The History of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne, Հատոր 1Chapman and Hall, 1876 - 550 էջ |
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... army into the territory of the Republic , which might have frustrated the enterprise . Those projects it is worth while to relate . Two years previously the support which Louis had threatened to give to the pretensions of his sister ...
... army into the territory of the Republic , which might have frustrated the enterprise . Those projects it is worth while to relate . Two years previously the support which Louis had threatened to give to the pretensions of his sister ...
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... army , barely maintained Under orders from him one towards Milan and another to neanwhile , Zinzendorf at Paris , islaw at London , made every of their master against the of the King of France . himself Louis could afford to acquainted ...
... army , barely maintained Under orders from him one towards Milan and another to neanwhile , Zinzendorf at Paris , islaw at London , made every of their master against the of the King of France . himself Louis could afford to acquainted ...
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... army , and then he restored to them their army , without which their rage would have been impotent . But fortune was still with him . His action , foolish as it was , had the effect designed . It alarmed the States - general . Looking ...
... army , and then he restored to them their army , without which their rage would have been impotent . But fortune was still with him . His action , foolish as it was , had the effect designed . It alarmed the States - general . Looking ...
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... army under the command of Athlone had assembled at Cleves ; and Cohorn , the great engineer , had stationed himself with a third near the mouth of the Scheldt . Nassau had for upwards of a month past found his siege operations greatly ...
... army under the command of Athlone had assembled at Cleves ; and Cohorn , the great engineer , had stationed himself with a third near the mouth of the Scheldt . Nassau had for upwards of a month past found his siege operations greatly ...
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... army which he no doubt expected would be in reality directed by Boufflers . This prince had not yet completed his twentieth year . He was an amiable youth , docile and affectionate in disposition , fond of his books , and still more ...
... army which he no doubt expected would be in reality directed by Boufflers . This prince had not yet completed his twentieth year . He was an amiable youth , docile and affectionate in disposition , fond of his books , and still more ...
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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 191 - 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 215 - I have not Time to say more than to beg of you to present my Humble Duty to the Queen, and to let Her Majesty know, that Her Army has had a glorious Victory : Monsieur Tallard and two other Generals are in my Coach, and I am following the rest. The Bearer my Aid-de-Camp, Colonel Parkes, will give her Majesty an Account of what has passed. I shall do it in a day or two by another more at la[r]ge.
Էջ 26 - As I know my own heart to be entirely English, I can very sincerely assure you there is not anything you can expect or desire from me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness and prosperity of England...
Էջ 93 - 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 184 - 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 244 - ... 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 465 - 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 275 - ... 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 184 - ... 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 93 - ... 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.