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A New History of London
… the queen, who had not hitherto interfered in affairs of state. Her situation was delicate; her consort was gone to … proprietors; who having originally advanced money for the state, had a perpetual fund of interest for it: and upon this … especially when the city is divided into parties on political considerations, the order of rotation is seldom …
A New History of London
… attended divine service at St. Paul's with the usual state: as she also did on June 27th 1706, on occasion of the … between the church party and the puritans, with the political confusions in the reign of Charles I. suppressed … now so far ripened as to give vent to their religious and political animosities by the most outrageous excesses. Dr. …
A New History of London
… the prince and princess of Wales, the great officers of state, and a grand retinue, attended divine service at St. … excepting the reducing the irredeemable debts into a state of redemption. This remission was however granted with … they may as well be whores as be thought such; and the political writers of the present age clearly defeat their own …
A New History of London
… to extricate themselves and nation from their present state of confusion, and to save the kingdom from becoming a … horseback; and on the reverse, he is sitting in a chair of state. The rim of the seal being almost gone, the only … arts, kept the inhabitants poor and contemptible; and the political institutions were calculated to perpetuate their …
A New History of London
… house of commons, a letter was sent from the secretary of state to exhort the magistrates to suppress such villainies. … bred to laborious and useful employments. This humane and political scheme was however obstructed by the narrow views … it nevertheless fails of preventing murders. In a political view it appears absurd to lavish the lives of men, …
A New History of London
… and the preservation of the constitution in church and state." The lord Chief Justice received his commission as … hurry, confusion, and uncertainty 4. Happily however, this state of anxious suspence was but short; the young adventurer … chamberlain of London was also ordered yearly to lay the state of this fund before each house of parliament, from …
A New History of London
… whatsoever. A committee appointed to enquire into the state of Newgate made their report on November 6th, which … reputation of William Pitt, Esq; who was made secretary of state, December 4th, 1756, that his known abilities and … up by narrow prejudices will esteem the religious and political ends of the institution answered; and derive …
A New History of London
… chamber, adjoining to the house of peers; here it lay in state until the next night, when it was interred with great … in the superior classes of the people. The management of state affairs might be expected to shift to other hands, upon … and the earl of Holdernesse, one of the secretaries of state, was superseded by the earl of Bute. Mr. Pitt, whose …
A New History of London
… champion stepped forth to defend the ministry in a political paper intitled the Briton. Whether this writer had … and his writings, and unhappily brought a vulgar stile of political altercation in fashion. The 45th number of the … long been usual in cases of libels for all secretaries of state to issue general warrants for apprehending the authors, …
A New History of London
… was sent from lord Rochford, one of the secretaries of state, to the master, wardens, and examiners of the company … with other persons, returned an answer to the secretary of state the same evening, containing their unanimous opinion, … a letter had been sent by lord Weymouth secretary of state, to Daniel Ponton, Esq; chairman of the Quarter …