The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 11Christie & Son; Baldwin & Company; Sharpe & Son; Akerman; Smith & Company ... [and 40 others], 1819 - Great Britain |
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... considerable army and fleet would be necessary for the reduction of Ireland , and the protection of Britain ; and he desired they would settle the revenue in such a manner , that it might be collected without difficulty and dispute ...
... considerable army and fleet would be necessary for the reduction of Ireland , and the protection of Britain ; and he desired they would settle the revenue in such a manner , that it might be collected without difficulty and dispute ...
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... considerable quantity of arms for the use of his adherents in Ireland ; accommodated him with a large sum of money , superb equipages , store of plate , and necessaries of all kinds for the camp and the house- hold . At parting , he ...
... considerable quantity of arms for the use of his adherents in Ireland ; accommodated him with a large sum of money , superb equipages , store of plate , and necessaries of all kinds for the camp and the house- hold . At parting , he ...
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... considerable rein- forcement till the middle of April , when two regiments arrived in Loughfoyl , under the command of Cunningham and Richards . By this time , king James had taken Cole- raine , invested Killmore , and was almost in ...
... considerable rein- forcement till the middle of April , when two regiments arrived in Loughfoyl , under the command of Cunningham and Richards . By this time , king James had taken Cole- raine , invested Killmore , and was almost in ...
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... considerable loss . The towns - men gained divers advantages in repeated sallies , and would have held their enemies in the utmost contempt , had they not been afflicted with a contagious distemper , as well as reduced to extremity by ...
... considerable loss . The towns - men gained divers advantages in repeated sallies , and would have held their enemies in the utmost contempt , had they not been afflicted with a contagious distemper , as well as reduced to extremity by ...
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... considerable damage from the superior fire of the enemy . Herbert tacked several times , in hope of gaining the weather - gage ; but the French admiral kept his wind with uncommon skill and perseve- rance . At length the English ...
... considerable damage from the superior fire of the enemy . Herbert tacked several times , in hope of gaining the weather - gage ; but the French admiral kept his wind with uncommon skill and perseve- rance . At length the English ...
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Page 409 - Will you, to the utmost of your power, maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion, established by law...
Page 365 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, judges' commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Page 365 - England as by law established, 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...
Page 365 - 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 13 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 365 - 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 397 - 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 404 - ... tender affection. On the eighth day of March he expired, in the fifty-second year of his age, after having reigned thirteen years. The lords Lexington and Scarborough, who were in waiting, no sooner perceived...
Page 388 - Austrian interest: but this weak prince was a slave to his ministers, whom the French king had corrupted. During this summer, the French coasts were overawed by the combined fleets of England and Holland, under the command of sir George Rooke, who sailed down the channel in the latter end of August, and detached vice-admiral Benbow with a strong squadron to the West Indies.
Page 403 - March, when his knee appeared to be inflamed, with great pain and weakness. Next day he granted a commission under the great seal to several peers, for passing the bills to which both houses of parliament had agreed ; namely, the act of attainder against the pretended prince of Wales, and another in favour of the quakers, enacting, that their solemn affirmation and declaration should be accepted instead of an oath in the usual form.