The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the 23rd year of the reign of queen Victoria by E. Farr and E.H. Nolan. 3 vols. [in 12 pt.]. continued to the 36th year of the reign of queen Victoria, Volume 21876 |
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... endeavoured the subversion of the protestant re- with uncommon skill and perseverance . At length the ligion , and the government of the realm ; and of having English squadron stood off to sea , and maintained a wasted many thousand ...
... endeavoured the subversion of the protestant re- with uncommon skill and perseverance . At length the ligion , and the government of the realm ; and of having English squadron stood off to sea , and maintained a wasted many thousand ...
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... endeavoured to remove the pre- judices which had been conceived against his person , the period arrived which the parliament had prescribed for taking the oaths to the new government . Some individuals of the clergy sacrificed their ...
... endeavoured to remove the pre- judices which had been conceived against his person , the period arrived which the parliament had prescribed for taking the oaths to the new government . Some individuals of the clergy sacrificed their ...
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... endeavoured to surprise Mentz , by maintaining a correspondence with one of the emperor's commissioners ; but this being discovered , their design was frustrated . The imperial army , under the elector of Saxony , passed the Rhine in ...
... endeavoured to surprise Mentz , by maintaining a correspondence with one of the emperor's commissioners ; but this being discovered , their design was frustrated . The imperial army , under the elector of Saxony , passed the Rhine in ...
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... endeavoured to make his advantage of Macdonald , perceiving the guards doubled , began to the growing discontent . King William having settled suspect some treachery , and communicated his suspicion the domestic affairs of the nation ...
... endeavoured to make his advantage of Macdonald , perceiving the guards doubled , began to the growing discontent . King William having settled suspect some treachery , and communicated his suspicion the domestic affairs of the nation ...
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... endeavoured to open their eyes with respect to the vain pretences of his adversary , whose aim was not the reformation but the subversion of the government ; that when he saw himself deserted by his army , betrayed by his ministers ...
... endeavoured to open their eyes with respect to the vain pretences of his adversary , whose aim was not the reformation but the subversion of the government ; that when he saw himself deserted by his army , betrayed by his ministers ...
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Page 87 - Judges' Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Page 86 - That, in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown * / of England, without the consent of parliament...
Page 87 - That from and after the time that the further limitation by this act shall take effect, all matters and things relating to the wellgoverning of this kingdom, which are properly cognizable in the privy council by the laws and customs of this realm, shall be transacted there, and all resolutions taken thereupon shall be signed by such of the privy council as shall advise and consent to the same.
Page 256 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation, who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 185 - ... who have power to execute it, to pursue me to the scaffold. My blood was to have been the cement of a new alliance, nor could my innocence be any security, after...
Page 28 - ... that upon the trial of any peer or peeress either for treason or misprision all the peers who have a right to sit and vote in Parliament...
Page 95 - An act for the further security of his Majesty's person and the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors...
Page 87 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a member of either House of Parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust either civil or military...
Page x - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 232 - Smith, a bookbinder, and prisoner for debt within the liberties of the king's bench, persuaded his wife to follow his example in making away with herself, after they had murdered their little infant. This wretched pair were in the month of April found hanging in their bedchamber, at about a yard's distance from each other ; and in a separate apartment the child lay dead in a cradle.