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... subject , by its continued use in many of our best Public Schools and Colleges , and by the very great and constant demand for new editions of the book . But the progress of events , and the publication of many important historical docu ...
... subject , by its continued use in many of our best Public Schools and Colleges , and by the very great and constant demand for new editions of the book . But the progress of events , and the publication of many important historical docu ...
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From the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688 David Hume. this subject is inserted in a smaller type in the ... subjects , have been drawn up mainly with the view of assisting the student in further enquiries ; and with the same ...
From the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688 David Hume. this subject is inserted in a smaller type in the ... subjects , have been drawn up mainly with the view of assisting the student in further enquiries ; and with the same ...
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... subjects of joy . The storm is their protection when they are pressed by the enemy , and a cover for their operations when they meditate an attack . Before they quit their own shores , they devote to the altars of their gods the tenth ...
... subjects of joy . The storm is their protection when they are pressed by the enemy , and a cover for their operations when they meditate an attack . Before they quit their own shores , they devote to the altars of their gods the tenth ...
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... subjects of their conquerors . * § 13. As it would be useless to follow the obscure and often doubtful details of ... subject is more fully discussed in the Notes and Illustrations ( C ) . down to the time when all the kingdoms were ...
... subjects of their conquerors . * § 13. As it would be useless to follow the obscure and often doubtful details of ... subject is more fully discussed in the Notes and Illustrations ( C ) . down to the time when all the kingdoms were ...
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... subjects , and even his own relations , with the Britons and Scots , united against him . He was defeated in a great battle at Wodesbeorg ( probably Wanborough , near Swindon , in Wilts ) , in the year 592 , and died in exile two years ...
... subjects , and even his own relations , with the Britons and Scots , united against him . He was defeated in a great battle at Wodesbeorg ( probably Wanborough , near Swindon , in Wilts ) , in the year 592 , and died in exile two years ...
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Page 545 - 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 544 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament.
Page 390 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me.
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Page 474 - I, AB, do declare, That I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, or in the elements of bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.
Page 515 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 605 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Page 547 - ... during their lives and the life of the survivor of them; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
Page 545 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 544 - 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.