A Letter from the King to His PeopleSams, 1821 - 53 pages |
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... give it a political complexion , that the attention of the people has been fixed upon it as a national grievance . I have now , my subjects and fellow - countrymen , gone through the first great division of my letter ; I approach the ...
... give it a political complexion , that the attention of the people has been fixed upon it as a national grievance . I have now , my subjects and fellow - countrymen , gone through the first great division of my letter ; I approach the ...
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... give a tone to the morals of the country . " Does not the late reign furnish an indisputable proof of the truth of this axiom ? Since then the Queen had deprived herself of the * Taylor's Glory of Regality . 1 possibility of performing ...
... give a tone to the morals of the country . " Does not the late reign furnish an indisputable proof of the truth of this axiom ? Since then the Queen had deprived herself of the * Taylor's Glory of Regality . 1 possibility of performing ...
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... give weight to , or to disguise such claims , will only call forth from me as your King , a firmer de- fence of my own rights , which are the rights of the constitution under which I , the nobles , and the people , all alike find ...
... give weight to , or to disguise such claims , will only call forth from me as your King , a firmer de- fence of my own rights , which are the rights of the constitution under which I , the nobles , and the people , all alike find ...
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... give his assent to the first bill passed since his accession . After various in- effectual delays , in the hope of effecting an arrange- ment , by which the Queen might have again left the kingdom ; the House of Lords proceeded to ...
... give his assent to the first bill passed since his accession . After various in- effectual delays , in the hope of effecting an arrange- ment , by which the Queen might have again left the kingdom ; the House of Lords proceeded to ...
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... give his assent to the first bill passed since his accession . After various in- effectual delays , in the hope of effecting an arrange- ment , by which the Queen might have again left the kingdom ; the House of Lords proceeded to ...
... give his assent to the first bill passed since his accession . After various in- effectual delays , in the hope of effecting an arrange- ment , by which the Queen might have again left the kingdom ; the House of Lords proceeded to ...
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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...