Pride's Purge
Americannoun
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Indeed it was the very night before Pride's Purge.
From St George's Cross by H. G. (Henry George) Keene
As this meant the exclusion of the members shut out by Pride's Purge in 1648 it gave rise to much dissatisfaction, and Monk was appealed to.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
Do you mean to say," he demanded, "that you and I, for I suppose you count on my assistance, are to enact a kind of Pride's Purge of our own?
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
He was one of the members expelled by Pride's Purge in 1648, and died on the 18th of April 1650.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
On the occasion of Pride’s Purge on the 6th of December Holles absented himself and escaped again to France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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