A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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Page 215
... Louis XIV . was then in his infancy , and his authority in the hands of a foreigner , gene- rally despised and detested in France at that very period ; of cardinal Mazarin , " who , " says Clarendon , " had long adored the conduct of ...
... Louis XIV . was then in his infancy , and his authority in the hands of a foreigner , gene- rally despised and detested in France at that very period ; of cardinal Mazarin , " who , " says Clarendon , " had long adored the conduct of ...
Page 496
... Lewis XIV . with the infanta Maria Theresa , who receiv- ed a portion of 500,000 ... Louis de Haro , and by Philip IV . himself , who said , esto es una patarata ... XIV . a wonderful age in- deed , not only by the superior abilities and ...
... Lewis XIV . with the infanta Maria Theresa , who receiv- ed a portion of 500,000 ... Louis de Haro , and by Philip IV . himself , who said , esto es una patarata ... XIV . a wonderful age in- deed , not only by the superior abilities and ...
Page 501
... Louis , where Lavardin had taken the sacrament on Christmas day . Lavardin published and posted up throughout the ... Lewis XIV . A List of the principal Learned or Illustrious Men who lived during that Period , pointing out the Year of ...
... Louis , where Lavardin had taken the sacrament on Christmas day . Lavardin published and posted up throughout the ... Lewis XIV . A List of the principal Learned or Illustrious Men who lived during that Period , pointing out the Year of ...
Page 556
... louis d'or , and , pursuant to Mr. de " Barbesieux's direction , had given Dumont 55 " louis d'or out of that sum ... Lewis XIV . and increased 556 WILLIAM III . AND MARY . [ Period 9 .
... louis d'or , and , pursuant to Mr. de " Barbesieux's direction , had given Dumont 55 " louis d'or out of that sum ... Lewis XIV . and increased 556 WILLIAM III . AND MARY . [ Period 9 .
Page 569
... Louis XIV . notwithstanding the advantages he had obtained in the last campaign , offered terms for a general peace to the confederate powers , namely , to restore to Spain all his conquests in Catalonia during the present war ; in the ...
... Louis XIV . notwithstanding the advantages he had obtained in the last campaign , offered terms for a general peace to the confederate powers , namely , to restore to Spain all his conquests in Catalonia during the present war ; in the ...
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Page 479 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 479 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 19 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
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Page 297 - It was also enacted, that all magistrates should disclaim the obligation of the covenant, and should declare both their belief that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to resist the king, and their abhorrence of the traitorous position of taking arms by the king's authority against his person, or against those who were commissioned by him.
Page 379 - Prosecutors, whether attorneys and solicitorsgeneral, or managers of impeachment, acted with the fury which in such circumstances might be expected ; juries partook, naturally enough, of the national ferment ; and judges, whose duty it was to guard them against such impressions, were scandalously active in confirming them in their prejudices and inflaming their passions.
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