The History of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne, Հատոր 1Chapman and Hall, 1876 - 550 էջ |
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... officer whose genius for war surpassed that of any officer with whom he was acquainted . With the Earl of Marlborough he seemed , after a long period of coldness and suspicion , to have become thoroughly reconciled . Their interests ...
... officer whose genius for war surpassed that of any officer with whom he was acquainted . With the Earl of Marlborough he seemed , after a long period of coldness and suspicion , to have become thoroughly reconciled . Their interests ...
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... officers of government , soldiers , Was invalids , and beggars , were not employed in the production of wealth . The riches of the state showed themselves by unmis- takable signs - by streets composed of the finest houses in Europe , by ...
... officers of government , soldiers , Was invalids , and beggars , were not employed in the production of wealth . The riches of the state showed themselves by unmis- takable signs - by streets composed of the finest houses in Europe , by ...
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... officers who were accustomed to quail before him , threatened him with the Bastille . The Dutchman , it was said , never forgot the threat . From that moment the Government of France became in his eyes the embodiment of tyranny , pride ...
... officers who were accustomed to quail before him , threatened him with the Bastille . The Dutchman , it was said , never forgot the threat . From that moment the Government of France became in his eyes the embodiment of tyranny , pride ...
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... officers of the late king , the Duke of Devonshire and the Earls of Jersey and Bradford , were permitted to retain their places . of restoring the exiled family , was made Privy Seal DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE . 61.
... officers of the late king , the Duke of Devonshire and the Earls of Jersey and Bradford , were permitted to retain their places . of restoring the exiled family , was made Privy Seal DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE . 61.
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... officers in his regiment were as brave , as thoroughly to be relied on , and as able to keep their com- panies in good order as any English officer he knew . " A fine reflection it will be upon this country , " remarked the Marquis of ...
... officers in his regiment were as brave , as thoroughly to be relied on , and as able to keep their com- panies in good order as any English officer he knew . " A fine reflection it will be upon this country , " remarked the Marquis of ...
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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.