The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Third, Volume 12T. Tegg, 1828 - Great Britain |
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... joined his forces to those of France , and overrun the whole state of Milan ; and the pope , though he professed a neutrality , evinced himself strongly biased to the French interests . 11. The war was begun in the name of the elector ...
... joined his forces to those of France , and overrun the whole state of Milan ; and the pope , though he professed a neutrality , evinced himself strongly biased to the French interests . 11. The war was begun in the name of the elector ...
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... joined the grand army , commanded by the duke of Bur- gundy in the Netherlands . The siege of Keisers- waert was covered by a body of Dutch troops under the earl of Athlone , who lay encamped in the dutchy of Cleves . Meanwhile general ...
... joined the grand army , commanded by the duke of Bur- gundy in the Netherlands . The siege of Keisers- waert was covered by a body of Dutch troops under the earl of Athlone , who lay encamped in the dutchy of Cleves . Meanwhile general ...
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... joined by the British train of artillery from Holland . On the second day of August he advanced to Petit Breugel , and the French retired before him , leaving Spanish Guelder- land to his discretion . He had resolved to hazard an ...
... joined by the British train of artillery from Holland . On the second day of August he advanced to Petit Breugel , and the French retired before him , leaving Spanish Guelder- land to his discretion . He had resolved to hazard an ...
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... joined at Ruremonde by Coehorn , in a larger vessel , with sixty men ; and they were moreover escorted by fifty troopers , who rode along the bank of the river . The large boat outsailed the other , and the horsemen mistook their way in ...
... joined at Ruremonde by Coehorn , in a larger vessel , with sixty men ; and they were moreover escorted by fifty troopers , who rode along the bank of the river . The large boat outsailed the other , and the horsemen mistook their way in ...
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... joined by some troops under general Thungen , and other reinforcements , resolved to give battle to the enemy ; but Villars declined an engagement , and repassed the Rhine . Towards the latter end of October , count Tallard , and the ...
... joined by some troops under general Thungen , and other reinforcements , resolved to give battle to the enemy ; but Villars declined an engagement , and repassed the Rhine . Towards the latter end of October , count Tallard , and the ...
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Page 113 - An Act for the effectual securing the Kingdom of England from the apparent dangers that may arise from several Acts lately passed in the Parliament of Scotland.
Page 381 - ... who have power to execute it, to pursue me to the scaffold. My blood was to have been the cement of a new alliance, nor could my innocence be any security, after...
Page 140 - An Act for the security of Her " Majesty's Person and Government, and of the " succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the
Page 412 - The former was an amiable youth, brave, open, generous, hospitable, and humane. His fate drew tears from the spectators, and was a great misfortune to the country in which he lived. He gave bread to multitudes of people whom he employed on his estate ; the poor, the widow, and the orphan rejoiced in his bounty.* Kenmuir was a virtuous nobleman, calm, sensible, resolute, and resigned.
Page 432 - Sermon were censured, as tending to subvert all government and discipline in the Church of Christ ; to reduce his kingdom to a state of anarchy and confusion ; to impugn and impeach the royal supremacy, in causes ecclesiastical, and the authority of the legislature to enforce obedience in matters of religion by civil sanctions.
Page 388 - impeach the head ; he has impeached the clerk, " and I the justice ; he has impeached the scholar, " and I the master: I impeach Robert Earl of " Oxford, and Earl Mortimer, of high treason and " other high crimes and misdemeanors...
Page 149 - Kingdom and its dependencies, is, by the act for the further limitation of the Crown and the better securing the liberties of the subject...
Page 258 - Marlborough set out from the Hague on the fifteenth day of March for Tournay, in order to assemble the forces which were quartered on the Maese, in Flanders, and Brabant.
Page 145 - Majesty, in a most safe and flourishing condition, and that whoever goes about to suggest and insinuate that the Church is in danger under her Majesty's administration is an enemy to the queen, the Church and the kingdom...
Page 96 - Louis having by this time marched off towards the place he intended to besiege : next day the duke of Marlborough and prince Eugene observed the posture of the enemy, who were advantageously posted on a hill near Hochstadt, their right being covered by the Danube and the village of Blenheim, their left by the village of Lutzengen, and their front by a rivulet, the banks of which were steep and the bottom marshy.