The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt, by C. MacFarlane and T. Thomson. Continued to signing of the treaty of San Stefano, Volume 3 |
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... royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess ; 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 ...
... royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess ; 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 ...
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... royal marriages . The Princess Anne , who was completely in the hands of Churchill , now Earl of Marlborough , and his bold and able wife , after agreeing to the act of settlement , had come to an open quarrel with the new court , and ...
... royal marriages . The Princess Anne , who was completely in the hands of Churchill , now Earl of Marlborough , and his bold and able wife , after agreeing to the act of settlement , had come to an open quarrel with the new court , and ...
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... royal denial , and the arguments of the Jacobites , the French under Luxembourg to a general fall to the ground before the documentary evi- action near Steinkirk . Count Solmes , one of the dence which has been produced in our own days ...
... royal denial , and the arguments of the Jacobites , the French under Luxembourg to a general fall to the ground before the documentary evi- action near Steinkirk . Count Solmes , one of the dence which has been produced in our own days ...
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... royal assent to this bill . The Scot- tish parliament then set up a right to appoint the judges of the kingdom , and ordered a bill for that purpose . By the positive orders of William this bill was rejected also . Another bill was in ...
... royal assent to this bill . The Scot- tish parliament then set up a right to appoint the judges of the kingdom , and ordered a bill for that purpose . By the positive orders of William this bill was rejected also . Another bill was in ...
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... royal assent : but this was attributed by many to the dangerous illness of the queen , whose death it was imagined might weaken his right , and lead to fresh and more dangerous con- spiracies . This act , by which a new parliament was ...
... royal assent : but this was attributed by many to the dangerous illness of the queen , whose death it was imagined might weaken his right , and lead to fresh and more dangerous con- spiracies . This act , by which a new parliament was ...
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Page 432 - House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county in this kingdom? Would to God that respectable representation was augmented to a greater number! Or will you tell him that he is represented by any representative of a borough ? a borough which, perhaps, its own representatives never saw ! This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution.
Page 2 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 3 - Resolve That William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be and be declared King and Queen of England...
Page 445 - On the 17th, it was resolved, that John Wilkes, Esq. having been in this session of parliament expelled the House, was, and is, incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.
Page 464 - that having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.
Page 199 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Page 432 - I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men — men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last. These men, in the last war, were brought to combat on your side. They served with fidelity, as they fought with valour, and conquered for you in every part of the world.
Page 8 - 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 379 - An outrageous ambition of doing all possible hurt to their fellow-creatures, is the great cement of their assembly, and the only qualification required in the members. In order to exert this principle in its full strength and perfection, they take care to drink themselves to a pitch, that is, beyond the possibility of attending to any motions of reason or humanity...
Page 68 - England as by law established, 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...