The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the Domestic and Foreign Possessions of the Crown; the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices, and Other Establishments, Civil and Military, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... also be affixed in the Cathedral Church of St. Peter , Westminster , Escutcheons and Banners of the Arms of each Knight Commander , under which the Name and Title of fuch Knight Commander with the date of his nomi- nation , fhall be ...
... also be affixed in the Cathedral Church of St. Peter , Westminster , Escutcheons and Banners of the Arms of each Knight Commander , under which the Name and Title of fuch Knight Commander with the date of his nomi- nation , fhall be ...
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... also to command , that the Officers hereby appointed Knights Commanders , and those who shall hereafter be refpectively nominated and con- ftituted Knights Commanders or Companions , fhall immedi- ately after fuch nomination tranfmit to ...
... also to command , that the Officers hereby appointed Knights Commanders , and those who shall hereafter be refpectively nominated and con- ftituted Knights Commanders or Companions , fhall immedi- ately after fuch nomination tranfmit to ...
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... also lose and forfeit as in cases of high treason . Judgment in cafe of High Treafon . In p . 593. The barba- rous and difgufting parts of this judgment are abolished by the 54 Geo . III . c . 146 .; and it is directed that the criminal ...
... also lose and forfeit as in cases of high treason . Judgment in cafe of High Treafon . In p . 593. The barba- rous and difgufting parts of this judgment are abolished by the 54 Geo . III . c . 146 .; and it is directed that the criminal ...
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... also be chofen to be a profeffor of medicine : scholars and fellows are to be chosen , and lectures given , as in the other colleges , when the house is completed . Profeffors are to give their lectures , not as the old college ...
... also be chofen to be a profeffor of medicine : scholars and fellows are to be chosen , and lectures given , as in the other colleges , when the house is completed . Profeffors are to give their lectures , not as the old college ...
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... also through Tothill Fields , with Pimlico , Chelsea , and their popu- lous neighbourhoods . SOUTHWARK BRIDGE . This ftructure is yet unfinished . It is intended to form a communication between Bankside , South- wark , and the bottom of ...
... also through Tothill Fields , with Pimlico , Chelsea , and their popu- lous neighbourhoods . SOUTHWARK BRIDGE . This ftructure is yet unfinished . It is intended to form a communication between Bankside , South- wark , and the bottom of ...
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