Grand Remonstrance
Britishnoun
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Members quoted from thumb-marked copies of the Bill of Rights and the Grand Remonstrance, which the House addressed to Charles I in 1641.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out of that Bible were to come the "Petition of Right," the national anthem of 1628, the "Grand Remonstrance," and "Paradise Lost."
From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville
The presentation on December 1st of the Grand Remonstrance, with its sombre catalogue of grievances, with its acrid religious and political tone, marked another act of the tragedy.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
By the "Grand Remonstrance" the parliament tried to seize on the royal power. p.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Defoe, Daniel
He listened with tolerable calmness to their Grand Remonstrance, but his attempt to seize the five members whom he accused of high treason made a good understanding impossible.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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