The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 5Estes and Lauriat, 1874 - Great Britain |
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... King's Scheme of the Income of the several Families in England - Degrees of Society - Town and Country Populations - London - Its Population - Commerce- Trading Companies - Banking - Unemployed Capital - Projects for New Com panies ...
... King's Scheme of the Income of the several Families in England - Degrees of Society - Town and Country Populations - London - Its Population - Commerce- Trading Companies - Banking - Unemployed Capital - Projects for New Com panies ...
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... King James lands at Kinsale - Schemes of Tyrconnel - Condition of the Protestants in Ireland - James enters Dublin ... King's Veto - Murder of Mountfort , the Player - Trial of Lord Mohun . 145-160 CONTENTS . PAGE CHAPTER XI.-A.D. 1693 ...
... King James lands at Kinsale - Schemes of Tyrconnel - Condition of the Protestants in Ireland - James enters Dublin ... King's Veto - Murder of Mountfort , the Player - Trial of Lord Mohun . 145-160 CONTENTS . PAGE CHAPTER XI.-A.D. 1693 ...
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... King of Spain - Will of Charles , which Louis accepts - The New Parliament -- The King asks Assistance for the States - General - The Act of Settlement - Impeachment of Somers and other Whigs - The Kentish Petition- The Legion Memorial ...
... King of Spain - Will of Charles , which Louis accepts - The New Parliament -- The King asks Assistance for the States - General - The Act of Settlement - Impeachment of Somers and other Whigs - The Kentish Petition- The Legion Memorial ...
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... King's Scheme of the Income of the several families in England - Degrees of Society- Town and Country Populations ... King . He gives the number of families in each degree , and the number of persons . Of course there can be no absolute ...
... King's Scheme of the Income of the several families in England - Degrees of Society- Town and Country Populations ... King . He gives the number of families in each degree , and the number of persons . Of course there can be no absolute ...
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... King's estimate , we may take the number of persons to be as follows , in each of the preceding general divisions ... King at five hundred and thirty thousand . This was about one - tenth of the whole population of the king- dom . Sir ...
... King's estimate , we may take the number of persons to be as follows , in each of the preceding general divisions ... King at five hundred and thirty thousand . This was about one - tenth of the whole population of the king- dom . Sir ...
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Page 177 - were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple. Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ?
Page 409 - When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence fall* Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her Loses
Page 75 - Declaration of Eights it was maintained " That the raising or keeping a Standing Army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law." An accidental occurrence gave a legislative
Page 409 - and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic plac'd.
Page 430 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that county, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandize, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother, whose
Page 29 - by laying rails of timber, from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchant.
Page 255 - crown by virtue of the limitation of this present Act, and is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be subject to such incapacities as in such case or cases are by the said recited Act
Page 426 - at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines : To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales : To lands of singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding
Page 408 - In various talk th' instructive hours they pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies; Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Page 417 - divided between two opposite opinions: or rather, to speak my thoughts freely, I believe in general that there is, and has been, such a thing as witchcraft, but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.