A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs: From September 1678 to April 1714, Volume 5 |
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... parliament have resolved that the votes and proceedings of the parliament of England , and their address to his majestie in Dec. 1695 , about the act of parliament establishing their African and Indian company , and an addresse of the ...
... parliament have resolved that the votes and proceedings of the parliament of England , and their address to his majestie in Dec. 1695 , about the act of parliament establishing their African and Indian company , and an addresse of the ...
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... parliament for Steyning in Sus- sex , is dead . This day we had advice of 6 ships cast away in the late storm 2 East India , 1 Guinea , 1 for Barbadoes , and 2 on the back of the Isle of Wight . Nine commissioners are to be sent to our ...
... parliament for Steyning in Sus- sex , is dead . This day we had advice of 6 ships cast away in the late storm 2 East India , 1 Guinea , 1 for Barbadoes , and 2 on the back of the Isle of Wight . Nine commissioners are to be sent to our ...
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... parliament of England will take in relation to that affair . They say also the Dutch have in effects at Cadiz to the value of 14 millions of livres . An expresse is sent for Scotland with further instructions to the duke of Queensbury ...
... parliament of England will take in relation to that affair . They say also the Dutch have in effects at Cadiz to the value of 14 millions of livres . An expresse is sent for Scotland with further instructions to the duke of Queensbury ...
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... parliament are adjourned to the 6th of May , having allowed his majestie 1100 men to the 1st of June next more than the 3000 , but the king to pay them out of his civil list . Yesterday , several persons paid into the Bank near 50,000l ...
... parliament are adjourned to the 6th of May , having allowed his majestie 1100 men to the 1st of June next more than the 3000 , but the king to pay them out of his civil list . Yesterday , several persons paid into the Bank near 50,000l ...
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... parliament have resolved that the votes and proceedings of the parliament of England , and their address to his majestie in Dec. 1695 , about the act of parliament establishing their African and Indian company , and an addresse of the ...
... parliament have resolved that the votes and proceedings of the parliament of England , and their address to his majestie in Dec. 1695 , about the act of parliament establishing their African and Indian company , and an addresse of the ...
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Page 51 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Page 20 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 119 - I do swear that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain, and defend the said United States, against the said King George...
Page 429 - That this Parliament will not proceed to the nomination of a successor till we have had a previous treaty with England, in relation to our commerce, and other concerns with that nation.
Page 20 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...
Page 20 - Are not many of us able to point to several persons, whom nothing has recommended to places of the highest trust, and often to rich benefices and dignities, but the open enmity which they have, almost from their cradles, professed to the Divinity of Christ...
Page 371 - Act for the making more effectual Her Majesty's gracious Intentions " for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, by " enabling Her Majesty to grant, in Perpetuity, the Revenues of the " First Fruits and Tenths ; and also for enabling any other Persons to " make Grants for the same Purpose...
Page 20 - That no person who shall hereafter come to the possession of this crown shall go out of the dominions of England, Scotland or Ireland without consent of Parliament.
Page 607 - Hartford, said there was a noble lord, without whose advice the queen does nothing, who in the late reign was known to keep a constant correspondence with the court of St. Germans.
Page 26 - ... and support his majesty to the utmost of their power, against all his enemies both at home and abroad. The king in his answer, artfully overlooked the first part of the remonstrance. He thanked them for their repeated assurances; and told them he would employ none in his service but such as should be thought most likely to improve that mutual trust and confidence between him and his people, which was so necessary at that conjuncture, both for their own security and the preservation of their allies.