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... affected with thy excellent notions of civil liberty ; and am more pleased with thy answer than if thou hadst granted our request . " - George III . , & c . , p . 54 . shall be happy to seize the skirt of lady Hunting- 6.
... affected with thy excellent notions of civil liberty ; and am more pleased with thy answer than if thou hadst granted our request . " - George III . , & c . , p . 54 . shall be happy to seize the skirt of lady Hunting- 6.
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... affected to thy illustrious house , though differing in sentiments and conduct from others of our fellow - subjects , we embrace this opportunity to crave thy indulgence and protection ; and beg leave to assure the king , that our ...
... affected to thy illustrious house , though differing in sentiments and conduct from others of our fellow - subjects , we embrace this opportunity to crave thy indulgence and protection ; and beg leave to assure the king , that our ...
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... affecting consideration , that when the dis- senting ministers of London met lately , to present an address of condolence and congratulation to his [ present majesty ( Geo . IV . ) since his late majesty's death , it was found that of ...
... affecting consideration , that when the dis- senting ministers of London met lately , to present an address of condolence and congratulation to his [ present majesty ( Geo . IV . ) since his late majesty's death , it was found that of ...
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... affecting and ani- mating words of our most gracious sovereign- that , born and educated in this country , he glories in the name of Briton . " Another part of this speech was of too much importance to be passed over in the addresses ...
... affecting and ani- mating words of our most gracious sovereign- that , born and educated in this country , he glories in the name of Briton . " Another part of this speech was of too much importance to be passed over in the addresses ...
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... affected the nation like a volcano , spreading discord and confusion throughout the country . This work was evidently intended to ren- der as odious as possible , Lord Bute , the Princess Dowager , and the King . Mr. Pitt equally cen ...
... affected the nation like a volcano , spreading discord and confusion throughout the country . This work was evidently intended to ren- der as odious as possible , Lord Bute , the Princess Dowager , and the King . Mr. Pitt equally cen ...
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Memoirs of His Late Majesty George Iii Thomas Williams (calvinist Preacher ) No preview available - 2020 |
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Page 45 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me, I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Page 101 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Page 59 - 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 the law ? 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 49 - III. c. 23, enacted at the earnest request of the king himself from the throne, the judges are continued in their offices during their good behaviour, notwithstanding any demise of the crown, which was formerly held...
Page 140 - ... to recoil within them : men promoted to the highest seats of justice— some who, to my knowledge, were glad, by going to a foreign country, to escape being brought to the bar of a court of justice in their own. They protected by your arms ! They have nobly taken up arms in your defence...
Page 208 - The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both rich and poor; with an Appendix containing Reflections on the present State of England and France.
Page 107 - The Toleration Act renders that which was illegal before, now legal. The Dissenters' way of worship is permitted and allowed by this act. It is not only exempted from punishment, but rendered innocent and lawful. It is established; it is put under the protection, and is not merely under the connivance of the law.
Page 275 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 139 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 165 - Table, and ordered by the King to deliver his official Opinion on the point ; stated in the most precise terms, that any such Assemblage might be dispersed by military force, without waiting for Forms, or reading the Act in Question. " Is that your Declaration of the Law, as Attorney-general ?" said the King. Wedderburn answering decidedly in the affirmative, " Then so let it be done,