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... tion been fo univerfal as it was at first reprefented , there is great rea- ion to fuppofe , that in the prefent ftate of the Spanish monarchy , that crown would have found the great- eft difficulty in reducing the re- bels to obedience ...
... tion been fo univerfal as it was at first reprefented , there is great rea- ion to fuppofe , that in the prefent ftate of the Spanish monarchy , that crown would have found the great- eft difficulty in reducing the re- bels to obedience ...
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... tion ) likely to be attended with any extraordinary confequences ; unless the Emprefs - queen , stimu- lated by her hatred to the King of Pruffia , fhould make the Catho- lic caufe a pretext for interfering in favour of Poland ; in ...
... tion ) likely to be attended with any extraordinary confequences ; unless the Emprefs - queen , stimu- lated by her hatred to the King of Pruffia , fhould make the Catho- lic caufe a pretext for interfering in favour of Poland ; in ...
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... tion to be formed in my kingdom , which might grow into a confede- racy of reliftance , " & c . March 4 , " " The parliament of Rouen fent a grand 1766. deputation to the king upon the fame occafion . In their remonftrance which ...
... tion to be formed in my kingdom , which might grow into a confede- racy of reliftance , " & c . March 4 , " " The parliament of Rouen fent a grand 1766. deputation to the king upon the fame occafion . In their remonftrance which ...
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... tion , where the meaneft perlon must be tried , for every crime , by his peers , and no fentence can pafs , without fome particular crime is fully proved , the degree of punifh- ment for which is affixed by fome known and pofitive law ...
... tion , where the meaneft perlon must be tried , for every crime , by his peers , and no fentence can pafs , without fome particular crime is fully proved , the degree of punifh- ment for which is affixed by fome known and pofitive law ...
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... tion of their worship ; and that they had violated the laws of the republic , by applying to foreign powers for protection . He then read a plan for a law , enjoining that the republic fhould never grant to the diffidents any other ...
... tion of their worship ; and that they had violated the laws of the republic , by applying to foreign powers for protection . He then read a plan for a law , enjoining that the republic fhould never grant to the diffidents any other ...
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