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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... which through James's imprudence or vanity , had actually become the
common topic of parliamentary controversies ... had neither the same polemical
means to oppose the arguments of a house of commons more enlightened than
ever on ...
... which through James's imprudence or vanity , had actually become the
common topic of parliamentary controversies ... had neither the same polemical
means to oppose the arguments of a house of commons more enlightened than
ever on ...
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... likewise that the illiberality of this vote was connected with a plan of
encroaching on his authority , by granting him no supplies without extorting from
him some concessions in favour of civil liberty , or of the privileges of the
commons .
... likewise that the illiberality of this vote was connected with a plan of
encroaching on his authority , by granting him no supplies without extorting from
him some concessions in favour of civil liberty , or of the privileges of the
commons .
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These transactions raised great murmurs in parliament , and afforded the
commons an occasion of renewing their eternal complaints on the growth of
popery . Charles gave them a satisfactory answer on every article , in hopes of
finding them ...
These transactions raised great murmurs in parliament , and afforded the
commons an occasion of renewing their eternal complaints on the growth of
popery . Charles gave them a satisfactory answer on every article , in hopes of
finding them ...
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This accusation , imprudently provoked by the un . just prosecution against Bristol
, afforded the house of commons an opportunity of gratifying their anger against
the duke of Buckingham . After having voted that common fame was a sufficient ...
This accusation , imprudently provoked by the un . just prosecution against Bristol
, afforded the house of commons an opportunity of gratifying their anger against
the duke of Buckingham . After having voted that common fame was a sufficient ...
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The members were released , and the result of these imprudences and
precipitation was to exasperate the commons still farther , and to render the king's
situation worse than it was . The house of peers , roused from their inactivity by
this ...
The members were released , and the result of these imprudences and
precipitation was to exasperate the commons still farther , and to render the king's
situation worse than it was . The house of peers , roused from their inactivity by
this ...
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Page 480 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 534 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 480 - 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 20 - 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.
Page 510 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel and the protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 473 - second, 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 this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Page 179 - ... in that very hour when he was thus wickedly murdered in the sight of the sun, he had as great a share in the hearts and affections of his subjects in general, was as much beloved, esteemed, and longed for by the people in general of the three nations, as any of his predecessors had ever been.
Page 178 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 8 - I pray you to consider what these new counsels are, and may be. I fear to declare those that I conceive. In all Christian kingdoms you know that parliaments were in use anciently, until the monarchs began to know their own strength ; and, seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew the parliaments throughout Christendom, except here only -with us.
Page 63 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
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| Title | 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 ... Volume 3 of 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, Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville Volume 3 of A chronological abridgment of the history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of the Romans to the year 1763, Antoine François Bertrand de Moleville |
| Authors | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine François Bertrand de Moleville |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2008 |
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