Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury; Thomas Osborne, earl of Danby and duke of Leeds. By T. P. CourtnayLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1838 - Statesmen |
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... received , the 12th of this present , your lordship's letter of the 8th , containing your fatherly counsel , both con- cerning my duty to God , and your direction for my behaviour in particular to the honourable earl , of whom , in this ...
... received , the 12th of this present , your lordship's letter of the 8th , containing your fatherly counsel , both con- cerning my duty to God , and your direction for my behaviour in particular to the honourable earl , of whom , in this ...
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... received from her majesty , by Mr. Crofts , a gracious message , under the sporting name of Pigmy , adding unto it her care of my health , and looking to hear of me , whereof I have not so taken hold as she might conceive . I thought it ...
... received from her majesty , by Mr. Crofts , a gracious message , under the sporting name of Pigmy , adding unto it her care of my health , and looking to hear of me , whereof I have not so taken hold as she might conceive . I thought it ...
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... received the honour of knighthood , be- stowed in those days upon political , as it is now upon judicial and legal , functionaries . This distinction was connected by the courtiers with " the expectation of his advancement to the ...
... received the honour of knighthood , be- stowed in those days upon political , as it is now upon judicial and legal , functionaries . This distinction was connected by the courtiers with " the expectation of his advancement to the ...
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... received by Mr. Hicks , of your good opinion , good affection , and readiness ; and as to the impediment that you mention , and I did forecast , I know you bear that honourable disposition , as it will rather give you appre- hension to ...
... received by Mr. Hicks , of your good opinion , good affection , and readiness ; and as to the impediment that you mention , and I did forecast , I know you bear that honourable disposition , as it will rather give you appre- hension to ...
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... received “ gracious usage " from the queen ; and Cecil had professed an oblivion of all misconceits passed . Such was the state of feeling among the * Parl . Hist . i . 881. See Hallam's Constitutional History , i . 376 . + See ...
... received “ gracious usage " from the queen ; and Cecil had professed an oblivion of all misconceits passed . Such was the state of feeling among the * Parl . Hist . i . 881. See Hallam's Constitutional History , i . 376 . + See ...
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Page 327 - And whereas it hath been found by experience, that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant kingdom, to be governed by a Popish prince...
Page 327 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 231 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
Page 217 - His Father's foes he doth reward Preserving those that cut off 's Head : Old Cavaliers the Crown's best Guard, He lets them starve for want of Bread. Never was any King endow'd With so much Grace and Gratitude.
Page 205 - Majesty that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament.
Page 321 - ... men together. And if such a strength could be landed as were able to defend itself and them till they could be got together into some order, we make no question but that strength would quickly be increased to a number double to the army here, although their army should all remain firm to them...
Page 327 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Page 322 - Highness that your compliment upon the birth of the child (which not one in a thousand here believes to be the queen's) hath done you some injury, the false imposing of that upon the princess and the nation being not only an infinite exasperation of people's minds here, but being certainly one of the chief causes upon which the declaration of your entering the kingdom in a hostile manner must be founded on your part, although many other reasons are to be given on ours.
Page 358 - Ireland, and that neither the late King James, nor the pretended Prince of Wales, nor any other Person hath any Right whatsoever to the same...