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Great Britain's glory: or, the lives and glorious actions of all the Protestant kings and queens, that ever reign'd in England, viz. King Edward VI. Queen Elizabeth. ... Containing all the most memorable passages both of church and state: ... But more especially a compleat account of King William's reign, ... And the whole narration of Queen Anne's reign, ...
Date: 1708- Books
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Précis de l'histoire de France, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'a nos jours. = A concise history of France, From The Establishment Of The Monarchy, To The Present Time. Extracted from the best writers, by Mr. des Carrières. From Lewis XI, To Lewis XIV.
Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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A new essay on the Roman history: from the foundation of the city, to the division of the empire. With reflections moral and political.
L.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- Books
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An account of various particulars relative to the demise of the crown, viz.I. of the demise in general. 2. How far it affects the High Court of Parliament. 3. How far the other Courts and the several Officers of Justice. And, 4. What Crimes are usually excepted out of an Act of Grace, and what Debtors out of an Act of Insolvency. Collected from the best authorities. By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple
Date: 1760- Books
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A speech taken out of the Life of King William, spoken by Mr. F. one of the members of the House of Commons, about the abdication of King James.
Date: 1702?]- Books
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The secrete of secretes : containing the most excellent and learned instructions of Aristotle the prince of philosophers: vvhich he sent to the Emperour, King Alexander: very necessarye and profitable for all maner of estates and degrees. VVith some instructions in the ende of this booke, touching the iudgement of phisognomie.
Date: 1572- Books
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An Act to prevent the throwing or fireing of squibs, Serpents, and other Fire-Works.
Ireland.Date: 1731- Books
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Copy of a letter from Paris, December 20. 1748.
A. B.Date: 1749?]- Books
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The late King James his advice to his son. Writteu [sic] with his own hand, and found in his cabinet after his death. This being one of the papers which are mention'd in the memoirs of that prince.
James II, King of England, 1633-1701.Date: 1703- Books
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An Act to explain and amend an act, Intituled, An Act for the better Regulating the Work-House of the City of Dublin, and to Regulate and Provide for the Poor thereof, and to prevent Mischiefs which may happen by keeping Gun Powder within the said City; And also, for Explaining and Amending one other Act, Intituled, An Act for the better Enabling the Governors of the Work-House of the City of Dublin to provide for, and Employ the Poor therein, and for the more Effectual Punishment of Vagabonds; And also, for the better Securing of, and Providing for Lunaticks and Foundling Children.
Ireland.Date: 1731- Books
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A key for kings. Integrity the best security: a patriot king, the best prince to make a nation prosperous, and it's government firm and lasting ...
Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]- Books
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George Buchanan's dialogue concerning the rights of the crown of Scotland translated into English; with two dissertations prefixed; one archeological inquiring into the pretended identity of the getes and scythlans, of the getes and goths, and of the goths and scots; and the other historical vindicating the character of buchanan as an historian, and containing some specimens of his poetry in english verse. By Robert Macfarlan, A.M.
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582.Date: 1799- Books
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A memorial deliver'd by Mr. Prior, Envoy-Extraordinary of his Britannick Majesty, to His most Christian Majesty, against The Fortifying the Ports and Harbours of Dunkirk and Mardike. The French King's Answer thereunto. A Memorial deliver'd to his Britannick Majesty in Holland, in Favour of the French Protestant Galley-Slaves. With the King's most Gracious Answer. The Buckinghamshire Electors Instructions to their Representatives, &c. The Citizens of London's Instructions to their Representatives. As Also the Protests of the Lords against the Clandestine Steps taken for a Separate Peace. Humbly offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons.
Date: [1715]- Books
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The undoubted heir: and he must reign. Asserted and prov'd from these words. 1 Sam. XXIV. 20. And now behold I know well, that thou shalt surely be King, and that the Kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine Hand. dedicated to the Pretender.
