A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 3W. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... CROWN OF SPAIN PROSPECTS OF PEACE- INTERESTS OF BRITAIN IN ADJUSTMENT OF TREATY AND COLONIES - THE POSITION OF THE NORTHERN POWERS- SWEDEN AND CHARLES XII . - MARLBOROUGH'S VISIT TO HIM— PETER THE GREAT AND RUSSIA - NOT ADMITTED TO THE ...
... CROWN OF SPAIN PROSPECTS OF PEACE- INTERESTS OF BRITAIN IN ADJUSTMENT OF TREATY AND COLONIES - THE POSITION OF THE NORTHERN POWERS- SWEDEN AND CHARLES XII . - MARLBOROUGH'S VISIT TO HIM— PETER THE GREAT AND RUSSIA - NOT ADMITTED TO THE ...
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... Crown of Spain , " as they were appropriated by the creed and nomenclature of the Grand Alliance : " Whereas , since the victory obtained at Ramillies , by the blessing of God upon our arms and those of the States - General , the cities ...
... Crown of Spain , " as they were appropriated by the creed and nomenclature of the Grand Alliance : " Whereas , since the victory obtained at Ramillies , by the blessing of God upon our arms and those of the States - General , the cities ...
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... crown . During that short cessation Marlborough was in England , where he found , and had in some measure to deal with , the shiftings of Court influence and the critical political conditions falling hereafter 1 Hist . of Marlborough ...
... crown . During that short cessation Marlborough was in England , where he found , and had in some measure to deal with , the shiftings of Court influence and the critical political conditions falling hereafter 1 Hist . of Marlborough ...
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... crown to the house of Bourbon - and there were difficulties as in- extricable as ever about the Dutch barrier . seemed to add to the hardness of the terms that King Louis was to bind himself to take all coercive measures for giving ...
... crown to the house of Bourbon - and there were difficulties as in- extricable as ever about the Dutch barrier . seemed to add to the hardness of the terms that King Louis was to bind himself to take all coercive measures for giving ...
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... Crown into the scale of a powerful faction ; yet the house of Bour- bon would probably not have reigned beyond the Pyrenees but for Sarah and Abigail at Queen Anne's toilet . " 1 The sagest of historians is parsimonious in rhetoric 1 ...
... Crown into the scale of a powerful faction ; yet the house of Bour- bon would probably not have reigned beyond the Pyrenees but for Sarah and Abigail at Queen Anne's toilet . " 1 The sagest of historians is parsimonious in rhetoric 1 ...
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Page 258 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Page 244 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 212 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 179 - An Act for the better Security of Rents, and to prevent Frauds committed by Tenants...
Page 300 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Page 224 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery...
Page 235 - I may prevail to renew your license of absence, conditionally you will be present with me ; for tomorrow morning I shall be a private person. When I have settled my domestic affairs here, I go to Wimple ; thence alone, to Herefordshire. If I have not tired you tete-d-tete, fling away so much time upon one who loves you.
Page 288 - Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price ; I know not how long it will hold. Have you seen the red stamp the papers are marked with ? Methinks it is worth a halfpenny, the stamping it.