The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. 5 vols. [in 9. The plates are dated 1797 to 1806].1812 |
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... hopes of restoring the catholic religion in England . In vain , said he ,. would you put an end to the King's life : He has children , who would succeed both to his crown and to his maxims of government . In vain would you extinguish ...
... hopes of restoring the catholic religion in England . In vain , said he ,. would you put an end to the King's life : He has children , who would succeed both to his crown and to his maxims of government . In vain would you extinguish ...
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... hope of reward , had , as yet , induced any one conspirator , either to abandon the enterprise , or make a discovery of it . The holy fury had extinguished in their breast every other motive ; and it was an indiscretion at last , pro ...
... hope of reward , had , as yet , induced any one conspirator , either to abandon the enterprise , or make a discovery of it . The holy fury had extinguished in their breast every other motive ; and it was an indiscretion at last , pro ...
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... hopes of success ' . But at last , hearing that Fawkes was arrested , they hurried down to Warwickshire ; where Sir Everard Digby , thinking himself assured that success had attended his confederates , was already in arms , in order to ...
... hopes of success ' . But at last , hearing that Fawkes was arrested , they hurried down to Warwickshire ; where Sir Everard Digby , thinking himself assured that success had attended his confederates , was already in arms , in order to ...
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... hope from that measure were more considerable ; yet were the objections too , with regard to that kingdom , more striking and obvious . The benefit which must have re- sulted to England , both by accession of strength and security , was ...
... hope from that measure were more considerable ; yet were the objections too , with regard to that kingdom , more striking and obvious . The benefit which must have re- sulted to England , both by accession of strength and security , was ...
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... hopes of receiving supply ; the commons of circumscribing his prerogative . The Earl of Sa- lisbury , now created treasurer on the death of the Earl of Dorset , laid open the King's necessities , first to the peers , then to a committee ...
... hopes of receiving supply ; the commons of circumscribing his prerogative . The Earl of Sa- lisbury , now created treasurer on the death of the Earl of Dorset , laid open the King's necessities , first to the peers , then to a committee ...
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Page 575 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by Act of Parliament...
Page 537 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 34 - My Lord, Out of the love I bear to some of ysur friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as 'you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 575 - Majesty would be pleased to remove the said soldiers and mariners and that your people may not be so burdened in time to come. And that the aforesaid commissions for proceeding by martial law may be revoked and annulled. And that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 574 - ... law of the land: And in the eight and twentieth year of the reign of King Edward the Third, it was declared and enacted by authority of Parliament, that no man of what estate or condition that he be, should be put out of his land or tenements, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disherited, nor put to death, without being brought to answer by due process of law...
Page 576 - ... for proceeding by martial law, may be revoked and annulled; and that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever, to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death, contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 32 - Piercy was charmed with this project of Catesby; and they agreed to communicate the matter to a few more, and among the rest to Thomas Winter, whom they sent over to Flanders in quest of Fawkes, an officer in the Spanish service, with whose zeal and courage they were all thoroughly acquainted. "When they enlisted any new...
Page 574 - Parliament: and whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used, and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm; nevertheless of late...
Page 574 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause shewed; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and...
Page 253 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.