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... farther delays of the marriage , so long wished for , he was resolved to trust the palatine's full restoration to the event of future counsels and deliberations . " 4. This whole system of negociation Buckingham now re- versed ; and he ...
... farther delays of the marriage , so long wished for , he was resolved to trust the palatine's full restoration to the event of future counsels and deliberations . " 4. This whole system of negociation Buckingham now re- versed ; and he ...
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... p . 223 . 1 Franklyn , p . 101 , 102 . 3 Parl . Hist . vol . vi . p . 57 20 Parl . Hist . vol . vi . p . 19 . 2 See farther , Franklyn , p . 87 . transactions , the parliament was prorogued by the king , A.D. 1624 . 19 JAMES I.
... p . 223 . 1 Franklyn , p . 101 , 102 . 3 Parl . Hist . vol . vi . p . 57 20 Parl . Hist . vol . vi . p . 19 . 2 See farther , Franklyn , p . 87 . transactions , the parliament was prorogued by the king , A.D. 1624 . 19 JAMES I.
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... farther progress of these advantages began during this reign to ruin the small proprietors of land ; " and by both events , the gentry , or that rank which composed the house of commons , enlarged their power and authority . The early ...
... farther progress of these advantages began during this reign to ruin the small proprietors of land ; " and by both events , the gentry , or that rank which composed the house of commons , enlarged their power and authority . The early ...
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... pence for a fowl . Journals , May 25 , 1626 . 13 Rymer , tom . xvii . p . 441. et seq . 14 This volume was written above twenty - eight years before principal reasons why James's revenue would go farther than the APPENDIX IV . 43.
... pence for a fowl . Journals , May 25 , 1626 . 13 Rymer , tom . xvii . p . 441. et seq . 14 This volume was written above twenty - eight years before principal reasons why James's revenue would go farther than the APPENDIX IV . 43.
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David Hume, Thomas Smart Hughes. principal reasons why James's revenue would go farther than the same money in our time , though the difference is not near so great as is usually imagined . 15 5. The public was intirely free from the ...
David Hume, Thomas Smart Hughes. principal reasons why James's revenue would go farther than the same money in our time , though the difference is not near so great as is usually imagined . 15 5. The public was intirely free from the ...
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Page 494 - By pretext whereof some of your majesty's subjects have been by some of the said commissioners put to death, when and where, if by the laws and statutes of the land they had deserved death, by the same laws and statutes also they might, and by no other ought to have been judged and executed : ] IX.