John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Volume 7John Frederick Smith W. Kent and Company, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... political and civil rights with the rest of the community . Catholic emancipation has removed from the majority of the Irish people every remnant of the penal code , and placed them on the same footing with their protestant fellow ...
... political and civil rights with the rest of the community . Catholic emancipation has removed from the majority of the Irish people every remnant of the penal code , and placed them on the same footing with their protestant fellow ...
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John Frederick Smith. CHAPTER VII . The King's Visit to IIanover - Political Intrigues of Lady Conyngham- Seclusion of the Sovereign - Opening of Parliament The Royal Speech - The State of Ireland - Ministerial Changes - the Grenville ...
John Frederick Smith. CHAPTER VII . The King's Visit to IIanover - Political Intrigues of Lady Conyngham- Seclusion of the Sovereign - Opening of Parliament The Royal Speech - The State of Ireland - Ministerial Changes - the Grenville ...
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... political affairs with mischievous effect . " Had it been confined to mere family connections , no voice , perhaps , would have been raised against it ; but when the highest offices in the church were bestowed on persons scarcely ...
... political affairs with mischievous effect . " Had it been confined to mere family connections , no voice , perhaps , would have been raised against it ; but when the highest offices in the church were bestowed on persons scarcely ...
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... political dominion over the civilised world . She had proffered to her the high and heroic part in the drama of European politics , and lord Londonderry condemned her to play a subordinate and mean one . His ignorance of the social ...
... political dominion over the civilised world . She had proffered to her the high and heroic part in the drama of European politics , and lord Londonderry condemned her to play a subordinate and mean one . His ignorance of the social ...
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... political leader , they were eager to adopt him as their colleague or superior , seeing no other assistance at hand so capable of advancing their parti- cular policy . His only competitor was Mr. Peel , who had not yet had sufficient ...
... political leader , they were eager to adopt him as their colleague or superior , seeing no other assistance at hand so capable of advancing their parti- cular policy . His only competitor was Mr. Peel , who had not yet had sufficient ...
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Page 79 - You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and all its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Page 404 - N. do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God.
Page 112 - ... consideration the state of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland, with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom, to the stability of the Protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his majesty's subjects.
Page 369 - Philosophers — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page 28 - November, the second reading of the bill was carried by a majority of...
Page 297 - I know, a generous heart in an intrepid breast ; — tell me, for you must needs remember — on that day when the destinies of mankind were trembling in the balance — while death fell in showers...
Page 399 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm : And I do solemnly swear, That I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant Religion or Protestant Government in the United Kingdom...
Page 340 - ... be explicitly avowed, and clearly understood, as its leading principle, that no attempt shall be made to influence or disturb the peculiar religious tenets of any sect or description of Christians.
Page 26 - ... kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the king have willed — that the queen should be deprived of its solemn service.
Page 252 - That this House resolve itself into a committee of the whole House, in order to consider the present state of the church establishment in Ireland, with the view of applying any surplus of the revenues not required for the spiritual care of its members to the general education of all classes of the people, without distinction of religious persuasion.