The Irish nation: its history and its biography, by J. and F. Wills, Volume 21875 |
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... parliament that form which it afterwards held . The Irish parliament began in disorder and confusion , not unprophetic of its future and of its end . The government continued , from the commencement of this period , in the formal ...
... parliament that form which it afterwards held . The Irish parliament began in disorder and confusion , not unprophetic of its future and of its end . The government continued , from the commencement of this period , in the formal ...
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... parliament on supplies , and entered on a war of which he was forced to disguise the object from his protestant subjects , But with these in- auspicious beginnings , we are not directly concerned ; for Ireland , the after results were ...
... parliament on supplies , and entered on a war of which he was forced to disguise the object from his protestant subjects , But with these in- auspicious beginnings , we are not directly concerned ; for Ireland , the after results were ...
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... Parliament . An act of attainder was also passed , by which many Protestants who had retired either to England or to take service abroad , were condemned to the penalties of death and forfeiture , unless upon surrender within a limited ...
... Parliament . An act of attainder was also passed , by which many Protestants who had retired either to England or to take service abroad , were condemned to the penalties of death and forfeiture , unless upon surrender within a limited ...
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... parliament in this kingdom , will endeavour to procure the said Roman catholics such further security in that particular , as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion . " Secondly , All the ...
... parliament in this kingdom , will endeavour to procure the said Roman catholics such further security in that particular , as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion . " Secondly , All the ...
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... parliament , the lords - justices and generals will use their best endeavours to get the same repealed by parliament , and the outlawries to be reversed gratis , all but writing clerks ' fees . " Sixthly , And whereas these present wars ...
... parliament , the lords - justices and generals will use their best endeavours to get the same repealed by parliament , and the outlawries to be reversed gratis , all but writing clerks ' fees . " Sixthly , And whereas these present wars ...
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Page 630 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
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Page 47 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...