History of the British empire

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Página 199 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 105 - No FREEMAN SHALL BE TAKEN OR IMPRISONED, OR DISSEISED, OR OUTLAWED, OR BANISHED, OR ANY WAYS DESTROYED, NOR WILL WE PASS UPON HIM, NOR WILL WE SEND UPON HIM, UNLESS BY THE LAWFUL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS, OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND.
Página 290 - Orange should be declared King and Queen of England...
Página 177 - For profit, it was to be made two ways ; upon his subjects for the war, and upon his enemies for the peace ; like a good merchant that maketh his gain both upon the commodities exported and imported back again.
Página 310 - In 1609, six years after the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England as James I.
Página 41 - I could not in any way hold : my royalty is not my own ; I could not lay it down against the will of the country, nor can I against the will of the country take a foreign wife. As for my sister, whom the Duke claims that he may marry her to one of his chiefs, she has died within the year ; would he have me send her corpse...
Página 187 - Kingston, had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Página 12 - how is it possible that a people possessed of such magnificence at home, could envy me a humble cottage in Britain ?" The emperor was affected by the British hero's misfortunes, and won by his address.
Página 142 - Thomas, Duke of Clarence; John, Duke of Bedford; Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester; Blanche, who was married to the Duke of Bavaria; and Philippa, who was married to the King of Denmark.
Página 394 - I. Universal suffrage. 2. Vote by ballot. 3. Annual Parliaments. 4. Payment of members. 5. Abolition of the property qualification. 6. Equal electoral districts.

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