The History of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne, Հատոր 1Chapman and Hall, 1876 - 550 էջ |
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... friends were the objects , had excited in his soul a feeling bordering on despair . It seemed now that the discon- tent which the English Parliament had expressed for the terms of the treaty was regarded by France as an argument for her ...
... friends were the objects , had excited in his soul a feeling bordering on despair . It seemed now that the discon- tent which the English Parliament had expressed for the terms of the treaty was regarded by France as an argument for her ...
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... friends who knew him best . The common opinion was that , with increasing infirmities , had come over him a desire for rest and a disposition to submit . He was , however , then absorbed in an experiment to conciliate his Par- liament ...
... friends who knew him best . The common opinion was that , with increasing infirmities , had come over him a desire for rest and a disposition to submit . He was , however , then absorbed in an experiment to conciliate his Par- liament ...
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... friends , however , a vote was passed requesting him to enter into such negotiations in concert with the States - general and other potentates as might effectually conduce to the mutual safety of all the countries . concerned , and the ...
... friends , however , a vote was passed requesting him to enter into such negotiations in concert with the States - general and other potentates as might effectually conduce to the mutual safety of all the countries . concerned , and the ...
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... friend and dependant of Louis should succeed to the English throne . His last political act was to delegate his authority to a commission which gave the bill his royal assent . The death of William occurred at a critical period . The ...
... friend and dependant of Louis should succeed to the English throne . His last political act was to delegate his authority to a commission which gave the bill his royal assent . The death of William occurred at a critical period . The ...
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... friend from childhood , Sarah , Lady Churchill , might be appointed one of the ladies of her bedchamber . The ... friendship and the quarrels between Anne and this lady have left their traces upon the history of Europe . † Richard ...
... friend from childhood , Sarah , Lady Churchill , might be appointed one of the ladies of her bedchamber . The ... friendship and the quarrels between Anne and this lady have left their traces upon the history of Europe . † Richard ...
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The History of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne, Հատոր 1 Frederick William Wyon Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
The History of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne, Հատոր 1 Frederick William Wyon Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
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Էջ 235 - Vagabond above the age of fourteen years shall be adjudged to be grievously whipped and burned through the Gristle of the right Ear with a hot Iron of the Compass of an Inch, unless some credible Person will take him into Service for a Year.
Էջ 471 - I desire and expect from all my subjects of both nations that from henceforth they act with all possible respect and kindness to one another, that so it may appear to all the world they have hearts disposed to become one people.
Էջ 139 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and dark: brown coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Էջ 228 - neither the qualification of any elector, nor the right of any person elected, is cognizable or determinable elsewhere than before the Commons of England in Parliament assembled...
Էջ 300 - ... misrepresented as affecting arbitrary power, they should find the contrary ; for that the laws of England had made the King as great a monarch as he could desire ; that he would endeavour to maintain the Government both in Church and State, as by law established...
Էջ 298 - I will endeavour to leave a good name behind me in countries that have hardly any blessing but that of not knowing the detested names of whig and tory.
Էջ 527 - The lords resolved, that no peace could be safe and honourable for her majesty and her allies, if Spain and the Spanish West Indies were suffered to continue in the power of the house of Bourbon.
Էջ 325 - ... disappointments I meet with, saying that if I had success this year like the last, the constitution of England would be ruined. As I have no other ambition but that of serving well her majesty, and being thought what I am, a good Englishman, this vile, enormous faction of theirs vexes me so much, that I hope the queen will after this campaign give me leave to retire, and end my days in praying for her prosperity, and making my own peace with God.
Էջ 228 - ... to the encouragement of partiality and corruption : That the declaring of Matthew Ashby guilty of a breach of privilege of the house of commons was an unprecedented attempt upon the judicature of parliament, and an attempt to subject the law of England to the votes of the house of commons. Copies of the case, and these resolutions...
Էջ 139 - ... had praised was ironical. They were immediately shamed into declaring the pamphlet a dangerous libel, intended to stir up the Dissenters to civil war. Defoe's bookseller and printer were accordingly arrested, and a reward was offered for his apprehension. He gave himself up, was tried, and sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred marks, to stand three times in the pillory, and to go to 1 Defoe mentions the letter in his Review for August llth, 1705.