History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the Concluding of the Treaty of Amiens, 1802, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1806 |
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... thought proper to sign a treaty of peace at Breda in July , and to reserve to a more favor- able opportunity the complete gratification of his hatred and revenge . The disgrace of the chan- Disgrace of cellor immediately followed ...
... thought proper to sign a treaty of peace at Breda in July , and to reserve to a more favor- able opportunity the complete gratification of his hatred and revenge . The disgrace of the chan- Disgrace of cellor immediately followed ...
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... thought proper on a sudden to retreat . After asking , to save ap- pearances , the opinion of the house of peers , which of course coincided with that of the com-- mons , he sent for the declaration , and with his own hand broke the ...
... thought proper on a sudden to retreat . After asking , to save ap- pearances , the opinion of the house of peers , which of course coincided with that of the com-- mons , he sent for the declaration , and with his own hand broke the ...
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... thought proper to conclude a separate peace with Holland , through the me- diation of the Spanish court , in the beginning of the year 1674. Great rejoicings were made on account of this peace ; and it was hoped that the king ...
... thought proper to conclude a separate peace with Holland , through the me- diation of the Spanish court , in the beginning of the year 1674. Great rejoicings were made on account of this peace ; and it was hoped that the king ...
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... thought to be sacrificed . It was evident that France had ob- tained much more advantageous terms than she was entitled to expect . The king was universally acknowledged to be the arbiter of the peace ; and he had justly incurred the ...
... thought to be sacrificed . It was evident that France had ob- tained much more advantageous terms than she was entitled to expect . The king was universally acknowledged to be the arbiter of the peace ; and he had justly incurred the ...
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... thought proper first to prorogue and soon after to dissolve the parlia- ment , which had now sat almost eighteen years . The new parliament , which met in March following , 1679 , soon displayed a spirit of jealousy New Par and ...
... thought proper first to prorogue and soon after to dissolve the parlia- ment , which had now sat almost eighteen years . The new parliament , which met in March following , 1679 , soon displayed a spirit of jealousy New Par and ...
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Page 441 - To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion and government.
Page 534 - To which demand of their rights they are particularly encouraged by the declaration of His Highness the Prince of Orange as being the only means for obtaining a full redress and remedy therein. Having therefore an entire confidence that His said Highness the Prince of Orange...
Page 533 - January, in this year one thousand six hundred eighty and eight, in order to such an establishment, as that their religion, laws, and liberties might not again be in danger of being subverted ; upon which letters, elections have been accordingly made. And thereupon the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, pursuant...
Page 534 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12.
Page 150 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone; who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven.
Page 534 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament. That excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Page 129 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 130 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties; and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises, ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Page 532 - And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases, to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects.
Page 531 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.