A Complete History of England: From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748. Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years, Volume 8 |
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... army ; a fourth fixing the intereft of money at fix per cent ; and a fifth , ordaining that the anniversary of his restora tion fhould be obferved as a perpetual holiday . Charles took this opportunity to cajole the parlia- ment with a ...
... army ; a fourth fixing the intereft of money at fix per cent ; and a fifth , ordaining that the anniversary of his restora tion fhould be obferved as a perpetual holiday . Charles took this opportunity to cajole the parlia- ment with a ...
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... army and the forts which had been erect- ed from one end of the kingdom to the other . The earl of Lauderdale , who had been taken at the bat- tle of Worcester , and continued a prisoner from that event to the restoration , was now ...
... army and the forts which had been erect- ed from one end of the kingdom to the other . The earl of Lauderdale , who had been taken at the bat- tle of Worcester , and continued a prisoner from that event to the restoration , was now ...
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... army , diffolve the parlia- ment , and render himself abfolute : of having faid the king was a papift of having fold illegal patents , and granted injunctions to ftop the ordi- nary course of juftice : of having banished feveral perfons ...
... army , diffolve the parlia- ment , and render himself abfolute : of having faid the king was a papift of having fold illegal patents , and granted injunctions to ftop the ordi- nary course of juftice : of having banished feveral perfons ...
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... army , at his devotion . Charles de- His next step was to declare war against the Dutch , for having refufed to fend home the English families fettled in Surinam , as the two nations had ftipu- lated in the treaty of Breda ; for having ...
... army , at his devotion . Charles de- His next step was to declare war against the Dutch , for having refufed to fend home the English families fettled in Surinam , as the two nations had ftipu- lated in the treaty of Breda ; for having ...
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... army . The lord - keeper Bridgeman refufing to affix the feal to the declaration for fufpending the penal laws , was removed from his office , and lord Afhley , now earl of Shaftesbury , was appointed lord chancellor of England . Lewis ...
... army . The lord - keeper Bridgeman refufing to affix the feal to the declaration for fufpending the penal laws , was removed from his office , and lord Afhley , now earl of Shaftesbury , was appointed lord chancellor of England . Lewis ...
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Page 381 - Tyrconnel to submit to the new government. The Irish now abandoned the field with precipitation : but the French and Swiss troops, that acted as their auxiliaries, under Lauzun, retreated in good order, after having maintained the battle for some time with intrepidity and perseverance.