Historical Register

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1731
Containing an impartial relation of all transactions, foreign and domestick: with a Chronological diary of all the remarkable occurrences, viz. births, marriages, deaths, removals, promotions, etc. that happened throughout the year: together with the characters and parentage of persons deceased on the eminent rank ...
 

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Page 88 - Year, and for the proper Disposition you have made of the publick Funds, towards lessening and discharging the national Debt; the remarkable Dispatch and Unanimity which you have shewn at this critical Conjuncture, has added very much to the Credit and Weight of your Proceedings; and you shall...
Page 51 - One of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the County of...
Page 79 - Rod, was fent with a meflage from his Majefty to the Houfe of Commons, commanding their attendance in the Houfe of Peers. The...
Page 92 - Aft for making more effectual the Laws in Being for difabling Perfons from being chofen Members of, or fitting or voting in the Houfe of Commons, who have any Penfion during Pleafure, or for any Number of Years, or any Offices holden in Truft for them, by obliging Perfons hereafter to be chofen to ferve for the Commons in Parliament to take the Oath therein mentioned.
Page 18 - Here stands the governor of Carolina, whom we know. This small rope we show you is all that we have to bind our slaves with, and it may be broken. But you have iron chains for yours. However, if we catch your slaves, we will bind them as well as we can, and deliver them to our friends, and take no pay for it.
Page 81 - Honour, Juftice, and the facred Faith due to folemn Treaties, will call upon us to exert ourfelves, in procuring by Force what cannot be had upon juft and reafonable Terms.
Page 119 - Majesty the king of Great Britain and the High and Mighty Lords, the States General of the United Provinces, and betwixt all their subjects, whether within Europe or without, in all regions and places whatsoever.
Page 154 - Moved, that an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, to return his majefty the thanks of this houfe for his moft gracious fpeech from the throne.
Page 18 - We look upon the great King George as the sun, and as our father, and upon ourselves as his children. For though we are red, and you are white, yet our hands and hearts are joined together. When we shall have acquainted our people with what we have seen, our children from generation to generation will always remember it. In war we shall always be one with you. The enemies of the great king shall be our enemies. His people and ours shall be one, and shall die together.
Page 85 - Meflage from his Majefty to the houfe of commons, commanding their attendance in the houfe of peers. The commons being come thither accordingly, his Majefty was pleafed to give his Royal...

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