| Political state of Great Britain - 1725 - 618 pages
...Flace, or Employment in the State, or CommonWealth. The Queftion was put, Whether thefaid Earl (hall be for ever incapable of any Office, Place, or Employment in the State, or Common- Wealth? And after Debate thereupon, It was refolded in the Negative. Dtflentitnt*... | |
| David Mallet - Great Britain - 1740 - 224 pages
...Tower during " the King's pleafure; to be for ever un" capable of any office, place, or em" ployment in the commonwealth ; and *' never to fit again in...parliament, or <' come within the verge of the court." Thus Thus he loft the great privilege of his peerage , a feyerity unufual except in cafes of treafon and... | |
| Historical, genealogical and classical dictionary - 1743 - 280 pages
...undergo the fine of 40000 /. and be imprifonedin the tower,duringthe king's pleafure ; that he ihould be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment in the ftate, and never fit in parliament or come within the verge of the court. ' There is a variety of opinions... | |
| British - 1762 - 414 pages
...and, upon his confeffion, he was fentenced to pay a fine of forty thoufand pounds, to be imprifoned in the Tower during the king's pleafure ; to be for...employment in the commonwealth ; and never to fit again in parlia mem, or come within the verge of the court. Thus this great man was made the fcapegoat, as it... | |
| Books - 1763 - 648 pages
...obtained the pardon of his whole fentence • which was, A fine of forty thouland pounds, imprifonment in the Tower during the king's pleafure, to be for...parliament, or come within the" verge of the court. Beiides the favour of a pardon, he retained a " nominal penfion of eighteen hundred pounds a-year ;... | |
| David Hume - 1776 - 496 pages
...acknowledged twentyeight articles ; and was fentenced to pay a fine of 40,000 pounds, to be imprifoned in the Tower during the king's pleafure, to be for ever incapable of any place, office, or employment, and never again to fit in parliament, or come within the verge of the... | |
| David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 396 pages
...acknowledged twenty-eight articles; and was fentenced to pay a fine of 40,000 pounds, to.be imprifoned in the Tower during the king's pleafure , to be for...ever incapable of any office , place, or employment, and never again to fit in parliament, or come within the verge of the court. THIS dreadful fentence... | |
| William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker - Philosophy - 1791 - 650 pages
...imprifoned in the Tower during the King's plcafure, to be for ever incapable of holding any public office, and never to fit again in parliament, or come within the verge of the court. After a fhort confinement in the Tower, the King gave him his liberty, and about three years afterwards... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...to undergo a fine and ransom of .£40,000, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, in the state or commonwealth; that he should never sit in parliament, nor come within the verge of the court!... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...to pay a mulct of forty thousand pounds; to be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure ; to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment in the commonwealth ; and never to sit again in parliament, or to come within the verge of the court.* That so heavy a punishment should... | |
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