The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 11Christie & Son; Baldwin & Company; Sharpe & Son; Akerman; Smith & Company ... [and 40 others], 1819 - Great Britain |
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... Thousand Irish Catholics are transported to France .... Meeting of the English Parliament .... Discon tent of the Nation ...... .. Transactions in Parliament ...... .. Disputes concerning the Bill for regulating Trials in Cases of High ...
... Thousand Irish Catholics are transported to France .... Meeting of the English Parliament .... Discon tent of the Nation ...... .. Transactions in Parliament ...... .. Disputes concerning the Bill for regulating Trials in Cases of High ...
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... thousand pounds , to be levied by monthly assessments ; and both houses waited on the king to signify this resolu- tion . But this unanimity did not take place , till several lords spiritual as well as temporal had , rather than take ...
... thousand pounds , to be levied by monthly assessments ; and both houses waited on the king to signify this resolu- tion . But this unanimity did not take place , till several lords spiritual as well as temporal had , rather than take ...
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... thousand pounds for the discharge of this debt , incurred for the preservation of their rights and religion . They voted funds for raising and maintain- ing an army of two - and - twenty thousand men , as well as for equipping a ...
... thousand pounds for the discharge of this debt , incurred for the preservation of their rights and religion . They voted funds for raising and maintain- ing an army of two - and - twenty thousand men , as well as for equipping a ...
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... thousand pounds , chargeable with the appointments of the queen dowager , the prince and princess of Denmark , the judges , and mareschal Schomberg , to whom the par- liament had already granted one hundred thousand pounds , in ...
... thousand pounds , chargeable with the appointments of the queen dowager , the prince and princess of Denmark , the judges , and mareschal Schomberg , to whom the par- liament had already granted one hundred thousand pounds , in ...
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David Hume. The commons also voted , that a constant revenue of twelve hundred thousand pounds should be established for the support of the crown in time of peace . THE KING TAKES UMBRAGE AT THE PROCEED . INGS OF THE WHIG - PARTY . THE ...
David Hume. The commons also voted , that a constant revenue of twelve hundred thousand pounds should be established for the support of the crown in time of peace . THE KING TAKES UMBRAGE AT THE PROCEED . INGS OF THE WHIG - PARTY . THE ...
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Page 409 - Will you, to the utmost of your power, maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion, established by law...
Page 365 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, judges' commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Page 365 - England as by law established, that, in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England...
Page 365 - 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 13 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 365 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Page 397 - An act for the further security of his Majesty's person and the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors...
Page 404 - ... tender affection. On the eighth day of March he expired, in the fifty-second year of his age, after having reigned thirteen years. The lords Lexington and Scarborough, who were in waiting, no sooner perceived...
Page 388 - Austrian interest: but this weak prince was a slave to his ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of sir George Rooke, who sailed down the channel in the latter end of August, and detached vice-admiral Benbow with a strong squadron to the West Indies.
Page 403 - March, when his knee appeared to be inflamed, with great pain and weakness. Next day he granted a commission under the great seal to several peers, for passing the bills to which both houses of parliament had agreed ; namely, the act of attainder against the pretended prince of Wales, and another in favour of the quakers, enacting, that their solemn affirmation and declaration should be accepted instead of an oath in the usual form.