 ... by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs : by which means they have had so visible an influence upon our whole administration,...  The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq - Page 271by Andrew Fletcher - 1732 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Andrew Fletcher - England - 1732 - 474 pages
...left out. All our affairs fince the union of the crowns have been managed by the advice of Englifli minifters, and the principal offices of the kingdom...conquered province, than a free independent people. The ac- •1-'-^ '" /\ count is very fhort: whilft our princes are not abfolute in England, they muft be... | |
 | David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan - Scotland - 1792 - 342 pages
...defigns : by \ which means they have had fo. vifible an . iofluence upp/i our whole adminiftratioh, that (that we have, from that time, appeared to the reft...the prince, or lofe their places, and our places and penfions will be diftributed according to the inclinations Qf a king of England, fo long as a king... | |
 | Lawrence Stone - History - 1994 - 384 pages
...It was thus, as Fletcher urged the Parliament to recognize, that Scotland now 'appeared to the rest of the world more like a conquered province than a free independent people'." Fletcher's diagnosis was taken up by commentators of every political persuasion within Scotland. As... | |
 | Andrew Fletcher - History - 1997 - 304 pages
...visible an influence upon our whole administration, that we have from that time appeared to the rest of the world more like a conquered province, than a free independent people. The account is very short: whilst our princes are not absolute in England, they must be influenced by that nation; our... | |
 | Brendan Bradshaw, Peter Roberts - History - 2003 - 372 pages
...visible an influence upon our whole administration, that we have from that time appeared to the rest of the world more like a conquered province than a free independent people'.6 But Scotland was not a satellite state or a province, and it remained an independent kingdom... | |
 | Paul Henderson Scott - National characteristics, Scottish - 2003 - 372 pages
...England knew would be subservient to their designs . .. We have from that time appeared to the rest of the world more like a conquered province than a free independent people". ! In Scotland the 17th century was one of religious war and persecution, the ruination of foreign trade... | |
 | Paul Henderson Scott - History - 2003 - 204 pages
...visible an influence upon our whole administration, that we have from that time appeared to the rest of the world more like a conquered province than a free independent people. An it got a lot waur efter the incorporating Union! Nou I'm aware o the death wish the establishment... | |
 | Paul Henderson Scott - History - 2006 - 108 pages
...visible an influence upon our whole administration, that we have from that time appeared to the rest of the world more like a conquered province than a free independent people Let no man say, that it cannot be proved that the English Court has ever bestowed any bribe in this... | |
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