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Page 66
... passed a declaration in favour of maintaining the fundamental laws of the realm , and at the same time repealed the oaths of allegiance and supremacy . A vote was also passed for filling up the six vacant seats , which were mostly ...
... passed a declaration in favour of maintaining the fundamental laws of the realm , and at the same time repealed the oaths of allegiance and supremacy . A vote was also passed for filling up the six vacant seats , which were mostly ...
Page 187
... passed the lower house , but was violently opposed in the house of lords by Lord Mansfield and Lord Hardwicke . The king himself talked openly against the bill at his levee , and the sup- porters of it were understood to incur his ...
... passed the lower house , but was violently opposed in the house of lords by Lord Mansfield and Lord Hardwicke . The king himself talked openly against the bill at his levee , and the sup- porters of it were understood to incur his ...
Page 193
... passed which , though not general , was very extensive in the relief it afforded to scrupulous consciences . The statute was 1 W. & M. c 18. com- monly called the Toleration Act . " In the course of his judgment , Lord Mansfield noticed ...
... passed which , though not general , was very extensive in the relief it afforded to scrupulous consciences . The statute was 1 W. & M. c 18. com- monly called the Toleration Act . " In the course of his judgment , Lord Mansfield noticed ...
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