Identifier: storyofgreatestn06elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the power of Cromwell as mili-tary dictator. Vane urged with all the earnestness in his power, that the billshould be passed without delay. Cromwell never hesitated in such crises.With a squad of soldiers he strode to the building and, leaving them at thedoor, entered the House and sat down to watch what was being done. He couldnot restrain himself long, and, springing to his feet, charged the Commons withmisgovernment and the abuse of their power. As he talked, his anger rose,until exclaiming, You are no Parliament! he called in his soldiers, had thempull the presiding officer from his seat and tumble him out of doors. The othermembers scrambled after, amid the dictators vigorous epithets. When all weregone, Cromwell locked the door, thrust the key into his pocket, and went home,feeling, perhaps, that he had performed only his simple duty. The old Parliament out of the way, Cromwell called a new one to his ownliking. It had one hundred and thirty-nine members, and was nicknamed thfl
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VI-54 England—The Royalists in Virginia 1067 ■■ Barebones Parliament, because one of its members bore the curious name ofPraise-God Barebones. It was ridiculed from the first; but it cannot be deniedthat it did a good work, and that some of the laws originated by it proved veryhelpful to the country. A constitution was presented by a council which, ^n December 16, 1653,made Cromwell Lord Protector of England, Ireland, and Scotland. A fewyears later a second constitution offered him the crown. Tradition representshim as desiring to take it, but being withheld by the entreaties of his favoritedaughter, Elizabeth Claypole. A more reasonable argument lay in the fact thatthe army was unlikely to sustain him in such a step. At any rate, Cromwellrefused the crown of England. He tried, however, to restore the House ofLords, failing only because the members would not attend. Most of the oldforms of the constitution were revived, though they were veiled under othernames. Since Ireland and

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