An Abridgement of the History of England: Being a Summary of Mr. Rapin's History and Mr. Tindal's Continuation : From the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Death of King George I ... Illustrated ... on Seventy Copper Plates, Volume 3J. and P. Knapton, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... received with all poffible de 1690 . monftrations of joy . Major - General Kirke relieves Bir , befieged by Sarsfield . 10 . 16 . John Churchill , Earl of Marlborough , arrives before Cork 21 . with a ftrong fquadron ; and , being ...
... received with all poffible de 1690 . monftrations of joy . Major - General Kirke relieves Bir , befieged by Sarsfield . 10 . 16 . John Churchill , Earl of Marlborough , arrives before Cork 21 . with a ftrong fquadron ; and , being ...
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... tax . The Commiffioners for taking the public accounts hav- ing discovered , that Anthony , Lord Falkland , had begged and and received of the King 2000. contrary to the ordinary 20 28. William III . and Mary II . Vol . III .
... tax . The Commiffioners for taking the public accounts hav- ing discovered , that Anthony , Lord Falkland , had begged and and received of the King 2000. contrary to the ordinary 20 28. William III . and Mary II . Vol . III .
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... received of the King 2000. contrary to the ordinary Ann . C. method of iffuing and beftowing the King's money ; the 1693-4 . House of Commons , of which he was a Member , refolve , that he was guilty of a high mifdemeanor and breach of ...
... received of the King 2000. contrary to the ordinary Ann . C. method of iffuing and beftowing the King's money ; the 1693-4 . House of Commons , of which he was a Member , refolve , that he was guilty of a high mifdemeanor and breach of ...
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... received the intimations of approaching death with an intire refignation to the will of God ; and , when in the clofeft ftruggle with that King of terrors , the preferved a perfect tranquillity . The melancholy fighs of all , who came ...
... received the intimations of approaching death with an intire refignation to the will of God ; and , when in the clofeft ftruggle with that King of terrors , the preferved a perfect tranquillity . The melancholy fighs of all , who came ...
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... Sir John Trevor , Speaker of the Houfe of Commons , being found to have received 1000 guineas of the City of London , on paffing the Orphans bill , he 1 he is voted guilty of a high misdemeanor , and 28 28. WILLIAM III .
... Sir John Trevor , Speaker of the Houfe of Commons , being found to have received 1000 guineas of the City of London , on paffing the Orphans bill , he 1 he is voted guilty of a high misdemeanor , and 28 28. WILLIAM III .
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Page 71 - ... for any sudden or indecent vents he might give his anger, that they were glad at every time that it broke upon them. He was too easy to the faults of those about him when they did not lie in his own way, or cross any of his designs ; and he was so apt to think that his ministers might grow insolent if they should...
Page 64 - That if the House of Commons, in Breach of the Laws and Liberties of the People, do betray the Trust reposed in them, and act negligently or arbitrarily and illegally, it is the undoubted Right of the People of England to call them to an Account for the same, and by Convention, Assembly or Force, may proceed against them as Traitors and Betrayers of their Country.
Page 264 - It is very obvious that nothing would more conduce to the obtaining so public a good, than to make the exportation of our own manufactures, and the importation of the commodities used in the manufacturing of them, as practicable and easy as may be...
Page 465 - know what great oath you have taken, which if you* «,* keep, it will be great honour to you ; but, if you break it, " I fhall be compelled, by my office, to hack off your
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Page 71 - God, only on week days he came too seldom to them ; he was an attentive hearer of sermons, and was constant in his private prayers, and in reading the Scriptures ; and when he spoke of religious matters, which he did not often, it was with a becoming gravity...
Page 268 - An Act for granting the People called Quakers, such Forms of Affirmation or Declaration, as may remove the Difficulties which many of them lie under...
Page 72 - ... the thirty years, from the year 1672 to his death, in which he acted so great a part, carry in them so many amazing steps of a glorious and distinguishing providence, that in the words of David he may be called, the man of God's right hand, whom he made strong for himself...