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... Bill by an acknowledgment of his error and a pledge of entire accordance with the King's will . New Town Charters . The protests both of Halifax and of Danby , who was now released from the Tower , in favour of a return to Parliaments ...
... Bill by an acknowledgment of his error and a pledge of entire accordance with the King's will . New Town Charters . The protests both of Halifax and of Danby , who was now released from the Tower , in favour of a return to Parliaments ...
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... bill of attainder against the Duke . The gentry , still true to the cause of Mary and of William , held stubbornly aloof ; while the Guards and the regiments from Tangier hurried to the scene of the revolt and the militia gathered to ...
... bill of attainder against the Duke . The gentry , still true to the cause of Mary and of William , held stubbornly aloof ; while the Guards and the regiments from Tangier hurried to the scene of the revolt and the militia gathered to ...
Side 43
... Bill of Attainder which the world has seen . To the bitter memory of past wrongs was added the fury of religious bigotry . In spite of the King's pro- mise of religious freedom the Protestant clergy were every- where driven from their ...
... Bill of Attainder which the world has seen . To the bitter memory of past wrongs was added the fury of religious bigotry . In spite of the King's pro- mise of religious freedom the Protestant clergy were every- where driven from their ...
Side 44
... Bill of Rights by the Con- vention which had now become a Parliament , and the passing of this measure in 1689 restored to the monarchy the character which it had lost under the Tudors and the Stuarts . The right of the people through ...
... Bill of Rights by the Con- vention which had now become a Parliament , and the passing of this measure in 1689 restored to the monarchy the character which it had lost under the Tudors and the Stuarts . The right of the people through ...
Side 45
... Bill which limited the duration of a Parlia- ment to three was passed with little opposition , but fell before the dislike and veto of William . To counteract the influence which a king might obtain by crowding the Com- mons with ...
... Bill which limited the duration of a Parlia- ment to three was passed with little opposition , but fell before the dislike and veto of William . To counteract the influence which a king might obtain by crowding the Com- mons with ...
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Side 258 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Side 233 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Side 304 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Side 197 - Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities ; one as the local legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character ; in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all without annihilating any.
Side 40 - WORDS AND PLACES ; or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography. By the Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR. Third Edition, revised and compressed. With Maps. Globe 8vo. 6s.
Side 2 - THE ALBERT N"YANZA Great Basin of the Nile, and Exploration of the Nile Sources. Fifth Edition. Maps and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. " Charmingly written;" says the SPECTATOR, "full, as might be expected, of incident, and free from that wearisome reiteration of useless facts which is the drawback to almost all books of African travel.
Side 168 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Side 34 - Holland.— THE TREATY RELATIONS OF RUSSIA AND TURKEY FROM 1774 TO 1853. A Lecture delivered at Oxford, April 1877. By TE HOLLAND, DCL, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Oxford. Crown 8vo.
Side 33 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS.— Lectures at the Royal Institution. To which is added the " Unity of History," the Rede Lecture at Cambridge, 1872.
Side 36 - Stephen (CE)— THE SERVICE OF THE POOR; being an Inquiry into the Reasons for and against the Establishment of Religious Sisterhoods for Charitable Purposes. By CAROLINE EMILIA STEPHEN. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.