...1664, in which he vehemently urged the repeal of the triennial act, and spoke of his never suffering a parliament to come together by the means prescribed by that bill. Charles's council was of an exceedingly heterogeneous character. It consisted of the royal brothers,...

...the dry-rot of the Restoration Era. " Assure yourselves," said he, "if I should think otherwise, I would never suffer a Parliament to come together by the .means prescribed by that bill." The Conventicle Act also belongs to the session of 1664. By this venomous measure all persons above...

...think the Crown could ever be happy without frequent Parliaments," he did not hesitate to add : " I would never suffer a Parliament to come together by the means prescribed by that Bill." Instead of being roused to indignation by such unconstitutional language, the obsequious Pensioner...

...otherwise, I would never suffer a Parh'a ment to come together by the means pre scribed by that bill."t So audacious a declaration, equivalent to an avowed...preventing the execution of the laws by force of arms, wns never before heard from the lips of an English king, and would in any other times have awakened...

...the Triennial-act of 1641 was effected in this session. The king had the audacity to declare that he would never suffer a parliament to come together by the means prescribed in it; and to please him, a bill was brought in to repeal it, and passed, with a provision, however,...

...without frequent parliaments; "but assure yourselves," he concluded, '• if I should think otherwise, I would never suffer a parliament to come together by...execution of the laws by force of arms, was never belbre heard from the Ifps of an English king ; and would in any other times have awakened a storm...

...happy without frequent Parliaments." He concluded with a threat that, if he did think otherwise, he would never suffer a Parliament to come together by the means prescribed by the Triennial Act. The obedient House, thus lectured, lost no time in passing a repeal bill, and in...

...Bill. 1664 he ventured to tell them that, much as he was ' in love with Parliaments,' he 'never would suffer a Parliament to come together by the means prescribed by that bill.' Anxious no doubt to narrow the scope of their differences with the King, the Commons, while reasserting...

...that while he should not be happy without frequent Parliaments, yet, if ever he thought otherwise, he would " never suffer a Parliament to come together by the means prescribed by that bill." Clarendon, who by this time had abjured many of those doctrines which he formerly regarded as the bulwark...

...that while he should not be happy without frequent Parliaments, yet, if ever he thought otherwise, he would " never suffer a Parliament to come together by the means prescribed by that bill." Clarendon, who by this time had abjured many of those doctrines which he formerly regarded as the bulwark...