A Letter from the King to His PeopleSams, 1821 - 53 pages |
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... evidence ; it would have been my unavoidable duty as Regent , and the office most pleasing to me as a husband and man , to have re- vived that inquiry , and have punished the guilty participators in it ; and besides , it was at all ...
... evidence ; it would have been my unavoidable duty as Regent , and the office most pleasing to me as a husband and man , to have re- vived that inquiry , and have punished the guilty participators in it ; and besides , it was at all ...
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... evidence ; it would have been my unavoidable duty as Regent , and the office most pleasing to me as a husband and man , to have re- vived that inquiry , and have punished the guilty participators in it ; and besides , it was at all ...
... evidence ; it would have been my unavoidable duty as Regent , and the office most pleasing to me as a husband and man , to have re- vived that inquiry , and have punished the guilty participators in it ; and besides , it was at all ...
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... evidence , and I still continued to con- sider the whole affair as one of domestic inconve- nience , inasmuch as the succession to the throne was pronounced not to be endangered . As to the fifth point , upon the retirement of her Royal ...
... evidence , and I still continued to con- sider the whole affair as one of domestic inconve- nience , inasmuch as the succession to the throne was pronounced not to be endangered . As to the fifth point , upon the retirement of her Royal ...
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... evidence of the witnesses against her , ( of whom the popular feeling pronoun- ced a pre - judgment of perjury , ) than by a deficiency of refutation on her own part . The Queen was most ably , most zealously , and most eloquently de ...
... evidence of the witnesses against her , ( of whom the popular feeling pronoun- ced a pre - judgment of perjury , ) than by a deficiency of refutation on her own part . The Queen was most ably , most zealously , and most eloquently de ...
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... evidence which ( said they ) , had we known before , would have produced a different opinion . Thus , the very men who had so conspicuously advocated the cause of the Queen ; who had poured into her ears ad- dresses of congratulatory ...
... evidence which ( said they ) , had we known before , would have produced a different opinion . Thus , the very men who had so conspicuously advocated the cause of the Queen ; who had poured into her ears ad- dresses of congratulatory ...
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Page 33 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law...
Page 53 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify ; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil doers.
Page 31 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 33 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 17 - An act to deprive her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, of the title, prerogatives, rights, privileges, and exemptions of Queen Consort of this realm ; and to dissolve the marriage between his Majesty and the said Caroline Amelia Elizabeth.
Page 22 - Majesty ; it is for me to apprise you of my determination. I have always demanded a fair trial. This is what I now demand, and this is refused me. Instead of a fair trial, I am to be subjected to a sentence by the Parliament, passed in the shape of a law. Against this I protest, and upon the following grounds : — The injustice of refusing me a clear and distinct charge, of refusing...
Page 33 - ... reformed religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the united church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland, and the territories thereunto belonging...
Page 21 - ... courts in the enterprise : but on the measures which have- been adopted to give final effect to these preliminary proceedings it is for me to speak; it is for me to remonstrate with your majesty; it is for me to protest ; it is for me to apprize you of my determination, I have always demanded a fair trial.
Page 17 - ... and cruelty, and especially when perpetrated by a perversion and a mockery of the laws. A sense of what is due to my character and sex forbids me to refer minutely to the real causes of our domestic separation, or to the numerous unmerited insults offered me previously to that period ; but, leaving to your majesty to reconcile with the marriage vow the act of driving, by such means, a wife from beneath your roof, with an infaut in her arms, your majesty will permit me to remind you...