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The History of England From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George Ii.
The History of England From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George Ii Author:Tobias George Smollett Subtitle: Designed as a Continuation of Hume. Embellished With Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Designs General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1805 Original Publisher: J. Wallis Subjects: Great Britain a Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of ... more »the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. GEORGE II. George II. ascends the Throne of Great Britain .... Characters of the principal Persons concerned in the Ministry.... Debates in Parliament concerning the Civil-list .... Changes and Promotions.... New Parliament.... Violent Dispute concerning the National Debt.... Vote of Credit.... A double Marriage between the Houses of Spain and Portugal .... Liberality of the Commons Debates on the Subsidies of Hesse-Cassel and Wolfenbuttle .... Committee for inspecting the Gaols .... Address touching the Spanish Depredations.... A Sum voted to the King on Account of Arrears due on the Civil-list Revenue Proceedings in the House of Lords .... Wise Conduct of the Irish Parliament.... Abdication of the King of Sardinia. Death of Pope Benedict XIII Substance of the King's Speech to both Houses.... Objections to the Treaty of Seville in the House of Lords .... Opposition in the Lower House to a standing Army .... Bill prohibiting Loans to Foreign Princes or States.... Charter of the East- India Company prolonged .... The Emperor resents the Treaty of Seville .... Seven Indian Chiefs arrive in England. Revolution at Constantinople .... England infested with Robbers, Assassins, and Incendiaries .... Bill against Pensioners, sitting as Members in the House of Commons Treaty of Vienna .... Death of the Duke of Parma.... Don Carlos takes Possession of his Territories .... Fr...« less