The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, المجلد 8G. Cowie, 1825 |
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... possessed penetration and a sound judgment , his capacity was chiefly fitted for smaller matters , and the ordinary occurrences of life ; nor had he application enough to carry his view to distant con- sequences , or to digest and ...
... possessed penetration and a sound judgment , his capacity was chiefly fitted for smaller matters , and the ordinary occurrences of life ; nor had he application enough to carry his view to distant con- sequences , or to digest and ...
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... possessed the king's favour . Arlington , now chamberlain , and Danby the treasurer , possessed chiefly the king's confidence . Great hatred and jealousy took place between these ministers ; and public affairs were somewhat disturbed by ...
... possessed the king's favour . Arlington , now chamberlain , and Danby the treasurer , possessed chiefly the king's confidence . Great hatred and jealousy took place between these ministers ; and public affairs were somewhat disturbed by ...
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... possessed any office , were by this bill required to swear , that it was not lawful , upon any pretence whatsoever , to take arms against the king ; that they abhorred the traitor- ous position , of taking arms by his authority against ...
... possessed any office , were by this bill required to swear , that it was not lawful , upon any pretence whatsoever , to take arms against the king ; that they abhorred the traitor- ous position , of taking arms by his authority against ...
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... possessed a great share of the genius and capacity of his prede- cessor . By his skilful operations , the French were en- abled to repass the Rhine , without considerable loss ; and this retreat was deemed equally glorious with the ...
... possessed a great share of the genius and capacity of his prede- cessor . By his skilful operations , the French were en- abled to repass the Rhine , without considerable loss ; and this retreat was deemed equally glorious with the ...
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... possessed great talents for war ; courage , activity , vigilance , patience ; but still he was inferior in genius to those consummate gene- rals opposed to him by Lewis ; and though he always found means to repair his losses , and to ...
... possessed great talents for war ; courage , activity , vigilance , patience ; but still he was inferior in genius to those consummate gene- rals opposed to him by Lewis ; and though he always found means to repair his losses , and to ...
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الصفحة 295 - That king James II, having endeavored to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people, and...
الصفحة 232 - ... deserted France ; and exported, together with immense sums of money, those arts and manufactures which had chiefly tended to enrich that kingdom.
الصفحة 12 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
الصفحة 8 - who is willing to be the man of his people, is the greatest king in the world, but if he wishes to be more, by heaven he is nothing at all!
الصفحة 187 - As he was the most popular among his own party, so was he ever the least obnoxious to the opposite faction ; and his melancholy fate united every heart sensible of humanity in a tender compassion for him. Without the...
الصفحة 31 - Instead of granting the supply, they voted an address, wherein they "besought his majesty to enter into a league, offensive and defensive, with the states general of the United Provinces, against the growth and power of the French king, and for the preservation of the Spanish Netherlands; and to make such other alliances with the confederates as should appear fit and useful to that end.
الصفحة 121 - TORYj by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided. The court party reproached their antagonists with their affinity to the fanatical conventiclers in Scotland, who were known by the name of Whigs : the country party found a resemblance between the courtiers and the popish banditti in Ireland, to whom the appellation of Tory was affixed.
الصفحة 103 - ... for greater distances; every prisoner must be indicted the first term after his commitment, and brought to trial in the subsequent term. And no man, after being enlarged by order of the court, can be recommitted for the same offence.
الصفحة 154 - the two parties, actuated by mutual rage, but cooped up within the narrow limits of the law, levelled with poisoned daggers the most deadly blows against each other's breast, and buried in their factious divisions all regard to truth, honour, and humanity.
الصفحة 157 - Having spoken of what the lord-lieutenant has done; I presume with the same truth to tell your lordships what he has not done. He never advised the breaking of the triple league— he never advised the shutting up of the exchequer — he never advised the declaration for a toleration — he never advised the falling out with the Dutch and the joining with France— he was not the author of that most excellent position, Delenda est Carthago, that Holland, a Protestant country, should, contrary to...