, thinking the matter out. "Let's try, and God be with us!" said Jeffreys.
His calm blue eyes, pale, refined face, and serious air gave him the appearance of a minister rather than a ruthless oppressor, but his reputation for cruelty among certain people was as well established as that of Jeffreys. He greeted Mr.
Accession of James II. His declaration in council; acceptable to the nation Arbitrary designs of his reign Former ministers continued Money transactions with France Revenue levied without authority of Parliament Persecution of Dissenters Character of Jeffreys The King's affectation of independence Advances to the Prince of Orange The primary object of this reign Transactions in Scotland Severe persecutions there Scottish Parliament Cruelties of government English Parliament; its proceedings Revenue Votes concerning religion Bill for preservation of the King's person Solicitude for the Church of England Reversal of Stafford's attainder rejected Parliament adjourned Character of the Tories Situation of the Whigs.
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