A Complete History of England: From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748. Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years, Volume 9 |
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... earl of Mulgrave again distin- guished himself by his elocution , in a speech that was held in great veneration by the people ; and among those who entered a proteft in the journals of the house , when the majority rejected the bill ...
... earl of Mulgrave again distin- guished himself by his elocution , in a speech that was held in great veneration by the people ; and among those who entered a proteft in the journals of the house , when the majority rejected the bill ...
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... earl of Mid- dleton therefore , in the beginning of the year , rex paired to St. Germain's , and obtained another , which contained the promife of a general pardon without exceptions , and every other conceffion that a British fubject ...
... earl of Mid- dleton therefore , in the beginning of the year , rex paired to St. Germain's , and obtained another , which contained the promife of a general pardon without exceptions , and every other conceffion that a British fubject ...
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... earl of Nottingham , as the blame feemed to lie with him , on the fuppofi- tion that the admirals were innocent . With a view therefore to transfer this blame to Trenchard the whiggish fecretary , he gave the house to understand , that ...
... earl of Nottingham , as the blame feemed to lie with him , on the fuppofi- tion that the admirals were innocent . With a view therefore to transfer this blame to Trenchard the whiggish fecretary , he gave the house to understand , that ...
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... earl of Arran in Ireland . The earl with loss . of Shrewsbury was honoured with the title of duke . The earl of Mulgrave being reconciled to the court - measures , was gratified with a pension of three thoufand pounds , and the title of ...
... earl of Arran in Ireland . The earl with loss . of Shrewsbury was honoured with the title of duke . The earl of Mulgrave being reconciled to the court - measures , was gratified with a pension of three thoufand pounds , and the title of ...
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... earl of Aylesbury , and viscount Weymouth , protested against this bill , because it tended to the continu- ance of the prefent parliament longer than , as they apprehended , was agreeable to the conftitution of England . Death of While ...
... earl of Aylesbury , and viscount Weymouth , protested against this bill , because it tended to the continu- ance of the prefent parliament longer than , as they apprehended , was agreeable to the conftitution of England . Death of While ...
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Page 215 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 7 - The great seal, with the title of lord keeper, was bestowed upon sir John Somers, who was well skilled in the law, as in many other branches of polite and useful literature. He possessed a remarkable talent for business, in which he exerted great patience and assiduity; was gentle, candid, and equitable: a whig in principles, yet moderate, pacific, and conciliating.
Page 218 - Ryswick ; and he is said to have tampered, by means of his agents and emissaries, with the members of the English parliament, that they might oppose all steps tending to a new war on the continent.
Page 32 - The project was violently opposed by a strong party, who affirmed that it would become a monopoly, and engross the whole money of the kingdom; that, as it must infallibly be subservient to government views, it might be employed to the worst purposes of arbitrary power; that instead of assisting it would weaken commerce, by tempting people to withdraw their money from trade and employ it in stock-jobbing; that it would produce a swarm of brokers and jobbers to prey upon their fellow-creatures, encourage...
Page 215 - 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. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.
Page 139 - ... of the defects in his education, and of the gross ignorance that overspread his dominions, resolved to extend his ideas, and improve his judgment, by travelling ; and that he might be the less restricted by forms, or interrupted by officious curiosity, he determined to travel in disguise.
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Page 60 - ... firm purpose to maintain the presbyterian discipline in the church of Scotland. Then he promised, in the king's name, that if they would pass an act for establishing a colony in Africa, America, or any other part of the world where a colony might be lawfully planted, his majesty would indulge them with such rights and privileges as he had granted in like cases to the subjects of his other dominions. Finally, he exhorted them to consider ways and means to...
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