The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.T. Davies ... Becket and De Hondt, and T. Cadell, 1771 - Great Britain |
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... means of his parliament ; and that auguft body was then first modelled by him into the form in which it continues to this day . As a great part of the property of the kingdom was now , by the introduction of commerce , and the improve ...
... means of his parliament ; and that auguft body was then first modelled by him into the form in which it continues to this day . As a great part of the property of the kingdom was now , by the introduction of commerce , and the improve ...
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... means adequate to the wants of the state . New taxes were , therefore , arbitrarily impofed . Edward laid a duty of forty fhillings a fack upon wool ; he required the sheriffs of each county to fupply him with two thousand quarters of ...
... means adequate to the wants of the state . New taxes were , therefore , arbitrarily impofed . Edward laid a duty of forty fhillings a fack upon wool ; he required the sheriffs of each county to fupply him with two thousand quarters of ...
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... mean . Under fuch an administration little stability could be expected ; and their injuftice foon drove this diftreffed people into open rebellion . A few of those who had fled into the most in- acceffible mountains from the arms of Ed ...
... mean . Under fuch an administration little stability could be expected ; and their injuftice foon drove this diftreffed people into open rebellion . A few of those who had fled into the most in- acceffible mountains from the arms of Ed ...
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... mean time , the earl of Warrenne advanced in the purfuit , and overtook him , where he was advantageoufly pofted , in the neighbourhood of Stirling , on the other fide of the river Forth . The earl per- perceiving the favourable ground ...
... mean time , the earl of Warrenne advanced in the purfuit , and overtook him , where he was advantageoufly pofted , in the neighbourhood of Stirling , on the other fide of the river Forth . The earl per- perceiving the favourable ground ...
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... mean time , he detached a body of forces before him into Scotland , under the command of Aymer de Valence , who began the threatened infliction by a terrible victory over Bruce , near Methuen , in Perthshire . That warlike com- mander ...
... mean time , he detached a body of forces before him into Scotland , under the command of Aymer de Valence , who began the threatened infliction by a terrible victory over Bruce , near Methuen , in Perthshire . That warlike com- mander ...
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