History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the Concluding of the Treaty of Amiens, 1802, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1806 |
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... Italy . 240 Reverse of fortune .... 241 Insidious policy of the emperor .. 241 Campaign in Hungary 242 Successes of the prince of Baden 242 Session of parliament . 244 Unpopularity of the king 246 Affairs of the East India Company 247 ...
... Italy . 240 Reverse of fortune .... 241 Insidious policy of the emperor .. 241 Campaign in Hungary 242 Successes of the prince of Baden 242 Session of parliament . 244 Unpopularity of the king 246 Affairs of the East India Company 247 ...
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... Italy .. Admiral Wheeler shipwrecked ... Disastrous attempt on Brest Bombardment of Dieppe and Havre - de - Grace ... Session of parliament Triennial act passed Death of archbishop Tillotson . and of Sancroft .... Illness and death of ...
... Italy .. Admiral Wheeler shipwrecked ... Disastrous attempt on Brest Bombardment of Dieppe and Havre - de - Grace ... Session of parliament Triennial act passed Death of archbishop Tillotson . and of Sancroft .... Illness and death of ...
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... Italy .... 397 .... In Spain ... And in Hungary Parliament dissolved .... Whig interest regains its ascendancy Treason bill . ......... . Re - coinage of silver Extravagant grant to the earl of Portland .... Remonstrance against the ...
... Italy .... 397 .... In Spain ... And in Hungary Parliament dissolved .... Whig interest regains its ascendancy Treason bill . ......... . Re - coinage of silver Extravagant grant to the earl of Portland .... Remonstrance against the ...
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... Italian sun might be prejudicial to his constitution . " And thus ended this expen- sive , fruitless , and ridiculous embassy . And he concluded with a de- Conduct of and Prin- Orange . The prince and princess of Orange had hitherto ...
... Italian sun might be prejudicial to his constitution . " And thus ended this expen- sive , fruitless , and ridiculous embassy . And he concluded with a de- Conduct of and Prin- Orange . The prince and princess of Orange had hitherto ...
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... Italy , M. de Catinat made Catinat in himself master of Montalban , Villa Franca , Nice , Marechal Italy . and Carmagnola , a place not more than nine miles distance from Turin . He then invested the strong fortress of Coni , situated ...
... Italy , M. de Catinat made Catinat in himself master of Montalban , Villa Franca , Nice , Marechal Italy . and Carmagnola , a place not more than nine miles distance from Turin . He then invested the strong fortress of Coni , situated ...
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Page 441 - To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion and government.
Page 534 - To which demand of their rights they are particularly encouraged by the declaration of His Highness the Prince of Orange as being the only means for obtaining a full redress and remedy therein. Having therefore an entire confidence that His said Highness the Prince of Orange...
Page 533 - January, in this year one thousand six hundred eighty and eight, in order to such an establishment, as that their religion, laws, and liberties might not again be in danger of being subverted ; upon which letters, elections have been accordingly made. And thereupon the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, pursuant...
Page 534 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12.
Page 150 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone; who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven.
Page 534 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament. That excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Page 129 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 130 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties; and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises, ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Page 532 - And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases, to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects.
Page 531 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.