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" ... think that by feeding me from time to time with such supplies as they* think convenient, they will better secure frequent meetings of Parliament ; but as this is the first time I speak to you from the throne, I must plainly tell you that such an expedient... "
The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ... - Page 183
by David Hume - 1810
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to ...

William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1803 - 498 pages
...you from the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with me, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often, is alwars to 'use me well." Reduced Reduced to this dilemma, either of breaking 'nth James at once, or...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records ..., Volume 20

William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1804 - 486 pages
...you from the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with me, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often, is always to use me well." Reduced to this dilemma, either of breaking with James at once, or of complying with his wishes, the...
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Universal history, ancient and modern, Volume 20

William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 482 pages
...throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with n;e, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often, is always to use me veil." Reduced Reduced to this dilemma, either of breaking with James at once, or of complying with...
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A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second: With an ...

Charles James Fox - GT. BRIT. - 1808 - 454 pages
...from " the Throne, I will answer once for all, that this " would be a very improper method to take with me ; " and that the best way to engage me to meet you " often, is always to use me well. " I expect therefore, that you will comply with me " in what I have desired, and that you will do it...
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A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ...

Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 602 pages
..." the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an " expedient would be very improper to employ " with me, and that the best way to engage me to ** meet you often, is always to use me well." These threatening insinuations produced the effect for which they were intended. The commons, besides...
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A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ...

Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 598 pages
..." the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an " expedient would be very improper to employ " with me, and that the best way to engage me to " meet you often, is always to use me well." These threatening insinuations produced the effect for.which they were intended. The commons, besides...
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The Life of James the Second, King of England, &c: Collected Out ..., Volume 2

Lewis Innes, Thomas Innes, James Stanier Clarke, James II (King of England) - Great Britain - 1816 - 752 pages
...you from the Throne) I will answer once for all, That this would be a very improper method to take with me, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often is always to use me well. I expect you will comply with me in what I haue desired, and that you will doe it speedily, that this...
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Memoirs of James the Second, King of England, &c. &c: Collected ..., Volume 2

1821 - 318 pages
...you from the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with me. And that the best way to engage me to meet you often, is always to use me well."* The King then informed them that he had just received intelligence of the Earl of Argyle having landed...
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The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline ..., Volume 3

William Russell - Europe - 1822 - 452 pages
...we wish ttiue ill manner of happineas." » Burnet, book iv. — Carte'a Life of Orniond, vol. iii. and that the best way to engage me to meet you often, is always to use me well5." In return to this imperious speech, which a spirited parliament would have received with indignation,...
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Hume and Smollett Abridged, and Continued to the Accession of George IV.

David Hume, John Robinson - Great Britain - 1824 - 568 pages
...you from the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with me, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often, is always to use me well." The parliament was thus placed in a very critical situation, either of opposing James at once, or of...
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