The British nation a history / by George MWrong . As late as 1681 Parliament voted £60,000 to be distributedamong the ruined Cavaliers. The restored Court was grossly immoral; we maysearch the utterances of Oliver Cromwell in vain for aCharless single coarse expression, but Charless talk attempts at was indecent and his conduct scandalous. Asarbitrary rule, ^j^^ ^.^jg^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^ LouisB de Querouaille, a Frenchwoman sent over by Louis XIV, secured not onlythe kings personal favour, but an immense influence inthe political world, and became Duchess of Portland. Tothe end of the reign proud Eng
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . As late as 1681 Parliament voted £60,000 to be distributedamong the ruined Cavaliers. The restored Court was grossly immoral; we maysearch the utterances of Oliver Cromwell in vain for aCharless single coarse expression, but Charless talk attempts at was indecent and his conduct scandalous. Asarbitrary rule, ^j^^ ^.^jg^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^ LouisB de Querouaille, a Frenchwoman sent over by Louis XIV, secured not onlythe kings personal favour, but an immense influence inthe political world, and became Duchess of Portland. Tothe end of the reign proud Eng-lish nobles had to pay court tothe foreign favourite. ButCharles was not a mere liad a definite political aimfrom which he never wavered—to rule as he liked. That Parlia-ment should not interfere withhim he was resolved. I careJust that for Parliament, he oncesaid, tossing up his handker-cliief. -But the old free spiritAvas not dead, and he learned to care more. The debatesin Parliament were, he said, as enjoyable as a play; it. II. THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION 411 was his habit to stand by the fireplace in the House ofLords listening to them, and there he sometimes heardhis own policy denounced in trenchant terms. MyGod! he said, how I am ill-treated and I must bear itand keep silence. Parliament balked his policy of tolera-tion to Roman Catholics and non-conformists, and refusedgrants of money except on its own terms. Had Charlesbeen willing to take heavy risks for his convictions hewould have brought on the struggle in which his brotherJames was later overwhelmed, but he loved ease, and, ashe said himself, was resolved not again to go on his trav-els. He did what duplicity and intrigue with foreignpowers could effect to make him independent of Parlia-ment. When the nation showed a resolute spirit he bentbefore the storm, but it is said that in his sleep he wouldcry out angrily the names of his opponents, and he sentto the scaffold without pi
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