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Six Members

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The six members that Charles I. went into the House of Commons to arrest were Lord Kimbolton, Pym, Hollis, Hampden, Sir Arthur Haselrig, and Stroud. Being warned in time, they made good their escape.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sit on Thorns (To) or on Tenterhooks
Sitâ
Sitting in Banco
Sieve and Shears
Siva (Indian)
Six. Six thrice or three dice
Six-and-Eightpence
Six Articles (33 Henry VIII.)
Six-hooped Pot
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Six Months War
Six Nations (The)
Six Points
Six-Principle Baptists (The)
Sixes and Sevens (All)
Sixteen-string Jack
Sizar
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