The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes, Volume 8J. M'Creery, 1807 - Great Britain |
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... commons - Exclusion bill - Arguments for and against the exclusion - Exclusion bill rejected - Trial of Stafford -His execution - Violence of the commons - Dissolu- tion of the parliament - New parliament at Oxford— Fitzharris's case ...
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... commons , where it was likely to undergo a scrutiny still more severe . Bur a quarrel , which ensued between the two houses , prevented the passing of every bill projected during the present session . One Dr. Shirley , being cast in a ...
... commons , where it was likely to undergo a scrutiny still more severe . Bur a quarrel , which ensued between the two houses , prevented the passing of every bill projected during the present session . One Dr. Shirley , being cast in a ...
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... commons took into consideration the subject of sup- ply . They voted 300,000 pounds for the building of ships ; but they appropriated the sum by very strict clauses . They passed a resolution not to grant any supply for taking off the ...
... commons took into consideration the subject of sup- ply . They voted 300,000 pounds for the building of ships ; but they appropriated the sum by very strict clauses . They passed a resolution not to grant any supply for taking off the ...
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... commons , by giving them other employment . The country party might desire the dissolution of a parliament , which , notwithstanding all disgusts , still contained too many royalists , ever to serve all the purposes of the malcontents ...
... commons , by giving them other employment . The country party might desire the dissolution of a parliament , which , notwithstanding all disgusts , still contained too many royalists , ever to serve all the purposes of the malcontents ...
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... commons in severe terms ; and ordered them immediately to be adjourned . IT is certain , that this was the critical moment 8th May when the king both might with ease have preserved the balance of power in Europe , which it has since ...
... commons in severe terms ; and ordered them immediately to be adjourned . IT is certain , that this was the critical moment 8th May when the king both might with ease have preserved the balance of power in Europe , which it has since ...
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