The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: And a View of the Progress of Society from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763; in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Band 2

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Longman, Rees, & Company, 1837

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A body of the nobles concert measures for supporting her cause
43
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45
Violent death of the regent Murray
51
Conspiracy for the relief of the queen of Scots
57
LETTER LXX
63
The whole island submits to the Turks
65
The UNION of the Seven Provinces signed at Utrecht
77
His violent death
94
PAGE
97
Violates the stipulations
99
Henry obliges the duke of Mayenne to sue for an accommodation
104
The Protestants aim at the redress of civil as well as of religious grievances
108
The Spaniards are defeated in the battle of Nieuport
111
LETTER LXXIV
115
They depose her from that dignity
118
He introduces the culture of silk
129
PAGE
131
Affairs of England
134
Frederic V Elector Palatine who had accepted the Bohemian crown
137
government
141
The queen of England resolves to support them
142
Richelieu negotiates a marriage between Charles prince of Wales
143
Assassination of Wallestein
164
PAGE
167
A treaty is concluded between France and the Weimarian officers ibid
174
And afterwards in the neighbourhood of Ordingen ibid
180
Masterly movements of Torstenson ibid
188
PAGE
192
Writ of Quo Warranto issued against the city of London and its charter
196
Peace with Spain
206
The Scots are greatly disgusted at the obtrusion of certain ceremonies
209
The murder is discovered
214
He pretends to have discovered a very rich gold mine in Guiana
215
James orders the Speaker to admonish the members not to presume
228
PAGE
243
Destruction of the Spanish fleet in the bay of Santa Cruz
246
John Hampden refuses to pay the revived tax of shipmoney ibid
262
The king again negotiates with them
272
ibid
278
Encroachments of the Scottish parliament on the royal perogative
285
The commons manifest by new usurpations their purpose of subverting
292
Ineffectual negotiations during the winter
306
The king dissolves the parliament in order to save his minister
315
Retrospective view of the affairs of Ireland
320
testants
372
Charles II agrees to the rigorous terms of the Scottish covenanters
376
Charles is crowned at Scone
383
Cromwell attempts to constitute a house of peers
390
ibid
392
ibid
398
LETTER LXVIII
405
General Lambert is sent to the Tower
413
Mary is received by her Scottish subjects with the loudest acclamations
416
ibid
422
New parliament favourable to episcopacy and monarchical power ibid
434
Memorable seafight
440
Act of the English parliament prohibiting the importation of Irish cattle
446
Triple alliance the consequence of that terror Jan ibid
453
The king of England concludes a new secret treaty with Louis
470
Meeting of the English parliament ibid
471
Masterly movements of Montecuculi and Turenne on the side of Germany
478
The French defeat the Spaniards and Dutch off Palermo
481
Death of Charles
489
Despotic adminstration of the earl of Lauderdale
491
The king makes a solemn declaration of the illegitimacy of Monmouth
501
The king dissolves the parliament
507
Charter restored under certain restrictions ibid
513
Addresses full of loyalty and duty are showered upon
515
The king of France makes himself master of Luxembourg Courtray
520
Congress opened
530
The commons vote against the dispensing power
532
all orders of men in the state
539
ibid
541
The king is deserted by the chief officers of his army
547
BILL OF RIGHTS and INSTRUMENT OF SETTLEMENT
555
He declares war against France
561
Siege of Athlone
567
Massacre of Glencoe
569
Imperialists under the prince of Baden
575
LETTER XIX
589
The peers erect themselves into a supreme
591
A dreadful famine in France
602
Poets and prose writers during the reign of James I
604
LETTER XX
616
VOL II
620
The succession of the crown of England is settled on the princess Sophia
627
The Spaniards resign themselves entirely to the guardianship of
629

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Seite 392 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 92 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Seite i - The History of Modern Europe : with a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763.
Seite 282 - Sir, my consent shall more acquit you herein to God than all the world can do besides. To a willing man there is no injury done, and as by God's grace I forgive all the world with a calmness and meekness of infinite contentment to my dislodging soul, so Sir, to you I can give the life of this world with all the cheerfulness imaginable, in the just acknowledgment of your exceeding favours...
Seite 346 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Seite 88 - Weep not, good Melvil, there is at present great cause for rejoicing. Thou shalt this day see Mary Stewart delivered from all her cares, and such an end put to her tedious sufferings, as she has long expected. Bear witness that I die constant in my religion ; firm in my fidelity towards Scotland ; and unchanged in my affection to France. Commend me to my son. Tell him I have done nothing injurious to his kingdom, to his honour, or to his rights ; and God forgive all those who have thirsted, without...
Seite 325 - I showed him evidently," said Cromwell, " how this success might be obtained ; and only desired leave, with my own brigade of horse, to charge the king's army in their retreat: leaving it in the earl's choice, if he thought proper, to remain neuter with the rest of his forces: but, notwithstanding...
Seite 207 - I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this Parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow this Parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Seite 351 - For all which treasons and crimes this Court doth adjudge that he, the said Charles Stuart, as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of this nation, shall be put to death by the severing of his head from his body.
Seite 301 - Heaven upon this nation if these distractions continue. " God so deal with me and mine as all my thoughts and intentions are upright for the maintenance of the true Protestant profession, and for the observance and preservation of the laws: and I hope God will bless and assist those laws for my preservation...

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