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Goldsmith's history of England; from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George II, with a continuation to the present time - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ... that he returned it to them, having previously subjected the election of their magistrates to his immediate authority. i0. Terrors also were not wanting to confirm this new species of monarchy. Fitzharris was brought to trial before a jury, and condemned and executed. The whole gang of spies, witnesses, informers, and suborners, which had long been encouraged and supported by the leading patriots, fmding now that the king was entirely master, turned short upon their ancient drivers, and offered their evidence against those who had first put them in motion. The king's ministers, with a horrid satisfaction, gave them countenance and encouragement; so that soon the same cruelties and the same injustice, were practised against presbyterian schemes, that had been employed against catholic treasons. ii. The first person that fell under the displeasure of the ministry was one Stephen College, a London joiner, who had become so noted for his zeal against popery, that he went by the name of the Protestant joiner. He had attended the city members to Oxford, armed with sword and pistol; he had been sometimes heard to speak irreverently of the king, and was now presented by the grand jury of London as guilty of sedition. i2. A jury at Oxford, after half an hour's deliberation, brought him in guilty, and the spectators testified their inhuman pleasure with a shout of applause. He bore his fate with unshaken forlilude; and at the place of execution denied the crime for which he had been condemned. i3. The power of the crown became at this time irresistible: (A.D. i683.) the city of London had been deprived of their charter, which was restored only upon terms of submission; and the giving up the nomination of their own magistrates was so mortifying a circumstance, that a...
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Oliver Goldsmith is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Alaska.
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130380874
- ISBN 13 9781130380873
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages202
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