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" That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn... "
The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a History of ... - Page 362
by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - 1816
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The constitution of England; or, An account of the English government

Jean Louis de Lolme - 1784 - 564 pages
...that aera, expressly recognised by the law itself. The lords and commons solemnly assembled, declared, that " king " James the Second, having endeavoured...kingdom, by " breaking the original contract between king " and people, and having violated' thefunda" mental laws, and withdrawn himself, had "abdicated...
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A Journal During a Residence in France, from the Beginning of ..., Volume 1

John Moore - 1793 - 516 pages
...was departing from the great whig principle, that a King who endeavonrs to fubvert the conftitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the King and people, and violating the fundamental laws, is deemed to have forfeited the crown. Which furely is a much more...
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The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.

Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 452 pages
...great majority, wliich was sent up to the house of lords for their concurrence. It was to this effect : That king James the Second having endeavoured to subvert...of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract betwixt the king and people ; and having, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 2

Malcolm Laing - 1800 - 500 pages
...fucceffion fo frequently inverted, declared that' James II. having endeavoured to fubvert the conftitution, by breaking the original contract between the king and people, and having violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn from the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to ...

William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 498 pages
...prevailed, and the commons sent up a vote to the peers couched in these words, " That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...breaking the original contract between the king and the people ; and having, by the advice ot Jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records ..., Volume 20

William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 486 pages
...commons sent up a vote to the peers couched in these words, " That king James II. having endeavored to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the king and the people ; and having, by the advice of jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental...
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The Letters of Junius: Stat Nominis Umbra, Volume 1

Junius - 1804 - 494 pages
...Rights of the People, after reciting the votes of the convention of the 28. of January 1689, viz. — " That King " James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert " the constitution of this kingdom by breaking the " original contract between King and people, and " by the advice of Jesuits...
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The Letters of Junius: With Notes and Illustrations, Historical ..., Volume 1

Junius (pseud.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...Rights of the People, after reciting the votes of the convention of the 28. of January 1689, viz. — " That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of this kingdom, by breaking the original contract between King and people, and by the advice of Jesuits...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 1

William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...degree to the prejudices of their new associates, they passed an unanimous vote, " that king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original compact between king and people, and having, by th# advice of Jesuits and other w icked persons, violated...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...supposition of this vacancy, both houses? came to this resolution ; " that king James the second, hav" ing endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, " by breaking the original contract between king and people ; " and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, hav" ing violated the fundamental...
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