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... facts with aukward reluctance , and endeavouring to foften the moft odious fea- tures in the character of a king , whom he could not but cenfure and defpife . When we we also confider , that he wrote this history , * ii INTRODUCTION .
... facts with aukward reluctance , and endeavouring to foften the moft odious fea- tures in the character of a king , whom he could not but cenfure and defpife . When we we also confider , that he wrote this history , * ii INTRODUCTION .
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Charles M'Cormick. we also confider , that he wrote this history , not for the information of his country , but for the use of his own family , out of whose hands he declares that it should never pass by his confent * , we cannot ...
Charles M'Cormick. we also confider , that he wrote this history , not for the information of his country , but for the use of his own family , out of whose hands he declares that it should never pass by his confent * , we cannot ...
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... also prefixed a fketch of the preceding period from the accef- fion of James I. and afterwards taking up the narrative , where it is fuddenly broken off by the original writer , towards the close of Charles the fecond's reign , he has ...
... also prefixed a fketch of the preceding period from the accef- fion of James I. and afterwards taking up the narrative , where it is fuddenly broken off by the original writer , towards the close of Charles the fecond's reign , he has ...
Page xxiv
... also the more defirable influence , that found policy , and its infeparable concomitant , true patriotifm , could not have failed to procure . Had not the obftinacy of this prince been equal to his infatuation , he might , even in the ...
... also the more defirable influence , that found policy , and its infeparable concomitant , true patriotifm , could not have failed to procure . Had not the obftinacy of this prince been equal to his infatuation , he might , even in the ...
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... also fundry grievous offenders , by colour thereof claiming an exemption , have escaped the punishments due to them by the laws and ftatutes of this your realm , by reason that divers of your officers and minifters of juftice have ...
... also fundry grievous offenders , by colour thereof claiming an exemption , have escaped the punishments due to them by the laws and ftatutes of this your realm , by reason that divers of your officers and minifters of juftice have ...
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