The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 8Stereotyped and printed by and for A. Wilson, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1810 - Great Britain |
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... obliged , by tyranny , or other accidents , to have recourse to the first principles of society , namely , their own preservation , in electing a new sovereign , it will deserve con- sideration , whether that choice is to be effected by ...
... obliged , by tyranny , or other accidents , to have recourse to the first principles of society , namely , their own preservation , in electing a new sovereign , it will deserve con- sideration , whether that choice is to be effected by ...
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... obliging the clergy to take the oaths , the king should be empowered to tender them ; and , in case of their refusal , they should incur the penalty , because depri- vation , or the apprehensions of it , might make them despe- rate ...
... obliging the clergy to take the oaths , the king should be empowered to tender them ; and , in case of their refusal , they should incur the penalty , because depri- vation , or the apprehensions of it , might make them despe- rate ...
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... obliging his countrymen . Before the adjournment , how- ever , the parliament had granted the revenue for life ; and raised money for maintaining a body of forces , as well as for supporting the incidental expense of the government for ...
... obliging his countrymen . Before the adjournment , how- ever , the parliament had granted the revenue for life ; and raised money for maintaining a body of forces , as well as for supporting the incidental expense of the government for ...
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... obliged to withdraw . § XX . Efforts of the Jacobites in Scotland . XXI . The court interest triumphs over all the oppo- sition in that country . § XXII . The Tory interest prevails in the new Parliament of England . § XXIII . Bill for ...
... obliged to withdraw . § XX . Efforts of the Jacobites in Scotland . XXI . The court interest triumphs over all the oppo- sition in that country . § XXII . The Tory interest prevails in the new Parliament of England . § XXIII . Bill for ...
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... obliged to raise the siege , and returns to England . § XXXVI . Cork and Kinsale reduced by the Earl of Marlborough . § XXXVII . Lauzun and the French forces quit Ireland . § XXXVIII . The Duke of Savoy joins the confederacy . XXXIX ...
... obliged to raise the siege , and returns to England . § XXXVI . Cork and Kinsale reduced by the Earl of Marlborough . § XXXVII . Lauzun and the French forces quit Ireland . § XXXVIII . The Duke of Savoy joins the confederacy . XXXIX ...
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Page 194 - And they went to bury her : but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Page 336 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Page 488 - An Act for the security of Her " Majesty's Person and Government, and of the " succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the
Page 117 - ... that upon the trial of any peer or peeress either for treason or misprision all the peers who have a right to sit and vote in Parliament shall be duly summoned twenty days at least before every such trial to appear at every such trial, and that every peer so summoned and appearing at such trial shall vote in the trial...
Page 335 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Page 365 - An act for the further security of his Majesty's person and the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors...
Page 374 - ANNE, married to prince George of Denmark, ascended the throne in the thirty-eighth year of her age, to the general satisfaction of all parties. She was the second daughter of king James, by his first wife, the daughter of chancellor Hyde, afterwards earl
Page 335 - That in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England, without...
Page 492 - ... that the Church of England as by law established, which was rescued from the extremest danger by King William the Third of glorious memory, is now by God's blessing, under the happy reign of her Majesty, in a most safe and flourishing condition, and that whoever goes about to suggest and insinuate that the Church is in danger under her Majesty's administration is an enemy to the queen, the Church and the kingdom...
Page 469 - ... this right, and prescribe when he should, and when he should not, be allowed the benefit of the laws, he ceased to be a freeman, and his liberty and property were precarious. They requested, therefore, that no consideration whatever should prevail with her majesty to suffer an obstruction to the known course of justice; but that she would be pleased to give effectual orders for the immediate issuing of the writs of error.