The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...Messrs. W. Sleater, H. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, T. Walker, W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and L. White, 1789 |
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... Some additional troops were alfo levied , and fums of money raised for other purposes were converted to the advancement of this expedition . The Dutch had always reposed an entire confidence in him ; and many of the neighbouring princes ...
... Some additional troops were alfo levied , and fums of money raised for other purposes were converted to the advancement of this expedition . The Dutch had always reposed an entire confidence in him ; and many of the neighbouring princes ...
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... some minutes . The king's fortune now expofed him to the con- tempt of his enemies , and his behaviour was fuch as could not procure him the esteem of his friends and adherents . He was naturally timid ; and fome counsellors about him ...
... some minutes . The king's fortune now expofed him to the con- tempt of his enemies , and his behaviour was fuch as could not procure him the esteem of his friends and adherents . He was naturally timid ; and fome counsellors about him ...
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... Some declared for a regent ; others , that the princefs of Orange fhould be invefted with regal power , and the young prince confidered as fuppofititious . The de- bates ran high . A conference was demanded be- tween the lords and ...
... Some declared for a regent ; others , that the princefs of Orange fhould be invefted with regal power , and the young prince confidered as fuppofititious . The de- bates ran high . A conference was demanded be- tween the lords and ...
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... some squadrons of horse ; and at intervals was heard to exclaim , when he faw his own troops repulfing thofe of the enemy , “ O fpare my English fubjects . ' The Irish loft about fifteen hundred men , and the proteftants about one third ...
... some squadrons of horse ; and at intervals was heard to exclaim , when he faw his own troops repulfing thofe of the enemy , “ O fpare my English fubjects . ' The Irish loft about fifteen hundred men , and the proteftants about one third ...
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... some days did this intrepid feaman , affifted only by one fhip , purfue and engage the enemy , while his cowardly officers , at a diftance behind , remained fpectators of his activity . His laft day's battle , was more furious than all ...
... some days did this intrepid feaman , affifted only by one fhip , purfue and engage the enemy , while his cowardly officers , at a diftance behind , remained fpectators of his activity . His laft day's battle , was more furious than all ...
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Trang 32 - 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 the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.
Trang 170 - ... as he has no virtue of his own, ridiculing it in others, and endeavouring to destroy or corrupt it in all.
Trang 105 - ... intelligence; and to have pocketed a deduction of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England.
Trang 200 - Spitalfields and other communities, engaged in associations; and even the managers of the theatres offered to raise a body of their dependents for the service of the government.
Trang 26 - Howe, came to Exeter. All England was in commotion. Lord Delamere took arms in Cheshire, the earl of Danby seized York, the earl of Bath, governor of Plymouth, declared for the prince, the earl of Devonshire made a like declaration in Derby. The nobility and gentry of...
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Trang 32 - James having attempted to overturn the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between the king and people, and having, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne was thereby vacant.
Trang 132 - I am now to take my leave of your lordships, and of this honourable House, perhaps for ever; I shall lay down my life with pleasure in a cause favoured by my late dear royal mistress.
Trang 92 - ... he was prohibited from preaching for the term of three years ; his two...