The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 6C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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... person and in manners George was still less dignified than his predecessor ; he was also more fiery and passionate , and was generally supposed to have less talent for business . George I. had been rather dishonoured by the avarice of ...
... person and in manners George was still less dignified than his predecessor ; he was also more fiery and passionate , and was generally supposed to have less talent for business . George I. had been rather dishonoured by the avarice of ...
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... person of her sex for whom he had the most esteem ; and Pope , who always declared that he wanted nothing for himself , but only for his friends , and who quarrelled with the princess , frequented the society of the mistress , and ...
... person of her sex for whom he had the most esteem ; and Pope , who always declared that he wanted nothing for himself , but only for his friends , and who quarrelled with the princess , frequented the society of the mistress , and ...
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... persons and several others in my cipher , tell- ing me distinctly who was meant by them , adding with an oath that he ... person , who had access to his papers . A.D. 1728. The new parliament assembled on the 23rd of January , and was ...
... persons and several others in my cipher , tell- ing me distinctly who was meant by them , adding with an oath that he ... person , who had access to his papers . A.D. 1728. The new parliament assembled on the 23rd of January , and was ...
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... persons . But now , when a fresh call was made for the letter , he produced it to the House of Lords , where the opposition ... person to presume to give in written or printed newspapers any account or minutes of the debates or other ...
... persons . But now , when a fresh call was made for the letter , he produced it to the House of Lords , where the opposition ... person to presume to give in written or printed newspapers any account or minutes of the debates or other ...
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... person , or perhaps , as they say , no person now in being , and talk so much of wicked ministers , domineering ministers , ministers pluming themselves in defiances , which terms , and such like , have been of late so much made use of ...
... person , or perhaps , as they say , no person now in being , and talk so much of wicked ministers , domineering ministers , ministers pluming themselves in defiances , which terms , and such like , have been of late so much made use of ...
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Page 658 - ... the said Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, assembled at Westminster, do resolve, that William and Mary, Prince and Princess of Orange, be and be declared King and Queen of England...
Page 658 - 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 658 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God. I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Koine, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 659 - Westminster do resolve, that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen of England, France and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging...
Page 669 - That from and after the time that the further limitation by this Act shall take effect all matters and things relating to the well governing 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 776 - A CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND SCANTLINGS OF SUCH INVENTIONS, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Page 669 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, 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 776 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three...
Page 658 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heira of the body of the said Princess; and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark, and the heirs of her body ; and for default of such issue to the heirs of the bo"dy of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 668 - Commons do further pray that it may be enacted, that all and every person and persons that is, are or shall be reconciled to or shall hold communion with the see or Church of Rome, or shall profess the popish religion, or shall marry a papist, shall be excluded and be for ever incapable to inherit, possess or enjoy the crown and government of this realm...