The British Chronologist: Comprehending Every Material Occurrence, Ecclesiastical, Civil, Or Military, Relative to England and Wales, from the Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time, Volume 3

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G. Kearsley, 1775 - Great Britain

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Page 179 - Hostility, when, in Time of profound Peace, without any Declaration of War, and without any previous Notice given, or Application made, a Body of French Troops under the Command of an Officer bearing the French King's Commission, attacked in a hostile Manner, and possessed themselves of the English Fort on the Ohio in North America.
Page 304 - Wales ; we, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this realm, being here assisted with these of his late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London...
Page 187 - ... for defraying the charge for allowances to the feveral officers and private gentlemen of the two troops of horfe guards, and regiment of horfe, reduced, and to the...
Page 83 - Whereof have died, Under Two Years of Age Between Two and Five Five and Ten Ten and Twenty Twenty and Thirty Thirty...
Page 216 - For defraying the charge for allowances to the feveral officers and private gentlemen of the two troops of horfe-guards, and regiment of horfe reduced, and to the fuperannuated gentlemen of the four troops of horfe-guards for I759 8 z.
Page 199 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the Benefit of the Act of Insolvency ; In consequence of which, he registered His Kingdom of Corsica, For the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings. Heroes, and beggars, galley-slaves, and kings : But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead ; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Page 310 - For this purpose, it is absolutely incumbent upon us to be early prepared ; and I rely upon your zeal and hearty concurrence to support the king of Prussia, and the rest of my allies, and to make ample provision for carrying on the war, as the only means to bring our enemies to equitable terms of accommodation.
Page 310 - Let these hopes and fears be confirmed and augmented by the vigour, unanimity, and dispatch of your proceedings. In this expectation I am the more encouraged by a pleasing circumstance, which I look upon as one of the most auspicious omens of my reign.
Page 258 - Tavora and the Duke of Aveiro had their limbs broken alive : the duke, for greater ignominy, was brought bareheaded to the place of execution. The body and limbs of each of the criminals, after they were executed, were thrown upon a wheel and covered with a linen cloth. But when Antonio...
Page 309 - ... toleration inviolable. The civil and religious rights of my loving subjects are equally dear to me with the most valuable prerogatives of my crown; and as the surest foundation of the whole, and the best means to draw down the Divine favour on my reign, it is my fixed purpose to countenance and encourage the practice of true religion and virtue.

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