Memoirs of Her Late Royal Highness Charlotte-Augusta of Wales, and of Saxe-Cobourg ...: To which is Prefixed, a Concise History of the Illustrious House of Brunswick, Brought Down to the Present Time ... |
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... hand , and containing his arguments in favour of the Romish communion . These papers James II . immediately published , and , from the moment of his succession to the throne , pursued , with steady determination , the two objects - of ...
... hand , and containing his arguments in favour of the Romish communion . These papers James II . immediately published , and , from the moment of his succession to the throne , pursued , with steady determination , the two objects - of ...
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... hand , and of despotism on the other . The former contend , that by the Act of Set- tlement , the Sovereign of Great ... hands , and avoided each extreme . We have seen how careful they were to recognize the principle of legitimacy , as ...
... hand , and of despotism on the other . The former contend , that by the Act of Set- tlement , the Sovereign of Great ... hands , and avoided each extreme . We have seen how careful they were to recognize the principle of legitimacy , as ...
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... hand , and of despotism on the other . The former contend , that by the Act of Set- tlement , the Sovereign of Great ... hands , and avoided each extreme . We have seen how careful they were to recognize the principle of legitimacy , as ...
... hand , and of despotism on the other . The former contend , that by the Act of Set- tlement , the Sovereign of Great ... hands , and avoided each extreme . We have seen how careful they were to recognize the principle of legitimacy , as ...
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... hand ; and at the coro- nation , which followed on the 22nd of the same month , he appeared in his robes as the first prince of the blood . He died in 1767 , at the early age of twenty - eight . It would be impossible , as well as ...
... hand ; and at the coro- nation , which followed on the 22nd of the same month , he appeared in his robes as the first prince of the blood . He died in 1767 , at the early age of twenty - eight . It would be impossible , as well as ...
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... hand of Mercy may have shut him up from the sight of evils that would have grieved his eyes , and wrung his heart , had reason been pre- served to him to the end of his lengthened days . His Majesty's first speech from the throne is ...
... hand of Mercy may have shut him up from the sight of evils that would have grieved his eyes , and wrung his heart , had reason been pre- served to him to the end of his lengthened days . His Majesty's first speech from the throne is ...
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Page 20 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 237 - Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known. Far be it that I should write thee sin or blame, Or think thee unbefitting holiest place...
Page 237 - Far be it that I should write thee sin or blame, Or think thee unbefitting holiest place, Perpetual fountain of domestic sweets, Whose b,ed is undefil'd and chaste pronounc'd, Present or past, as saints and patriarchs us'd.
Page 237 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 87 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Page 10 - CHARLES II Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
Page 29 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Page 357 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 51 - It will be my duty likewise to act upon another motive, — that of giving an example of patience and resignation under every trial. " Do me the justice to believe that I shall never cease to pray for your happiness, and to be Your much devoted May 6, 1796.
Page 322 - A whole gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom at Dunmow well known ; Tho' the pleasure be ours, the bacon's your own.