History of the Commonwealth of England, From Its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second, Vol. 3: From the Death of Charles the First to the Protectorate (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Commonwealth of England, From Its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second, Vol. 3: From the Death of Charles the First to the Protectorate But, if there remained no old institutions to thwart their endeavours, the memory of these institutions still subsisted, and presented a formidable difficulty with which for them to contend. We shall see in what manner they tried to surmount that difficulty. Their ultimate success was not equal to their cou rage and their talents. But, if they did not build up a Commonwealth as durable as the foundations ofthe world, they at least subdued every declared enemy, both from within and without, and caused themselves to be re spected and feared by all surrounding na tions. The five years treated of in this volume may challenge any equal period of English. History in the glory of its rule, and perhaps in the virtue and disinterestedness of many of its most distinguished leaders. 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.