A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
In such cases I have quoted my authorities at the end of the paragraph ; this
occurs more frequently in the last volumes , as the extensive sources of
information I have found in the British Museum , and the zealous assistance I
have received ...
In such cases I have quoted my authorities at the end of the paragraph ; this
occurs more frequently in the last volumes , as the extensive sources of
information I have found in the British Museum , and the zealous assistance I
have received ...
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... there is no reference to any authority . Determined , as I was , nut to advance a
single fact the truth of which I could not ascertain by some unexceptionable
evidence , it was absolutely necessary to consult a great number of scarce
historical ...
... there is no reference to any authority . Determined , as I was , nut to advance a
single fact the truth of which I could not ascertain by some unexceptionable
evidence , it was absolutely necessary to consult a great number of scarce
historical ...
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The officers of the custom - house were summoned before the commons to give
an account by what authority they had seized the goods of merchants who had
refused to pay these duties . The barons of the ex . chequer were questioned ...
The officers of the custom - house were summoned before the commons to give
an account by what authority they had seized the goods of merchants who had
refused to pay these duties . The barons of the ex . chequer were questioned ...
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The holy see itself already entertained hopes of regaining its authority in this
island through Laud's intentions , and to forward them , an offer was twice made
him in private of a cardinal's hat , which he declined accepting . A daughter of the
...
The holy see itself already entertained hopes of regaining its authority in this
island through Laud's intentions , and to forward them , an offer was twice made
him in private of a cardinal's hat , which he declined accepting . A daughter of the
...
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In return for Charles's indulgence towards the church , Laud and his adherents
never failed to magnify on every occasion the regal authority , and to rebuff with
disdain all puritanical ideas of a free constitution . But while those prelates were
so ...
In return for Charles's indulgence towards the church , Laud and his adherents
never failed to magnify on every occasion the regal authority , and to rebuff with
disdain all puritanical ideas of a free constitution . But while those prelates were
so ...
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