A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second: With an Introductory ChapterAbraham Small, 1808 - 201 pagina's |
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Pagina x
... EARL OF LAUDERDALE . " DEAR LAUDERDALE , " I am seriously thinking of becoming an historian , and " have indeed begun ; but my progress hitherto is so little , " that it is not worth mentioning , except upon the principle " of dimidium ...
... EARL OF LAUDERDALE . " DEAR LAUDERDALE , " I am seriously thinking of becoming an historian , and " have indeed begun ; but my progress hitherto is so little , " that it is not worth mentioning , except upon the principle " of dimidium ...
Pagina xiv
... Earl of Argyle , are contained in the correspondence with Mr. Laing , and they are of the nature I have described ; but on reading his narrative of those events , the advantages he derived from the circumstantial minuteness of his mate ...
... Earl of Argyle , are contained in the correspondence with Mr. Laing , and they are of the nature I have described ; but on reading his narrative of those events , the advantages he derived from the circumstantial minuteness of his mate ...
Pagina xxv
... Earl of Argyle , the Introductory Chapter is unquestionably the most correct and finished part of the present publication . He did not , however , conceive it to be entirely exempt from a defect to which he apprehended that his works ...
... Earl of Argyle , the Introductory Chapter is unquestionably the most correct and finished part of the present publication . He did not , however , conceive it to be entirely exempt from a defect to which he apprehended that his works ...
Pagina 21
... Earl of Shaftesbury , and the other leaders of the Whig party ; and it would be highly unjust , as well as uncharitable , not to admit , that the generality of those who were engaged in the prosecution of it were probably sincere in ...
... Earl of Shaftesbury , and the other leaders of the Whig party ; and it would be highly unjust , as well as uncharitable , not to admit , that the generality of those who were engaged in the prosecution of it were probably sincere in ...
Pagina 54
... Earl of Rochester , whom he ap- pointed Lord Treasurer , was in all respects calculated to be a fit instrument for the purposes then in view . Besides being upon the worst terms with Halifax , in whom alone , of all his ministers ...
... Earl of Rochester , whom he ap- pointed Lord Treasurer , was in all respects calculated to be a fit instrument for the purposes then in view . Besides being upon the worst terms with Halifax , in whom alone , of all his ministers ...
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Pagina cxcv - Crown, shall, within the Realm or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction...
Pagina 50 - I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this government, both in church and state, as it is now by law established.
Pagina 166 - And, never satisfied with seeing, bless : Swift unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name...
Pagina 10 - ... a character of virtues so happily tempered by one another, and so wholly unalloyed with any vices, as that of Washington, is hardly to be found in the pages of history...
Pagina cxcvii - I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England as it is now by law established.
Pagina 151 - ... which he likewise made presents ; and laid his head upon the block. Having uttered a short prayer, he gave the signal to the executioner ; which was instantly obeyed, and his head severed from his body. Such were the last hours, and such the final close, of this great man's life. May the like happy serenity in such dreadful circumstances, and a death equally glorious, be the lot of all, whom tyranny, of whatever denomination or description, shall in any age, or in any country, call to expiate...
Pagina 111 - Protestant, was almost universally prevalent among them. A due consideration of these distinct features in the character of a party so powerful in Charles's and James's time, and even when it was lowest, (that is, during the reigns of the two first Princes of the House of Brunswick,) by no means inconsiderable, is exceedingly necessary to the right understanding of English History.
Pagina cxciii - ... rights and advantages thereunto belonging, for which this shall be your warrant; and so we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our Court at Whitehall, llth day of November, 1684. " By his Majesty's command, SUNDERLAND.
Pagina xiii - He was an excellent man, and of great powers of mind ; but his partiality to kings and princes is intolerable. Nay, it is, in my opinion, quite ridiculous ; and is more like the foolish admiration which women and children sometimes have for kings, than the opinion, right or wrong, of a philosopher.
Pagina 36 - ... respect to its motives, than the other, so is it in its consequences, still more pernicious to the general interests of mankind. Fear of censure from contemporaries will seldom have much effect upon men in situations of unlimited authority : they will too often flatter themselves, that the same power which enables them to commit the crime, will secure them from reproach. The dread of posthumous infamy, therefore, being the only restraint, their consciences excepted, upon the passions of such...