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Among them was a London leather-merchant, named Praise-God Barebone, who was especially given to these exercises.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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(M545) "Praise-God Barebone, Esquire," who gave a nick-name to the next parliament, was a leatherseller of London, and was summoned by Cromwell to sit as member for the city.
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But with singular folly they accepted, with favour, an absurd petition from Praise-God Barebone and his friends, who inveighed against all who would question the power of the Rump Parliament, and pressed for stern measures on all who presumed so much as to name the restoration of the King, or who would not abjure any Government in the hands of a single person.
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886
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He was a leather-seller in London, his name Praise-God Barebone.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell David Hume 1743
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Praise-God Barebone had for name, "If Christ had not died for you, you had been damned, Barebone."
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell David Hume 1743
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Gen. Oliver Cromwell to Praise-God Barebone, Esq.,
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