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
Holding a lager between fingers tattooed "Freeborn", in tribute to Sunderland's 17th-century "leveller" Freeborn John Lilburne, Turner certainly doesn't look like a Tory.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2013
The pillorying of John Lilburne In 1637, protestant radical and small-time printer John Lilburne was thrown into Fleet Prison in London.
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
When such names as those of Leighton, Prynne, Lilburne, Burton and Bastwick appear as thus being punished we do not think of the pillory as a scaffold for felons, but as a platform for heroes.
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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