The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 5C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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... Prince Rupert , had been divided . It was not expected that the Dutch could get to sea so soon , and Rupert had steered westward with the white squadron , consisting of thirty sail , to look after the French , who were expected from the ...
... Prince Rupert , had been divided . It was not expected that the Dutch could get to sea so soon , and Rupert had steered westward with the white squadron , consisting of thirty sail , to look after the French , who were expected from the ...
Page 710
... Prince of Orange , who was then in his twenty - first year , of a sickly habit of body , and , as yet , of no experience . He was the posthumous child ( by the daughter of our Charles I. ) of William Prince of Orange , who had rendered ...
... Prince of Orange , who was then in his twenty - first year , of a sickly habit of body , and , as yet , of no experience . He was the posthumous child ( by the daughter of our Charles I. ) of William Prince of Orange , who had rendered ...
Page 712
... Prince of Orange had driven the French out of the United Provinces . In this state of affairs abroad , and of the public mind at home , Charles durst not reject proposals that were tendered by the Dutch for a peace , of which the treaty ...
... Prince of Orange had driven the French out of the United Provinces . In this state of affairs abroad , and of the public mind at home , Charles durst not reject proposals that were tendered by the Dutch for a peace , of which the treaty ...
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... Prince of Orange was compelled to raise the siege of Maestricht , and , in attempting to relieve St. Ömer , he was defeated with great loss . In the words of Bolingbroke , this prince " raised more sieges and lost more battles than any ...
... Prince of Orange was compelled to raise the siege of Maestricht , and , in attempting to relieve St. Ömer , he was defeated with great loss . In the words of Bolingbroke , this prince " raised more sieges and lost more battles than any ...
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... Prince of Orange , to come over to England , but hastily made up a marriage between the prince and his niece , Mary , the elder daughter of the Duke of York by Anne Hyde . + James submitted reluctantly to this sudden union ; and when ...
... Prince of Orange , to come over to England , but hastily made up a marriage between the prince and his niece , Mary , the elder daughter of the Duke of York by Anne Hyde . + James submitted reluctantly to this sudden union ; and when ...
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Page 886 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 15 - Resolve That William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be and be declared King and Queen of England...
Page 765 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 820 - Moreover when the Lord sent me forth into the world, he forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low; and I was required to ' thee ' and ' thou ' all men and women, without any respect to rich or poor, great or small.
Page 15 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 31 - Majesties did become, were, are and of right ought to be by the laws of this realm our sovereign liege lord and lady, king and queen of England, France and Ireland...
Page 44 - 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...
Page 883 - Daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 146 - Parliament their famous motion, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty that he would be graciously pleased to remove the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole...
Page 713 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...