The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume, Volume 1 |
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Page 432 - 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 12 - 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?
Page 383 - 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.
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Page 138 - The laws enacted in this session were these : an act for abrogating the oath of supremacy in Ireland, and appointing other oaths...
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Page 423 - He seemed to be in a fair way of recovering till the first day of March, when his knee appeared to be inflamed, with great pain and weakness. Next day he granted a commission under the great seal to several peers, for passing the bills to which both houses of parliament had agreed ; namely, the act of attainder against the pretended prince of Wales, and another in favour of the quakers, enacting, that their solemn affirmation and declaration should be accepted instead of an oath in the usual form.
Page 403 - It was concluded in these words : " For Englishmen are no more to be slaves to parliaments than to kings — our name is Legion, and we are many.
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| Title | The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume, Volume 1 The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume, Tobias Smollett |
| Author | Tobias Smollett |
| Publisher | J.F. Dove For Baynes, 1822 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2007 |
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