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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... proposal to James , that he should procure a body of horfe and foot from France , to make a defcent in England , and they would engage not only to join him at his landing , but even to re- place him on the throne of England . These ...
... proposal to James , that he should procure a body of horfe and foot from France , to make a defcent in England , and they would engage not only to join him at his landing , but even to re- place him on the throne of England . These ...
Page 101
... proposals when they had been offered ; and that there was no other commiffion but that for levying war in the ufual form . Sir John Friend and Sir William Perkins were tried in April . The firft from mean beginnings had acquired great ...
... proposals when they had been offered ; and that there was no other commiffion but that for levying war in the ufual form . Sir John Friend and Sir William Perkins were tried in April . The firft from mean beginnings had acquired great ...
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... proposals for fettling the preliminaries of a treaty . He took it for granted , that as the Dutch were a trading people , whofe commerce had greatly fuffered in the war , they could not be averfe to a pacification ; and he inftructed ...
... proposals for fettling the preliminaries of a treaty . He took it for granted , that as the Dutch were a trading people , whofe commerce had greatly fuffered in the war , they could not be averfe to a pacification ; and he inftructed ...
Page 139
... proposed to go immediately in queft of the enemy . He was , however , over - ruled by a majority , who gave it as their opinion , that they fhould remain where they were , without running unneceffary hazards . By virtue of this ...
... proposed to go immediately in queft of the enemy . He was , however , over - ruled by a majority , who gave it as their opinion , that they fhould remain where they were , without running unneceffary hazards . By virtue of this ...
Page 158
... proposals being compared and confidered by the house , the majority declared for the bill , which was paffed and fent up to the house of lords . There the the old company delivered another petition , and was A. 158 HISTORY OF ENGLAND ...
... proposals being compared and confidered by the house , the majority declared for the bill , which was paffed and fent up to the house of lords . There the the old company delivered another petition , and was A. 158 HISTORY OF ENGLAND ...
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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.
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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.
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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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