A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second: With an Introductory ChapterAbraham Small, 1808 - 201 страници |
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... Majesty's person , the public peace , the laws of nature , and bounds of human society ; but af- ter enumerating the several obnoxious propositions , among which was one declaring all civil authority de- rived from the people ; another ...
... Majesty's person , the public peace , the laws of nature , and bounds of human society ; but af- ter enumerating the several obnoxious propositions , among which was one declaring all civil authority de- rived from the people ; another ...
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... Majesty's intentions , if in truth he had any such , becoming abortive by the sudden illness which seized him on the first of February , 1685 , and which , in a few days afterwards , put an end to his reign and life . His death was by ...
... Majesty's intentions , if in truth he had any such , becoming abortive by the sudden illness which seized him on the first of February , 1685 , and which , in a few days afterwards , put an end to his reign and life . His death was by ...
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... Majesty's subjects might be as good lawyers as them- selves , and disposed to acknowledge the royal prero- gative in all its extent . Observa- tions on them . If these addresses are remarkable for their servility , that of the Gentlemen ...
... Majesty's subjects might be as good lawyers as them- selves , and disposed to acknowledge the royal prero- gative in all its extent . Observa- tions on them . If these addresses are remarkable for their servility , that of the Gentlemen ...
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... Majesty's opinion , had been so lauda- bly and resolutely pursued during the late reign , from the circumstances alluded to in the preceding chap- ter , when it is understood , that the sentences of Ar- gyle and Laurie of Blackwood were ...
... Majesty's opinion , had been so lauda- bly and resolutely pursued during the late reign , from the circumstances alluded to in the preceding chap- ter , when it is understood , that the sentences of Ar- gyle and Laurie of Blackwood were ...
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... MAJESTY , " Your Majesty's gracious and kind remembrance " of the services done by this , your ancient kingdom , " to the late King your brother , of ever glorious me- แ mory , shall rather raise in us ardent desires to ex- " ceed ...
... MAJESTY , " Your Majesty's gracious and kind remembrance " of the services done by this , your ancient kingdom , " to the late King your brother , of ever glorious me- แ mory , shall rather raise in us ardent desires to ex- " ceed ...
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Страница cxcv - Crown, shall, within the Realm or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction...
Страница 50 - I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this government, both in church and state, as it is now by law established.
Страница 166 - And, never satisfied with seeing, bless : Swift unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name...
Страница 10 - ... a character of virtues so happily tempered by one another, and so wholly unalloyed with any vices, as that of Washington, is hardly to be found in the pages of history...
Страница cxcvii - I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England as it is now by law established.
Страница 151 - ... which he likewise made presents ; and laid his head upon the block. Having uttered a short prayer, he gave the signal to the executioner ; which was instantly obeyed, and his head severed from his body. Such were the last hours, and such the final close, of this great man's life. May the like happy serenity in such dreadful circumstances, and a death equally glorious, be the lot of all, whom tyranny, of whatever denomination or description, shall in any age, or in any country, call to expiate...
Страница 111 - Protestant, was almost universally prevalent among them. A due consideration of these distinct features in the character of a party so powerful in Charles's and James's time, and even when it was lowest, (that is, during the reigns of the two first Princes of the House of Brunswick,) by no means inconsiderable, is exceedingly necessary to the right understanding of English History.
Страница cxciii - ... rights and advantages thereunto belonging, for which this shall be your warrant; and so we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our Court at Whitehall, llth day of November, 1684. " By his Majesty's command, SUNDERLAND.
Страница xiii - He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind ; but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable. Nay, it is, in my opinion, quite ridiculous ; and is more like the foolish admiration which women and children sometimes have for kings, than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher.
Страница 36 - ... respect to its motives, than the other, so is it in its consequences, still more pernicious to the general interests of mankind. Fear of censure from contemporaries will seldom have much effect upon men in situations of unlimited authority : they will too often flatter themselves, that the same power which enables them to commit the crime, will secure them from reproach. The dread of posthumous infamy, therefore, being the only restraint, their consciences excepted, upon the passions of such...