A history of the island of St. Helena ... to ... 1806Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1824 - 495 pages |
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Page 439 - Also we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, declare, by these presents, that all and every the persons, being our subjects, which shall dwell and inhabit within every or any of the said several colonies and plantations, and every of their children, which shall happen to be born within any of the limits and precincts of the said several colonies and plantations, shall have and enjoy all liberties, franchises, and immunities, within...
Page 439 - Plantations, shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises, and Immunities, within any of our other Dominions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England, or any other of our said Dominions.
Page 119 - The Protestants have dwelt with malicious pleasure on these characters of Antichrist; but to a philosophic eye the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
Page 440 - King CHARLES the Second, by his Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of England, bearing Date the...
Page 436 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
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Page 463 - Governor and Company for the Time being, or the greater Part of them, then and there being present, the said Governor or his Deputy being always one, shall seem necessary, requisite, or convenient for the Observation of the same Laws, Constitutions, Orders and Ordinances; and the same Fines and...
Page 250 - March 17, 1738, to a story told them by Robert Jenkins. He claimed that the Spanish had sacked his ship in 1731 in the West Indies and had cut off his ear. Displaying at least the semblance of an amputated ear, he said: "I committed my soul to God and my cause to my country.