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London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis ... - Page 479
by David Hughson - 1805
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An historical and critical account of the lives and writings of James I. and ...

William Harris - 1814 - 518 pages
...premises, and laying his hand upon the book, saith, ' The things which I have before promised, I shall perform and keep, so help me God, and the contents of this book.' " Such was the coronation-oath aceustomably taken by the kings of England : which notwithstanding,...
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Clavis calendaria; or, A compendious analysis of the calendar, Volume 2

John Brady - 1815 - 420 pages
...to do." After which, the King, laying his hand upon the Holy Gospel, says, " The things which I have before promised, I will perform, and keep : so help me GOD :" and then kisses the Book, as is customary in. common oaths throughout the kingdom. That their Majesties...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations ..., Volume 10, Issue 2

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1816 - 924 pages
...the two bishops, and the sword of state carried before him, went tu the altar, and, laying his hands upon the Evangelists, took the oath following : "The...keep. So help me God, and the contents of this book j" and then he kissed the book. The Anointing. This being done, the King went to hit faldstool (which...
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The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government; in ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - 1816 - 602 pages
...to do." After this, the king or queen, laying his or her liand upon the holy gospels, shall say, " The things which I have here " before promised I will perform and keep : So help me " God!" and then shall kiss the book. a»<l not he, who must finally possess the executive power; but, on the other...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 5

1825 - 458 pages
...promise to do. After this, the King or Quecti, laying his or her hand upon the holy gospels, shall sun. The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep: so help me God. And then shall kiss the !>ooli. One of the principal bulwarks of our liberty, is the certain and definite...
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History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking ..., Volume 1

Edward Baines - 1818 - 582 pages
...do.' Then the king or queen, hying his or her hand upon the gospel, says, " The things which I ha« here before promised I will perform " and keep. So help me God." f Some curious speculatists refined so far on tbe resignation of Mr. Pitt as to imagine, that the ostensible...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 24

Thomas Bayly Howell - 1818 - 724 pages
...the king or queen, laying his or her hand on the holy Gospels, shall say— * The things which I have before promised I ' will perform and keep ; so help me God' and then shall kiss the book. " Ile>olvtd, That his present majesty, king George ;:rd, on his accession...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ..., Volume 24

Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1818 - 732 pages
...the kin? or queen, laying his or her hand on the holy Gospels, shall say— ' The things which I have before promised I ' will perform and keep ; so help me God' and then shall kiss the book. " Resolved, That his present majesty, king George 3rd, on his accession to...
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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the ..., Volume 11

David Hume - 1819 - 448 pages
...tbK I promise to do.' Thfu tin- kin; or queen, laying his or her hand upon the Gospels, shall say, " The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep. So help me God." Note D, p. 29. THE lords of the articles, hy the gradual usurpation of the crown, actually constituted...
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The Public and Domestic Life of His Late ... Majesty, George the ..., Volume 1

Edward Holt - 1820 - 520 pages
...of Rome, was also read by the Archbishop, and repeated by Majesty, who afterwards signed the same. Then the King rose from his Chair, and being attended...;" and then he kissed the book. THE ANOINTING. This being-done, the King went to his Faldstool (which was placed towards the Altar), and kneeled thereat...
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