Clarke, William, Dissenting Minister.Date: [1714]- Books
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Loyalty to our King, the safety of our country, against all popish emissaries and pretenders; and His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Second proved to be, from the laws of God; reason, and true religion, the unica salus of this nation, and the Protestant cause. Seriously address'd to the perusal and impartial judgment of every honest Hibernian and the militia of the city of Dublin.
Date: 1745- Books
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An Act to encourage the improvement of barren, and waste Land, and Boggs, and Planting of Timber Trees and Orchards.
Ireland.Date: 1731- Books
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A lesson for the day: being the second chapter of the last book of the Chronicles of the kings of France and of England. By Michael Ben Haddi, Of the Residue of that People whose Inheritance we trust to be with our Father Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Ben Haddi, Michael.Date: 1744- Books
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An Act for explaining and amending an act made in the twenty eighth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, Intituled, An Act for the Wears upon the Barrow, and other Waters in the County of Kilkenny.
Ireland.Date: 1731- Books
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The cruel massacre of the King & Queen of France. With the decree of the National Convention, in January, by which Louis was ordered to be beheaded, by the La Guillotine, or beheading machine, on which the Queen also suffered. ...
Date: [1793?]- Books
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Characters or historical anecdotes of all the kings and queens of England, From William the Conqueror to the present Time, Impartially Delineated. Extracted partly from Burnet, Clarendon, Rapin, Smollett, Hume, Macauley, and other able Historians. Calculated with a view To form the tender Minds of Youth, inspire them with a laudable Emulation, improve their Morals, and give them a just Conception of human Nature, however dignisied, or however disguised by Pride, Avarice, Ambition, and other reigning Passions, and Prejudices: Recommended To all Parents, Guardians, Tutors, and Preceptors to our young Nobility for the Improvement of their Pupils, and very necessary to be read in all Seminaries of useful and polite Education. Intended Originally For the Improvement of the younger Branches of the Author's own Family, as a Mirror, whereby they might avoid the Errors in Life, shun the Vices, and imitate the Virtues, so interwoven in the Characters described in this History. With an appendix, containing the characters of Oliver Cromwell, Admiral Blake, Duke of Marlborough, King of Prussia, Voltaire. By William Heckford, Esq.
Heckford, William.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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Some authentick writes and records from the year 1567, to the year 1572. For establishing King James the Sixth his authority, ...
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The scots Act of Parliament: or, the declaration of the estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, containing their claim of right, and the settlement of the succession on Her Majesty Queen Anne; with The Coronation Oath of that Kingdom, and the Act for continuing the present Parliament upon His Majesty's death.
Scotland. Parliament.Date: 1702- Books
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The Manner, order, and ceremonies observed at the coronation of the Kings and Queens of England: 1. A description of the royal crowns, scepters, &c. 2. The form of the royal letters of summons sent to the peers and peeress[e]s to assist at the coronation. 3. The ceremony of presenting the regalia to their majesties in Westminster-hall, and of the grand procession from thence to the abbey. 4. The ceremony of the coronation, as it is performed in the church, with the King's Oath, and the homage of the nobles to His Majesty. 5. The anointing, crowing, and inthronizing of a Queen co[n]fort. 6. The recess and manner of their majesties return to Westminster-hall. 7. The ceremony of the services done by several lords of the manors, and of the champion's entering the hall, with the form of his challenge, and the Heralds proclaiming the King's stile, &c. extracted from several antient and modern histories of the coronation of Kings and Queens of England, and from several publick records, &c.
Date: [1727?]- Books
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An address to the King, moved in the House of Lords by the Earl of Lauderdale, Friday, June 5, 1795: with notes and authorities.
Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839.Date: [1795]- Books
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The tinclarian Doctor Mitchel's answer to the King's speech, Janr 1734; and also concerning the taxes. Written in the 64th year of his age.
Mitchel, William, 1670 or 1671-1740.Date: 1734]