The History of England, from the Revolution to the Present Time: In a Series of Letters to the Reverend Doctor Wilson ..., Volum 1

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R. Cruttwell: and sold by E. and C. Dilly, T. Cadell, and J. Walter, London, 1778 - 451 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 310 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Pàgina 90 - ... it was ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman.
Pàgina 327 - That this scheme being also defeated by the vigilance of the government, they deferred their enterprise till the breaking up of the camp; and in the mean time, employed their agents to corrupt and...
Pàgina 251 - The Spanish Low Countries may go to his Imperial Majesty : the kingdoms of Naples and Sardinia, the duchy of Milan, and the places belonging to Spain on the coast of Tuscany, may likewise be yielded by the treaty of peace to the Emperor.
Pàgina 388 - Spain, an usurpation, an inhuman tyranny, claimed and exercised over the American seas ; on the part of England, an undoubted right by treaties, and from God and nature declared and asserted in the resolutions of Parliament, are referred to the discussion of plenipotentiaries upon one and the same equal footing.
Pàgina 372 - ... far as they formerly belonged to the crown, should for the future be applied to the use of the public. That appeals in this, as well as in all other cases relating to the excise, should be heard and determined by two or three of the judges, to be named by his majesty ; and in the country, by the judge of...
Pàgina 70 - ... the house of commons : that to print or publish any books, or libels, reflecting upon the proceedings of the house of commons, or any member thereof, for or relating to his service therein, is a high violation of the rights and privileges of the house of commons.
Pàgina 326 - England unobserved from abroad, under the command of the late Duke of Ormond, who was to have landed in the river with a great quantity of arms, proCHAP.
Pàgina 176 - ... on the articles of the union, and the Scottish act of ratification, the tory party, which was very weak in that assembly, began to start some objections. Sir John Packington disapproved of this incorporating union, which he likened to a marriage with a woman against her consent. He said it was a union carried on by corruption and bribery within doors, by force and violence without...
Pàgina 365 - ... had built on the sinking fund, it appeared that the national debt had been increased since the setting up...

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