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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution ... - Page 221
by David Hume - 1812
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The history of England ... to ... 1688, Volume 6

David Hume - 1882 - 582 pages
...this is the first time I speak to you from the throne, I must plainly tell you, that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with me ; and that...well." It was easy to interpret this language of the king's. He plainly intimated, that he had resources in his prerogative foi supporting the government...
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Macaulay, T.B. History; and essay.-[Yonge, C.M.] History of Greece.-[Gibbon ...

Joseph H. Beale - World history - 1884 - 1152 pages
...of your inclination to frequent parliaments. "This would be a very improper method to take with me. The best way to engage me to meet you often is always to use me well." And the whole House of Commons, with one exception, were awed by the " vultus instantis tyranni " —...
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History of the English Parliament: From the revolution to the Reform Acts of ...

George Barnett Smith - 1892 - 658 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." Here was the old threat, covertly expressed, to do Settiemtvt • without Parliaments, if they were...
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Weltgeschichte, Volume 10

Johann Baptist von Weiss - World history - 1893 - 854 pages
...the first time I speak to you from the throne, I must plainly 'ell you that such an expedient will be very improper to employ with me, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often is to use me well. Pari. Hist., IV. p. 1354. 2) gr mat ciuft ber .«apian Sfjaftcëburtjâ uitb ttjeilte...
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The Historians' History of the World: England, 1642-1791

Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1904 - 710 pages
...life such as his brother had enjoyed, and hinting that nothing else would content him, he added, " the best way to engage me to meet you often, is always to use me well": he concluded by informing them of the news he had just received of the landing of Argyll in Scotland,...
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Calendar of Treasury Books, 1660/67-: Preserved in the ..., Volume 8, Part 1

Great Britain. Public Record Office - Finance, Public - 1923 - 618 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, therefore, that you will comply with me in what I have desired and that you will do it speedily."...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People ..., Volume 5

George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 664 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 speedily."...
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