A History and Defence of Magna Charta: Containing a Copy of the Original Charter at Large, with an English Translation, the Manner of Its Being Obtained from King John, with Its Preservation and Final Establishment in the Succeeding Reigns : with an Introductory Discourse, Containing a Short Account of the Rise and Progress of National Freedom, from the Invasion of Caesar to the Present Times, Also the Liberties which are Confirmed by the Bill of Rights, &c. : to which is Added, An Essay on Parliaments, Describing Their Origin in England, and the Extraordinary Means by which They Have Been Lengthened from Half Yearly to Septennial OnesJ. Bell (successor to Mr. Bathoe) at his circulating-library ... S. Bladon ... and C. Etherington, 1769 - Constitutional history - 284 pages |
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... counsellors to your ma- jesty's dominions in America , and has " duced to our suffering fellow fubjects in " that part of the world , grievances and ap- prehenfions fimilar to those of which we complain at home . << << cc Moft Gracious ...
... counsellors to your ma- jesty's dominions in America , and has " duced to our suffering fellow fubjects in " that part of the world , grievances and ap- prehenfions fimilar to those of which we complain at home . << << cc Moft Gracious ...
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... counsellors , who have endeavoured to " alienate the affection of your Majesty's " moft fincere and dutiful fubjects , and " whofe fuggeftions tend to deprive your people of their deareft and most effential < C rights , " rights , and ...
... counsellors , who have endeavoured to " alienate the affection of your Majesty's " moft fincere and dutiful fubjects , and " whofe fuggeftions tend to deprive your people of their deareft and most effential < C rights , " rights , and ...
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... counsellors of the King , he gathered an army and befieged his own caftle , and with little ado won it . The King was , at this time , holding his parliament as he had promised his great men , that by their advice he might redress thofe ...
... counsellors of the King , he gathered an army and befieged his own caftle , and with little ado won it . The King was , at this time , holding his parliament as he had promised his great men , that by their advice he might redress thofe ...
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... that they would excommunicate the principal of the King's evil counsellors by name ; and they named the bishop himself as the ring - leader of them , To and and his kinfinan RIVALLIS , the jufticiary , and the MAGNA CHART A. 47.
... that they would excommunicate the principal of the King's evil counsellors by name ; and they named the bishop himself as the ring - leader of them , To and and his kinfinan RIVALLIS , the jufticiary , and the MAGNA CHART A. 47.
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... counsellor , and came into Wales to tell the marshal what the King and his counsellors faid of him , and to make overtures to him , it is too long to be here inferted , but is exceedingly well worth the reading as it stands in Matt ...
... counsellor , and came into Wales to tell the marshal what the King and his counsellors faid of him , and to make overtures to him , it is too long to be here inferted , but is exceedingly well worth the reading as it stands in Matt ...
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