The History of England: From the Revolution to the Death of George the Second. (Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History.)Levis & Weaver, 1810 |
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Pàgina 57
... shillings and two - pence was also required for the current service of the year . the whole annual supply exceeded eight millions sterling →→→ a sum at which the whole nation expressed equal astonish- ment and disgust . It was ...
... shillings and two - pence was also required for the current service of the year . the whole annual supply exceeded eight millions sterling →→→ a sum at which the whole nation expressed equal astonish- ment and disgust . It was ...
Pàgina 66
... shillings per ton for every ship equipped for that undertaking . The bill having made its way through both houses , and obtained the royal assent , the merchants in different parts of the kingdom , particularly in north Britain , began ...
... shillings per ton for every ship equipped for that undertaking . The bill having made its way through both houses , and obtained the royal assent , the merchants in different parts of the kingdom , particularly in north Britain , began ...
Pàgina 86
... shillings , and eleven - pence half - penny , to be raised by the land tax , at three shillings in the pound ; the malt , and other duties , the surplus of divers impositions remaining in the bank and exchequer ; one million by an ...
... shillings , and eleven - pence half - penny , to be raised by the land tax , at three shillings in the pound ; the malt , and other duties , the surplus of divers impositions remaining in the bank and exchequer ; one million by an ...
Pàgina 88
... shillings per centum per annum , till the twenty - fifth day of December , one thou- sand seven hundred and fifty - seven ; and no part of that debt , except what was due to the East India company , should be redeemable to this period ...
... shillings per centum per annum , till the twenty - fifth day of December , one thou- sand seven hundred and fifty - seven ; and no part of that debt , except what was due to the East India company , should be redeemable to this period ...
Pàgina 89
... shillings per centum per annum should not be continued to the second subscribers longer than till the fifth day of December , in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty - five . The proposal being approved , a bill was VOL . III ...
... shillings per centum per annum should not be continued to the second subscribers longer than till the fifth day of December , in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty - five . The proposal being approved , a bill was VOL . III ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 502 - Tenure whatever, for the unexpired Residue, whatever it may be, of any Term originally created for a Period of not less than...
Pàgina 57 - To that virtue (said he), we trust even at this hour, small as our army is — to that virtue we must have trusted, had this bill been modelled as its warmest opposers could have wished; and without this virtue, should the lords, the commons, and the people of England, intrench themselves behind parchment up to the teeth, the sword will find a passage to the vitals of the constitution.
Pàgina 205 - ... it requisite to augment his forces by sea and land, and to take such other measures as might best tend to preserve the general peace of Europe, and to secure the just rights and possessions of his...
Pàgina 282 - They cheerfully contributed to the expense of armaments,0 and seemed to approve of their destination, in hopes of being able to wipe off the disgraces they had sustained in the defeat of Braddock, and the loss of Minorca. The last event made a deep impression upon the minds of the community. An address was presented to the king by the lord-mayor, aldermen, and commoncouncil of London, containing strong hints to the disadvantage of the ministry.
Pàgina 94 - ... flashes of lightning, and a rumbling noise, like that of a heavy carriage rolling over a hollow pavement. The shock itself consisted of repeated vibrations, which lasted some seconds, and violently shook every house from top to bottom. Again the chairs rocked, the shelves clattered, the small bells rang, and in some places public clocks were heard to strike. Many persons roused by this terrible visitation, started naked from their beds...
Pàgina 535 - The Dutch had for some time carried on a very considerable traffic, not only in taking the fair advantages of their neutrality, but also in supplying the French with naval stores, and transporting the produce of the French sugar colonies to Europe, as carriers hired by the proprietors. The English government, incensed at this unfair commerce, prosecuted with such flagrant partiality for their enemies, issued orders for the cruisers to arrest all ships of neutral powers that should have French property...
Pàgina 246 - But as this step, by the Act of Settlement, could not be taken without the authority of Parliament, an act was now passed for enabling his Majesty to grant commissions to a certain number of foreign Protestants, who had served abroad as officers or engineers, to act and rank as officers or engineers, in America only.
Pàgina 3 - Cromartie, and his son the lord Macleod, were conveyed by sea to London ; and those of an inferior rank were confined in different prisons : the marquis of Tullibardine...
Pàgina 359 - An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the 22nd year of the reign of His late Majesty King Geo. the 2nd, intituled ' An Act for amending, explaining, and reducing into one Act of Parliament the laws relating to the government of His Majesty's Punishment ships, vessels, and forces by sea...
Pàgina 336 - Shrewsbury, the dissenting ministers of Devonshire, the protestant dissenters being freeholders and burgesses of the town and county of the town of Nottingham, joined with other inhabitants of the church of England, expressing their apprehension, that in the bill then depending it might be proposed to enact that the said militia should...