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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... Spain ; and invested the fortress of Valencia . The court of Spain having no troops to spare , and being at the same time threatened by invasions and insurrections at Naples , her possession at the other end of the peninsula , was thus ...
... Spain ; and invested the fortress of Valencia . The court of Spain having no troops to spare , and being at the same time threatened by invasions and insurrections at Naples , her possession at the other end of the peninsula , was thus ...
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... Spain and Austria had long insisted that the treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen should be renewed to the letter ; 1 and though that was found impracticable , those treaties were , in a manner , the basis of the present . Louis XIV ...
... Spain and Austria had long insisted that the treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen should be renewed to the letter ; 1 and though that was found impracticable , those treaties were , in a manner , the basis of the present . Louis XIV ...
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... Spain , which might happen suddenly , and which would bring on the same trouble from which we had just freed our- selves , was of that nature that the most Christian king desired to enter with your majesty into en- gagements which might ...
... Spain , which might happen suddenly , and which would bring on the same trouble from which we had just freed our- selves , was of that nature that the most Christian king desired to enter with your majesty into en- gagements which might ...
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... Spain was decided upon — not so much ( as far as William was concerned ) for any self - aggrandizement as for preventing the whole from falling to Louis . The first glimpse of these negotiations was communicated by Lord Portland , who ...
... Spain was decided upon — not so much ( as far as William was concerned ) for any self - aggrandizement as for preventing the whole from falling to Louis . The first glimpse of these negotiations was communicated by Lord Portland , who ...
Side 87
... Spain can not outlive the month of October ; and the least accident may carry him off every day . I received yesterday your letter of the 9th . Since my Lord Wharton can not at this time leave England , I must think of some other to ...
... Spain can not outlive the month of October ; and the least accident may carry him off every day . I received yesterday your letter of the 9th . Since my Lord Wharton can not at this time leave England , I must think of some other to ...
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Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 252 - ... that she thought fit to dismiss him from all his employments, that the matter might be impartially examined.
Side 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.
Side 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...