Lilburne
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She also confirmed that the cloak she wore for the visit was steeped in British free-speech history and referenced 17th-century political figures John Lilburne and Richard Cromwell.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2019
John Lilburne - or Freeborn John- was a hero to many non-conformists All presses required licensing and Lilburne's pamphlets satirising state religion were effectively unpublishable in England.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2012
A documentary filled with remarkable stories, such as that of Leveller "Freeborn" John Lilburne, the victim of an early take on extraordinary rendition, who challenged being arbitrarily banged up by the Commonwealth authorities.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012
Already Blackpool's Ian Holloway is looking like football's equivalent of John Lilburne, history's leading Leveller.
From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2010
—A list of the pamphlets published by, or relating to, John Lilburne, or any facts respecting his life or works, will be of service to one who is collecting for a biography of "Free-born John."
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