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... English merchants in the West - Indian seas , under the pretext , not in all cases unfounded , that they carried on a contraband trade with the Spanish main ; and even in Europe , the Eng- hish flag was not always treated with respect ...
... English merchants in the West - Indian seas , under the pretext , not in all cases unfounded , that they carried on a contraband trade with the Spanish main ; and even in Europe , the Eng- hish flag was not always treated with respect ...
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... English commerce . The cruelties exercised on navi- gators of the West - Indian seas , became daily more and more insupportable , and the whole country boiled with indignation against a minister , whose motives for pre- serving peace ...
... English commerce . The cruelties exercised on navi- gators of the West - Indian seas , became daily more and more insupportable , and the whole country boiled with indignation against a minister , whose motives for pre- serving peace ...
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... English troops to Flanders , and to reinforce them with sixteen thousand Hanoverians in English pay . No doubt this proceeding contributed largely to with- draw from Maria Theresa a pressure under which she would have sunk ; while the ...
... English troops to Flanders , and to reinforce them with sixteen thousand Hanoverians in English pay . No doubt this proceeding contributed largely to with- draw from Maria Theresa a pressure under which she would have sunk ; while the ...
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... English pur- sued their march , and reached Hanau without further molestation . Up to this moment , the English and French nations , notwithstanding the frequent rencontres of their fleets and armies , maintained the semblance of peace ...
... English pur- sued their march , and reached Hanau without further molestation . Up to this moment , the English and French nations , notwithstanding the frequent rencontres of their fleets and armies , maintained the semblance of peace ...
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... English admiral , sir John Morris , suddenly made his appearance at the head of a superior force , and the French , taking advantage of a gale of wind , made haste to avoid a battle , and to steer a backward course towards the shores ...
... English admiral , sir John Morris , suddenly made his appearance at the head of a superior force , and the French , taking advantage of a gale of wind , made haste to avoid a battle , and to steer a backward course towards the shores ...
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Page lxxv - Council made under this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Six Weeks after issuing the same, if Parliament be then sitting, and if not, then within Six Weeks after the commencement of the then next Session of Parliament.
Page cxlix - HISTORY. — Containing the Political History, Geographical Position, and Social State of the Principal Nations of Antiquity, carefully digested from the Ancient Writers, and illustrated by the Discoveries of Modern Scholars and Travelers.
Page clv - NATIONS. •READINGS IN POETRY; A Selection from the Works of the best English Poets, from SPENSER to the present times ; with Specimens of the American Poets ; Notices of the Writers; and Explanatory Notes.
Page 82 - They mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Page 101 - Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it ; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said, " I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man.
Page xxx - A solemn league and covenant for Reformation and Defence of Religion, the honour and happiness of the King, and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Page 89 - I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy! Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my Lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to deprive the royal offspring of the House of Brunswick, the heirs of the Princess Sophia, of their fairest inheritance.
Page 89 - My lords, his Majesty succeeded to an empire as great in extent as its reputation was unsullied. Shall we tarnish the lustre of this nation by an ignominious surrender of its rights and fairest possessions? Shall this great kingdom, that has survived, whole and entire, the Danish depredations, the Scottish inroads...
Page 126 - An Act for establishing certain " regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India " company, as well in India as in Europe...
Page cviii - effect the reports of the Commissioners ap" pointed to consider the state of the Established " Church in England and Wales, with reference " to ecclesiastical duties and revenues, so far as " they relate to episcopal dioceses, revenues, and