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… into Ireland produced a good deal of excitement in that country. The methods taken in respect to this coinage and the … Acts, and he was branded with the name of traitor to his country, and the people he served with drink returned it to … opposition to the malt tax would decline apace, the whole country seeming to depend on the behaviour of this place …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… of the Lower Palatinate were without garrisons and the country destitute of troops, and entirely at the mercy of any … in recent years for different parts of the continent, the country had been denuded of men, and it had been considered … and not to give encouragement to the more powerful. The country had always been governed on such principles (No. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Thanks chiefly to the efforts of Mr. Rawdon Brown, our own country is richly provided with Venetian records, originals … go to war or pay out subsidies for a cause in which the country had no real interest; and still less would they risk … was granted with alacrity and he was hurried out of the country with scant ceremony (Nos. 168, 180). During a stay in …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… pursued by the king of England, which had reduced his country to a nullity. It would be all the same, he said, if … been uncomfortably aware of his sister's popularity in the country, and he had more reason than ever to dread its … The invaders were received in friendly fashion by the country people, the gentry as well as the lower classes (No. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… home he read in the Senate the usual account of the country to which he had been accredited. He begins by stating … of mind, especially as the king hurried him out of the country by imprecations (No. 70). At first everything seemed … of August, 1621, Buckingham, learning that the whole country considered him as the author of the marriage …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… in spite of the most strenuous efforts to serve his country. The material for the volume is drawn exclusively … to cause great searching of heart, as the honour of the country was thought to be so much bound up with their … every day more about the disorders and weakness of the country, so that they frequently avoided occasions of meeting …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… appeared in parliament to give an account of the country, and obtained permission to retire into private life … rested on very insecure foundations. The call of the country had been for the long parliament, a body mainly … which the rebel forces mainly consisted, were scouring the country, burning the books of the customs and other taxes, …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… policy of association with France had no support in the country, and they wished to maintain peace at all costs … considerations for the sake of the honour and glory of the country (No. 192). In reporting the incident Alberti remarks … the loss of Spanish trade would cause discontent in the country (No. 198). His insistence upon this point gave great …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… to arrange matters entirely to the satisfaction of his country. The allied fleet was to be two-thirds English and … justify itself to its own people, who complained that the country was being sacrificed to the glory of France (No. 81). … venture in embarking on a war without the support of the country, relying on an easy victory with French help, had …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… well re-established (No. 33). For the government of the country the king relied exclusively upon the chancellor (No. … and durable government to the advantage of the whole country (No. 24). Although he found it dilatory in its … of Scotland he withdrew the English garrison from that country, without waiting for the decision of the English …