A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... debate was the supply for the year 1696 , and the commons readily fixed it by their vote to 5,240,8531 .; they also ... debates ; at last , however , the majority , adopt- ing the advice of the renowned mathematician , Isaac Newton 12 ...
... debate was the supply for the year 1696 , and the commons readily fixed it by their vote to 5,240,8531 .; they also ... debates ; at last , however , the majority , adopt- ing the advice of the renowned mathematician , Isaac Newton 12 ...
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... debates in both houses , but it was carried at length by a ma- jority of 189 against 156 in the house of commons , and of 68 against 61 in the upper house , and the royal assent being given to the bill , sir John Fen- wick was executed ...
... debates in both houses , but it was carried at length by a ma- jority of 189 against 156 in the house of commons , and of 68 against 61 in the upper house , and the royal assent being given to the bill , sir John Fen- wick was executed ...
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... debates , some members declaimed with great bitterness against the chancellor and the duke of Shrewsbury , as part- ners in a piratical scheme ; however , the motion was rejected by a great majority . The commons resolve that 7000 men ...
... debates , some members declaimed with great bitterness against the chancellor and the duke of Shrewsbury , as part- ners in a piratical scheme ; however , the motion was rejected by a great majority . The commons resolve that 7000 men ...
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... debates in the upper house , some al- terations were made , which the commons , provoked at their interfering in a money bill , unanimously rejected , and being determined to give vent to their resentment , they ordered the doors of ...
... debates in the upper house , some al- terations were made , which the commons , provoked at their interfering in a money bill , unanimously rejected , and being determined to give vent to their resentment , they ordered the doors of ...
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... debates by a new ad- journment for twenty days . The house enraged at it signed a spirited address to the king , remon- strating against these interruptions of their debates , and affirming that the second adjournment was a manifest ...
... debates by a new ad- journment for twenty days . The house enraged at it signed a spirited address to the king , remon- strating against these interruptions of their debates , and affirming that the second adjournment was a manifest ...
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