The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts, Beginning with the Seventeenth Century, Том 1W.H. Colyer, 1843 |
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... better would it have been for these two pig - headed kings , in- stead of employing their time in enforcing their undefined pre- rogatives , to have seen that these most important laws were fully , faithfully , and benevolently executed ...
... better would it have been for these two pig - headed kings , in- stead of employing their time in enforcing their undefined pre- rogatives , to have seen that these most important laws were fully , faithfully , and benevolently executed ...
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... better relief of the poor , an act was passed which reduced the labouring po- pulation to be the actual fixtures of the soil of each particular place in which chance had then thrown them . This was the * Rymer Fœdera . act of 13 and 14 ...
... better relief of the poor , an act was passed which reduced the labouring po- pulation to be the actual fixtures of the soil of each particular place in which chance had then thrown them . This was the * Rymer Fœdera . act of 13 and 14 ...
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... better fortune ; while the parish to which she is sent , knowing her a lazy per- son , and perhaps a worse qualified one , is as willing to be rid of her as she is to be gone from that place . " The first information I can find ...
... better fortune ; while the parish to which she is sent , knowing her a lazy per- son , and perhaps a worse qualified one , is as willing to be rid of her as she is to be gone from that place . " The first information I can find ...
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... better to rob and torment the Catho- lics , to trouble themselves about anything else ; and he was dividing his time between his inkstand , his bottle , his hunt- ing , his high court commission , and his cruel rack . people felt that ...
... better to rob and torment the Catho- lics , to trouble themselves about anything else ; and he was dividing his time between his inkstand , his bottle , his hunt- ing , his high court commission , and his cruel rack . people felt that ...
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... better weapon than the bow and arrow . Dr. Franklin , in a letter to Major General Lee , ( 1776 , ) gives the following six reasons for pre- ferring bows and arrows to the musket : 1. Because a man may shoot as truly with a bow as a com ...
... better weapon than the bow and arrow . Dr. Franklin , in a letter to Major General Lee , ( 1776 , ) gives the following six reasons for pre- ferring bows and arrows to the musket : 1. Because a man may shoot as truly with a bow as a com ...
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