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Being thence conducted to the Imperial Hall , he was entertain ' d there with
incomparable Musick , both Vocal and Instrumental , and with a Sumptuous and
Royal Banquet ; where also all the Prelates , Grandees and Strangers , were
treated ...
Being thence conducted to the Imperial Hall , he was entertain ' d there with
incomparable Musick , both Vocal and Instrumental , and with a Sumptuous and
Royal Banquet ; where also all the Prelates , Grandees and Strangers , were
treated ...
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... they took it for a singular Mark of her Royal Favour , and a very promising
Incouragement to all their Proceedings , that her Majesty had been pleased to
appoint James , Duke of Queensberry , to be her Commissioner , to represent her
Royal ...
... they took it for a singular Mark of her Royal Favour , and a very promising
Incouragement to all their Proceedings , that her Majesty had been pleased to
appoint James , Duke of Queensberry , to be her Commissioner , to represent her
Royal ...
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... they took it for a singular Mark of her Royal Favour , and a very promising
Incouragement to all their Proceedings , that her Majesty had been pleased to
appoint James , Duke of Queensberry , to be her Commissioner , to represent her
Royal ...
... they took it for a singular Mark of her Royal Favour , and a very promising
Incouragement to all their Proceedings , that her Majesty had been pleased to
appoint James , Duke of Queensberry , to be her Commissioner , to represent her
Royal ...
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quels of Tweedale , Presided as her Majesty ' s High - Commissioner in
Parliament , and gave the Royal Aflent to the said Act . The Duke of Argyle was
High - Commissioner in 1705 . in Restored which Year however the Duke of
Queensberry ...
quels of Tweedale , Presided as her Majesty ' s High - Commissioner in
Parliament , and gave the Royal Aflent to the said Act . The Duke of Argyle was
High - Commissioner in 1705 . in Restored which Year however the Duke of
Queensberry ...
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have the honour of giving the Royal Affent to a Law , which laid a laiting
Foundation , for their Liberties , had been reserved to him . . Notwithstanding this
, and all other Essays made by divers of the Members , the Duke kept fteddy and
...
have the honour of giving the Royal Affent to a Law , which laid a laiting
Foundation , for their Liberties , had been reserved to him . . Notwithstanding this
, and all other Essays made by divers of the Members , the Duke kept fteddy and
...
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Page 10 - He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other ambition than of knowledge, and to be reputed a lover of all good men, and that made him too much a contemner of those arts which must be indulged in the transactions of human affairs.
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| Title | Memoirs British and Foreign, of the Lives and Families of the Most Illustrious Persons who Dy'd in the Year 1711: More Particularly of the Emperor Joseph, the Dauphin [et Al.] |
| Author | John Le Neve |
| Publisher | S. Holt, 1712 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 10 Aug 2005 |
| Length | 557 pages |
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