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... determined to prosecute the Bishops for a Libel They are examined by the Privy Council They are committed to the Tower Birth of the Pretender ; He is generally believed to be suppo- sititious 150 · 153 • 154 · 156 • 157 158 160 • The ...
... determined to prosecute the Bishops for a Libel They are examined by the Privy Council They are committed to the Tower Birth of the Pretender ; He is generally believed to be suppo- sititious 150 · 153 • 154 · 156 • 157 158 160 • The ...
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... determined chiefly by political considerations : nor did it seem likely that any strong affection would grow up between a handsome girl of sixteen , well disposed indeed , and naturally intelligent , but ignorant and simple , and a ...
... determined chiefly by political considerations : nor did it seem likely that any strong affection would grow up between a handsome girl of sixteen , well disposed indeed , and naturally intelligent , but ignorant and simple , and a ...
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... determined as his own . At the very last moment , in the hope of breaking off the negotiation which he knew to be all but concluded , he fought one of the most bloody and obstinate battles of that age . From the day on which the treaty ...
... determined as his own . At the very last moment , in the hope of breaking off the negotiation which he knew to be all but concluded , he fought one of the most bloody and obstinate battles of that age . From the day on which the treaty ...
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... determined to tolerate no infraction of those rights which the Germanic body held under the sanction of public law and public faith . They pledged themselves to stand by each other in case of need , and fixed the amount of force which ...
... determined to tolerate no infraction of those rights which the Germanic body held under the sanction of public law and public faith . They pledged themselves to stand by each other in case of need , and fixed the amount of force which ...
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... determined to reject Mordaunt's advice ; and there can be no doubt that the determination was wise . Had William , in 1686 , or even in 1687 , attempted to do what he did with such signal success in 1688 , it is probable that many Whigs ...
... determined to reject Mordaunt's advice ; and there can be no doubt that the determination was wise . Had William , in 1686 , or even in 1687 , attempted to do what he did with such signal success in 1688 , it is probable that many Whigs ...
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