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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... interests and strong passions . Hence it was , that in the interval between his active atten- dance in Parliament , and the undertaking of his History , * Vide Parliamentary Debates , May 26 , 1797 . he never felt the tedium of a vacant ...
... interests and strong passions . Hence it was , that in the interval between his active atten- dance in Parliament , and the undertaking of his History , * Vide Parliamentary Debates , May 26 , 1797 . he never felt the tedium of a vacant ...
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... interest- ing , have no relation to the short period of history included in the following Chapters , they have not been annexed to the present publication . This account will be sufficient to explain all the circum- stances attending ...
... interest- ing , have no relation to the short period of history included in the following Chapters , they have not been annexed to the present publication . This account will be sufficient to explain all the circum- stances attending ...
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... interest in- stead of the Spanish , we should recollect , that in ex- amining this question we must divest our minds en- tirely of all the considerations which the subsequent relative state of those two empires suggest to us , be- fore ...
... interest in- stead of the Spanish , we should recollect , that in ex- amining this question we must divest our minds en- tirely of all the considerations which the subsequent relative state of those two empires suggest to us , be- fore ...
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... interests of the country , as to lend itself to his projects . Accordingly , the circumstances at- tending his outset seem to have given a lasting bias to his character ; and through the whole course of his life , the prevailing ...
... interests of the country , as to lend itself to his projects . Accordingly , the circumstances at- tending his outset seem to have given a lasting bias to his character ; and through the whole course of his life , the prevailing ...
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... interests of the prince may seem to require . The senseless plea of a divine and indefeasable right in James , which even the legislature was incompetent to set aside , though as inconsistent with the declarations of Parliament in the ...
... interests of the prince may seem to require . The senseless plea of a divine and indefeasable right in James , which even the legislature was incompetent to set aside , though as inconsistent with the declarations of Parliament in the ...
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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...