The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom ..Harper & Brothers, 1848 |
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... Jacobites endeavored to force him to a battle , but they failed in their attempts . On the 27th of Sep- tember , Schomberg wrote to William , that the best thing he could do was , to lie there on the defensive ; and , on the 12th of ...
... Jacobites endeavored to force him to a battle , but they failed in their attempts . On the 27th of Sep- tember , Schomberg wrote to William , that the best thing he could do was , to lie there on the defensive ; and , on the 12th of ...
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... Jacobites retreated in pretty good order to the Neal , another defile , the enemy following without pressing upon them at all , and , at nightfall , giving over the pursuit . But that panic fear which had seized the new troops pursued ...
... Jacobites retreated in pretty good order to the Neal , another defile , the enemy following without pressing upon them at all , and , at nightfall , giving over the pursuit . But that panic fear which had seized the new troops pursued ...
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... Jacobites , who had engaged to rise in London , seize Queen Mary , and reproclaim the legitimate sovereign , who , on his part , had promised to leave the war in Ireland to be managed by his generals , and to hasten to London with a ...
... Jacobites , who had engaged to rise in London , seize Queen Mary , and reproclaim the legitimate sovereign , who , on his part , had promised to leave the war in Ireland to be managed by his generals , and to hasten to London with a ...
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... Jacobites ; and , from the certainty with which these corsairs pounced upon their prey , it became an article of belief in the commercial world that the Jacobites at home gave notice of the sailing of the shipping from English ports ...
... Jacobites ; and , from the certainty with which these corsairs pounced upon their prey , it became an article of belief in the commercial world that the Jacobites at home gave notice of the sailing of the shipping from English ports ...
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... Jacobites fell to the ground before the documentary evidence which has been produced in our own days from the friendly obscurity of the archives of Ver- sailles ; and M. Mazure , by proving that James subsequently employed conspirators ...
... Jacobites fell to the ground before the documentary evidence which has been produced in our own days from the friendly obscurity of the archives of Ver- sailles ; and M. Mazure , by proving that James subsequently employed conspirators ...
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Page 358 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Page 3 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Page 69 - France to subvert our religion, laws and liberty, we whose names are hereunto subscribed do heartily, sincerely and solemnly profess, testify and declare that his present Majesty King William is rightful and lawful king of these realms...
Page 5 - ... to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess; and for default of such issue to the princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body; and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said prince of Orange.
Page 288 - children, and I know not whether God Almighty " will vouchsafe to let me live to give them the " education I could wish they had. Therefore, " my Lords, I own I tremble when I think that a " certain divine, who is hardly suspected of being " a Christian, is in a fair way of being a bishop, and " may one day give licences to those who shall be " intrusted with the education of youth ! " * All parties looked with great interest to the conduct of the Lord Treasurer on this occasion.
Page 123 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...
Page 261 - Mat, hide the nakedness of thy country, and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen, who are not much better politicians than the French are poets.'* Soon after, the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris.
Page 252 - ... that she thought fit to dismiss him from all his employments, that the matter might be impartially examined.
Page 136 - Anne, within three days after her accession, went down to the House of Lords, and there declared her resolution to support the measures planned by her predecessor, who had been " the great support, not only of these kingdoms, but of all Europe.
Page 5 - ... during their lives, and the life of the survivor of them : and that the entire, perfect, and full exercise of the regal power and government be only in, and executed by his majesty, in the names of both their...