The British Chronologist: Comprehending Every Material Occurrence, Ecclesiastical, Civil, Or Military, Relative to England and Wales, from the Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time, Volum 1

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G. Kearsley, 1775

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Pàgina 315 - Majesty's gracious Intentions for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, by enabling Her Majesty to grant, in Perpetuity, the Revenues of the First Fruits and Tenths ; and also for enabling any other Persons to make Grants for the same Purpose...
Pàgina 119 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Pàgina 203 - We still believe and maintain, that our kings derive not their power from the people, but from God; that to him only they are accountable ; that it belongs not to subjects either to create or censure, but to honour and obey their sovereign, who comes to be so by a fundamental, hereditary right of succession, which no religion, no law, no fault or forfeiture, can alter or diminish...
Pàgina 253 - Westminster do resolve, that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen of England, France and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging...
Pàgina 120 - In the mean time my lieutenant-general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more no'ble or worthy subject; not doubting but, by your' obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Pàgina 243 - The earl marshal, in his robes and coronet, on horseback, with the marshall's staff in his hand ; the champion on horseback, with a gauntlet in his right hand, his helmet on his head, adorned with a great plume of feathers, white, blue, and red ; the lord high constable, in his robes and coronet, and collar of the order, on horseback, with the constable's staff. Four pages richly apparelled, attendant on the champion. The passage to their majesties...
Pàgina 251 - That King James the 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 withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, hath abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Pàgina 373 - ... an Act made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled " An Act " for exempting their Majesties protestant subjects dissenting "from the Church of England from the penalties of certain
Pàgina 119 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Pàgina 193 - I, AB, do declare that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those that are commissionated by him...

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