The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 8Stereotyped and printed by and for A. Wilson, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1810 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... detached in pursuit of him and Balcarras . This last fell into their hands , and was committed to a common prison ; but Dundee fought his way through the troops that sur- rounded him , and escaped to the Highlands , where he determined ...
... detached in pursuit of him and Balcarras . This last fell into their hands , and was committed to a common prison ; but Dundee fought his way through the troops that sur- rounded him , and escaped to the Highlands , where he determined ...
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... detached on this cruel service : after having stripped all the protestants for thirty miles round , they drove these unhappy people before them like cattle , without even sparing the enfeebled old men , nurses , with infants at their ...
... detached on this cruel service : after having stripped all the protestants for thirty miles round , they drove these unhappy people before them like cattle , without even sparing the enfeebled old men , nurses , with infants at their ...
Page 39
... detachment of the garrison , commanded by lieutenant colonel Lloyd , took and demol- ished the castle of Aughor and they gained the advantage in several skirmishes with the enemy . On the day that preceded the relief of Londonderry ...
... detachment of the garrison , commanded by lieutenant colonel Lloyd , took and demol- ished the castle of Aughor and they gained the advantage in several skirmishes with the enemy . On the day that preceded the relief of Londonderry ...
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... , and a large sum of money for the use of king James . Before they sailed from Brest , king William , being informed of their destination , detached admiral Herbert from Spithead with twelve ships 1689 . 43 WILLIAM AND MARY .
... , and a large sum of money for the use of king James . Before they sailed from Brest , king William , being informed of their destination , detached admiral Herbert from Spithead with twelve ships 1689 . 43 WILLIAM AND MARY .
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... detached admiral Herbert from Spithead with twelve ships of the line , one fireship , and four tenders , in order to intercept the enemy . He was driven by stress of weather into Milfordhaven , from whence he steered his course to ...
... detached admiral Herbert from Spithead with twelve ships of the line , one fireship , and four tenders , in order to intercept the enemy . He was driven by stress of weather into Milfordhaven , from whence he steered his course to ...
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Page 194 - And they went to bury her : but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Page 336 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Page 488 - An Act for the security of Her " Majesty's Person and Government, and of the " succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the
Page 117 - ... that upon the trial of any peer or peeress either for treason or misprision all the peers who have a right to sit and vote in Parliament shall be duly summoned twenty days at least before every such trial to appear at every such trial, and that every peer so summoned and appearing at such trial shall vote in the trial...
Page 335 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Page 365 - An act for the further security of his Majesty's person and the succession of the crown in the Protestant line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors...
Page 374 - ANNE, married to prince George of Denmark, ascended the throne in the thirty-eighth year of her age, to the general satisfaction of all parties. She was the second daughter of king James, by his first wife, the daughter of chancellor Hyde, afterwards earl
Page 335 - That in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England, without...
Page 492 - ... that the Church of England as by law established, which was rescued from the extremest danger by King William the Third of glorious memory, is now by God's blessing, under the happy reign of her Majesty, in a most safe and flourishing condition, and that whoever goes about to suggest and insinuate that the Church is in danger under her Majesty's administration is an enemy to the queen, the Church and the kingdom...
Page 469 - ... this right, and prescribe when he should, and when he should not, be allowed the benefit of the laws, he ceased to be a freeman, and his liberty and property were precarious. They requested, therefore, that no consideration whatever should prevail with her majesty to suffer an obstruction to the known course of justice; but that she would be pleased to give effectual orders for the immediate issuing of the writs of error.