The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2,Volum 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Pàgina 385
... parliament in 1775 , gave himself up to public business , and , by his pow- erful remonstrances , obtained for his country the concessions of 1782 , for which he was rewarded by the Irish parliament with a vote of £ 50,000 . In 1790 he ...
... parliament in 1775 , gave himself up to public business , and , by his pow- erful remonstrances , obtained for his country the concessions of 1782 , for which he was rewarded by the Irish parliament with a vote of £ 50,000 . In 1790 he ...
Pàgina 394
... parliament were accounted , even by the members , of so little consequence , that they did not keep any records of them . It was not till the year 1607 , four years after the accession of James , that parliamentary journals began to be ...
... parliament were accounted , even by the members , of so little consequence , that they did not keep any records of them . It was not till the year 1607 , four years after the accession of James , that parliamentary journals began to be ...
Pàgina 396
... parliament was to assemble . Towards the end of that year they began to pierce the wall of the house , in order to get in below that where the parliament was to sit ; but found , while in the midst of their task , that a magazine of ...
... parliament was to assemble . Towards the end of that year they began to pierce the wall of the house , in order to get in below that where the parliament was to sit ; but found , while in the midst of their task , that a magazine of ...
Pàgina 398
... parliament . The leading members of the house , Sir Edward Coke and Sir Robert Phillips , were now com- mitted to the tower : three others , Selden , Pym , and Mallory , to other prisons ; and some others , as a lighter punishment ...
... parliament . The leading members of the house , Sir Edward Coke and Sir Robert Phillips , were now com- mitted to the tower : three others , Selden , Pym , and Mallory , to other prisons ; and some others , as a lighter punishment ...
Pàgina 399
... parliament which sat under his father . But , being told that such a measure was unusual , he issued writs for summoning a new parliament on the 7th of May ; and it was not without regret that the arrival of the princess Henrietta ...
... parliament which sat under his father . But , being told that such a measure was unusual , he issued writs for summoning a new parliament on the 7th of May ; and it was not without regret that the arrival of the princess Henrietta ...
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Pàgina 676 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Pàgina 394 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Pàgina 565 - I have observed, with great concern, the attempts which have recently been made, in some of the manufacturing districts, to take advantage of circumstances of local distress, to excite a spirit of disaffection to the institutions and government of the country.
Pàgina 401 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Pàgina 695 - Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Pàgina 435 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Pàgina 403 - He justified his own innocence in the late fatal wars, and observed, that he had not taken arms till after the Parliament had...
Pàgina 396 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this Parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Pàgina 743 - On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill Upon the other, and the rosy sky, With one star sparkling through it like an eye.
Pàgina 428 - The people, however, were raised into such a ferment, that the parliament-house was surrounded with multitudes, who intimidated the ministry, and compelled them to drop the design. The miscarriage of the Bill was celebrated with public rejoicings in London and Westminster, and the minister was burned in effigy by the populace of London.