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him America , the most important jewel in his Crown , and by the reprehensible
policy of a high aristocratic minister , increased the national debt to an amount , to
pay the interest of which , a system of taxation must be adopted , which ...
him America , the most important jewel in his Crown , and by the reprehensible
policy of a high aristocratic minister , increased the national debt to an amount , to
pay the interest of which , a system of taxation must be adopted , which ...
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... petty principalities of Germany , possess a kind of patent right to furnish the
Princes of the Blood Royal of this country with suitable and sometimes unsuitable
wives , whenever the Privy Council determine , that it is the interest of the State
that ...
... petty principalities of Germany , possess a kind of patent right to furnish the
Princes of the Blood Royal of this country with suitable and sometimes unsuitable
wives , whenever the Privy Council determine , that it is the interest of the State
that ...
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The preceptor of a Prince is not always chosen according to the extent of his
attainments , or the profundity of his knowledge , for the situation is too often
obtained by personal interest , dexterity , and intrigue , to the actual exclusion of
direct ...
The preceptor of a Prince is not always chosen according to the extent of his
attainments , or the profundity of his knowledge , for the situation is too often
obtained by personal interest , dexterity , and intrigue , to the actual exclusion of
direct ...
Σελίδα 33
There is an instance on record , in which three memorials of three different sorts ,
one for the public interest , one for the Prince ' s domestic happiness , and the
third containing a private claim , could not possibly find access to him . Colonel M
...
There is an instance on record , in which three memorials of three different sorts ,
one for the public interest , one for the Prince ' s domestic happiness , and the
third containing a private claim , could not possibly find access to him . Colonel M
...
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... the honour and interest of his country to be at stake . At this period , there
appears to have been a sinister genius operating on the British navy , and
certainly the son of the King of England could not have entered at a more
inauspicious time .
... the honour and interest of his country to be at stake . At this period , there
appears to have been a sinister genius operating on the British navy , and
certainly the son of the King of England could not have entered at a more
inauspicious time .
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The History of the Life and Reign of William the Fourth, the Reform Monarch ... Robert Huish Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1837 |
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Σελίδα 5 - So far. is it from being true, that we acquired a right by the revolution to elect our kings, that if we had possessed it before, the English nation did at that time most solemnly renounce and abdicate it, for themselves and for .all their posterity for ever.
Σελίδα 513 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Σελίδα 11 - ... 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.
Σελίδα 244 - His Royal Highness often tells me, he believes I am married ; for he never saw a lover so easy, or say so little of the object he has a regard for. When I tell him I certainly am not, he says, ' Then he is sure I must have a great esteem for you, and that it is not what is (vulgarly), I do not much like the use of that word, called love.
Σελίδα 346 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Σελίδα 533 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Σελίδα 102 - General Washington observes — " After I wrote to you from Morris Town, I received information that the sentries at the door of Sir Henry Clinton were doubled at eight o'clock every night, from an apprehension of an attempt to surprise him in them. If this be true, it is more than probable the...
Σελίδα 109 - ... hair was tied in a stiff Hessian tail, of an extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particularly attracted my notice ; for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts were, however, removed when Lord Hood introduced me to him. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation ; and an enthusiasm when speaking...
Σελίδα 4 - Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons do in the name of all the people aforesaid most humbly and faithfully submit themselves, their heirs and posterities for ever...
Σελίδα 505 - Majesty's arms, and the circumstances of the war in these •seas, required a considerable degree of enterprise, I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system...