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... established the independence of Por- tugal , was entirely owing to the English auxiliaries , whofe valour , intrepidity and fuccefs were on that day fo confpicuous , as to make the Portuguese commander exclaim , " Thefe heretics are ...
... established the independence of Por- tugal , was entirely owing to the English auxiliaries , whofe valour , intrepidity and fuccefs were on that day fo confpicuous , as to make the Portuguese commander exclaim , " Thefe heretics are ...
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... established church . The prejudices of James , in favour of the Papifts , were almoft equalled by thofe of William for the Cal- vinists . " Macpherfon's Hiftory , vol . i . chap . 9. Of the compre- henfion bill the fame author fays ...
... established church . The prejudices of James , in favour of the Papifts , were almoft equalled by thofe of William for the Cal- vinists . " Macpherfon's Hiftory , vol . i . chap . 9. Of the compre- henfion bill the fame author fays ...
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... established church as deem- ed that oath irreconcilable with their engagements to the abdi- cated king . He repeatedly difappointed the expectations , and checked the zeal , of his best affected fubjects among the protest- ants , by ...
... established church as deem- ed that oath irreconcilable with their engagements to the abdi- cated king . He repeatedly difappointed the expectations , and checked the zeal , of his best affected fubjects among the protest- ants , by ...
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... established by law . Ibid . He expreffed great diffatisfaction with the conduct of lord Melvill , his commiffioner , in the Scottish parliament , for having exceeded his powers , from a defire to gratify the violence of the prefbyte ...
... established by law . Ibid . He expreffed great diffatisfaction with the conduct of lord Melvill , his commiffioner , in the Scottish parliament , for having exceeded his powers , from a defire to gratify the violence of the prefbyte ...
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... establish a fimple , politive , and direct proof ; and that fpecies of evidence , which arifes from the opinion , prejudices , and fanguine views , of perfons deeply interested in the fcenes which they defcribe , and who must have been ...
... establish a fimple , politive , and direct proof ; and that fpecies of evidence , which arifes from the opinion , prejudices , and fanguine views , of perfons deeply interested in the fcenes which they defcribe , and who must have been ...
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