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.] |
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... Present their Advice and Opinion to him upon it , and he would then Determine what kind of Recep- tion they should have . The Opinions at the Board were various , and the King himself being induc'd to make a fudden Tour to Ox- ford upon ...
... Present their Advice and Opinion to him upon it , and he would then Determine what kind of Recep- tion they should have . The Opinions at the Board were various , and the King himself being induc'd to make a fudden Tour to Ox- ford upon ...
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... present in feve- ral Battles and Sieges , particularly in the Left for Fight at Newbury , where he was left among dead at the flain ; but was happily preferv'd for an Action of greater Glory and Importance to his Country , which was the ...
... present in feve- ral Battles and Sieges , particularly in the Left for Fight at Newbury , where he was left among dead at the flain ; but was happily preferv'd for an Action of greater Glory and Importance to his Country , which was the ...
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... present Rebellion in England , except fuch as had actually fate in Judgment for the taking away the Life of his faid Father , or pleaded as Council learned againft his Life , or at- tended as Minifters to that odious pretended Court ...
... present Rebellion in England , except fuch as had actually fate in Judgment for the taking away the Life of his faid Father , or pleaded as Council learned againft his Life , or at- tended as Minifters to that odious pretended Court ...
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... present with Mr. Life's being order'd to give Mr. Whitlock Notice , That the House requi- red his Attendance there the next Day ; on which nothing was faid to him in Publick , by reason of other Eufinefs , till about Twelve a Clock he ...
... present with Mr. Life's being order'd to give Mr. Whitlock Notice , That the House requi- red his Attendance there the next Day ; on which nothing was faid to him in Publick , by reason of other Eufinefs , till about Twelve a Clock he ...
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... present but them Two , nor did the King admit any o- ther to hear the Difcourfe that paffed be- tween him and them . They left the Paper on the Table in the Withdrawing - Room , into which the King entred , and took it , and then with ...
... present but them Two , nor did the King admit any o- ther to hear the Difcourfe that paffed be- tween him and them . They left the Paper on the Table in the Withdrawing - Room , into which the King entred , and took it , and then with ...
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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.
Page 392 - Music ravishes ; and as you help to refine our taste, you distinguish your own. Your approbation of this poem is the only exception to the opinion the world has of your judgment, that ought to relish nothing so much as what you write yourself.
Page 74 - King ; for tho' some were for bringing him back upon Terms, yet after he was once come, he possessed so entirely the Hearts of his People, that they thought nothing was too much for them to grant, or for him to receive
Page 94 - Bill ; yet, Sir, I cannot forbear to offer fome objections againft it. I do not know that any of the King's murderers were condemned without being heard •, and muft we deal thus with the brother of our King ? It is fuch a fevere way of proceeding, that I think we cannot anfwer it to the world -, and therefore it would confift much better with the juftice of the Houfe to impeach him, and try him, in a formal way, and then cut off his head, if he deferveit. But if the Bill muft go on, you ought to...
Page 73 - that his majesty found some ease in being without such an officer, that he was not troubled with those suits, which he would be, if the seal were in the hands of a proper officer to be used, since every body would be then importuning the king for the grant of offices, honours, and lands, which would give him great vexation to refuse, and he would undergo great mischief by granting.
Page 107 - Queition was ; but that after it was known, it might then be proper for them to put in their Petitions ; concluding, they ought not now to be received.
Page 73 - Keeper faid, 4 he faw not Ground enough to condemn the Chancellor ; but he faw no Caufe neither to declare him Innocent : That there was one Witnefs which declared only what he had heard ; but that he undertook alfo to produce the Witnefs herfelf if he aiight have time, which in Juftice could not be denied > and therefore he propofed that a competent Time might be given to Mr.
Page 223 - ... of as their enemies had thought fit. Then, the complying with all humours in religion, and the granting a general liberty of...
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Page 282 - ... pursuance of such commission. And I do swear, that I will not at any time endeavour the alteration of the government either in church or state. So help me God.