The Political History of England ...: Leadam, I.S. From the accession of Anne to the death of George II (1702-1760)William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole Longmans, Green and Company, 1912 |
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... remained almost at the level of ten years earlier , viz . , 16,553 tuns . The treaty , though advantageous while the French market remained closed proved eventually productive of the ill - effects which in- variably result from the ...
... remained almost at the level of ten years earlier , viz . , 16,553 tuns . The treaty , though advantageous while the French market remained closed proved eventually productive of the ill - effects which in- variably result from the ...
Pàgina 32
... remained in prison from July , 1703 , to August , 1704 , when he was released by the interven- tion of Harley , whose confidential agent he became , 1 In face of High Church zeal and of the pressure exerted by the queen , the whig ...
... remained in prison from July , 1703 , to August , 1704 , when he was released by the interven- tion of Harley , whose confidential agent he became , 1 In face of High Church zeal and of the pressure exerted by the queen , the whig ...
Pàgina 42
... remained to be fought . The commons , at the close of March , sent up a bill to the lords for the continuance of the commission for the examination of public accounts . But the commission had rendered itself so odious to the whigs that ...
... remained to be fought . The commons , at the close of March , sent up a bill to the lords for the continuance of the commission for the examination of public accounts . But the commission had rendered itself so odious to the whigs that ...
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... remained . They had missed the moment at which a sally might have given the cavalry time to rally and now vainly endeavoured to break through Churchill's infantry in the direction of Höchstädt . After sustaining a fierce assault by Lord ...
... remained . They had missed the moment at which a sally might have given the cavalry time to rally and now vainly endeavoured to break through Churchill's infantry in the direction of Höchstädt . After sustaining a fierce assault by Lord ...
Pàgina 58
... remained four days , resting their troops and dividing the prisoners , who numbered II , 192 men . It was with difficulty that they succeeded in persuad- ing the margrave to relinquish the siege of Ingolstadt , where he had already made ...
... remained four days , resting their troops and dividing the prisoners , who numbered II , 192 men . It was with difficulty that they succeeded in persuad- ing the margrave to relinquish the siege of Ingolstadt , where he had already made ...
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Admiral alliance allies Anne April Argyll army attack August Berwick bill Bishop Bolingbroke Britain British Byng campaign Carteret cavalry chancellor CHAP Charles Comm command court crown December declared dismissal dispatch duchess Duke Dunkirk Dutch Earl Elector emperor England English favour February fleet force France French George Godolphin Hanover Hanoverian Harley Harley's Hist Horace Walpole house of commons house of lords ibid infantry Ireland Irish Jacobites James January John July June king king's letter London lord privy seal Louis XIV March Marlborough ment minister ministry negotiations Newcastle November October opposition Ormonde Oxford parliament party peace Pelham Philip Pitt political Portland MSS pretender Prince protestant Prussia queen resignation Scotland Scottish secretary secretary at war September ships South Sea South Sea Company Spain Spanish squadron Stanhope States-general Stuart Papers succ succession Sunderland tion tory Townshend treaty troops vols votes Walpole whigs William wrote
Passatges populars
Pàgina 235 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Pàgina 477 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin, that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Pàgina 309 - Am I a free-man in England, and do I become a slave in six hours by crossing the channel?
Pàgina 485 - I must confess I did not expect to hear my new acquaintance value himself upon these qualifications, but finding him such a critic upon foreigners, I asked him if he had ever travelled ; he told me, he did not know what travelling was good for, but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber French, and to talk against passive obedience : to which he added, that he scarce ever knew a traveller in his life who had not forsook his principles, and lost his hunting-seat.
Pàgina 555 - History of Civilisation in England and France, Spain and Scotland. By HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. 3 vols. crown 8vo. 24?.
Pàgina 287 - A company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
Pàgina 333 - But he was far from governing by corruption : he governed by party attachments. The charge of systematic corruption is less applicable to him, perhaps, than to any minister who ever served the crown for so great a length of time.
Pàgina 252 - ... nothing in him that looked like spirit. He never appeared with cheerfulness and vigour to animate us. Our men began to despise him ; some asked if he could speak. His countenance looked extremely heavy. He cared not to come abroad amongst us soldiers, or to see us handle our arms or do our exercise.
Pàgina 475 - which you did me the honour to subscribe for.' — 'Oh,' said Bentley, 'ay, now I recollect — your translation: — it is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope; but you must not call it Homer?
Pàgina 360 - My Lord Bath, you and I are now two as insignificant men as any in England.