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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... reign , one year excepted . Its conclusion was very different from its commencement . Being elected during the jay and festivity of the restoration , it consisted almost entirely of royalists ; who were disposed to support the crown by ...
... reign , one year excepted . Its conclusion was very different from its commencement . Being elected during the jay and festivity of the restoration , it consisted almost entirely of royalists ; who were disposed to support the crown by ...
Page 109
... reign of Henry II . they were ob- liged to give their presence in parliament ; but as the canon law prohibited them from assisting in ca- pital trials , they were allowed in such cases the pri- vilege of absenting themselves . A ...
... reign of Henry II . they were ob- liged to give their presence in parliament ; but as the canon law prohibited them from assisting in ca- pital trials , they were allowed in such cases the pri- vilege of absenting themselves . A ...
Page 140
... reign , are there insisted on ; 1680 , the Dutch war , the alliance with France , the pro- 30th Nov. Trial of rogations and dissolutions of parliament ; and as all these measures , as well as the damnable and hellish plot , are there ...
... reign , are there insisted on ; 1680 , the Dutch war , the alliance with France , the pro- 30th Nov. Trial of rogations and dissolutions of parliament ; and as all these measures , as well as the damnable and hellish plot , are there ...
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... reign , Argyle behaved himself dutifully ; and though he seemed not disposed to go all lengths with the court , he always appeared , even in his opposition , to be a man of mild dispositions and peaceable deportment , A PARLIAMENT was ...
... reign , Argyle behaved himself dutifully ; and though he seemed not disposed to go all lengths with the court , he always appeared , even in his opposition , to be a man of mild dispositions and peaceable deportment , A PARLIAMENT was ...
Page 174
... was remarked , that Charles , in spite to the parlia- ment , who had determined that the duke should not succeed Wodrow , vol . ii . p . 505 . succeed him , was resolved that he should reign CHAP 174 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN .
... was remarked , that Charles , in spite to the parlia- ment , who had determined that the duke should not succeed Wodrow , vol . ii . p . 505 . succeed him , was resolved that he should reign CHAP 174 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN .
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