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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... SMALL , FOR BIRCH AND SMALL , C. AND A. CONRAD AND CO . MATHEW CAREY , BRADFORD AND INSKEEP , HOPKINS AND EARLE ; AND FOR E. MORFORD , CHARLESTON , SOUTH CAROLINA , 1808 . www . THE NEW YORK ! PUBLIC LIBRARY 97467 ASTOR Jauns & Humi.
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With an Introductory Chapter Charles James Fox Henry Richard Vassall Baron Holland. www . THE NEW YORK ! PUBLIC LIBRARY 97467 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS . 1898 . TO THE READER . MR . FOX was for some.
With an Introductory Chapter Charles James Fox Henry Richard Vassall Baron Holland. www . THE NEW YORK ! PUBLIC LIBRARY 97467 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS . 1898 . TO THE READER . MR . FOX was for some.
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... York , ) when he was at Brussels and in Scotland , MS . Containing Letters from Charles the Second to his brother , James Duke of York , MS . * It is the opinion of the present possessor of the narrative , that it was compiled from the ...
... York , ) when he was at Brussels and in Scotland , MS . Containing Letters from Charles the Second to his brother , James Duke of York , MS . * It is the opinion of the present possessor of the narrative , that it was compiled from the ...
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... more doubtful speculation . Every one who takes a retrospective view of the wars of York and Lancas- Henry VII . to the year ter , and attends to the regulations effected by the po- 1588 . JAH CHAP . I. licy of that prince , must see.
... more doubtful speculation . Every one who takes a retrospective view of the wars of York and Lancas- Henry VII . to the year ter , and attends to the regulations effected by the po- 1588 . JAH CHAP . I. licy of that prince , must see.
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... York's succession to the crown . The king repeatedly declared his belief of it . These declarations , if sincere , would have some weight ; but if insincere , as may be reasonably sus- pected , they afford a still stronger testimony to ...
... York's succession to the crown . The king repeatedly declared his belief of it . These declarations , if sincere , would have some weight ; but if insincere , as may be reasonably sus- pected , they afford a still stronger testimony to ...
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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...