Great Britain - Politics and government
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The political state of Great Britain containing an impartial account of the most important and remarkable transactions; Changes in the Ministry; And Proceedings in Parliament and Convocation; And in Particular, The Whole Debates and Examinations of the House of Peers about the Affairs of Spain, viz. The Earl of Peterborow's Answers, to the Five Questions put to his Lordship; The Earl of Galway's Narrative and Reply; Original Letters of the Earl of Sunderland, and Mr. Stanhope; The Speeches and Protests of several Lords on that Occasion; and other Valuable Pieces not yet Publish'd. In a letter, from a secretary to a foreign minister, who has resided Twenty One Years in England, to his friend at the Hague. To be continu'd monthly. February, 1710/11.
Date: [1711]- E-books
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Observations on the conduct of Great-Britain , in respect to foreign affairs. In which all the objections that have been thrown out in some late pamphlets and discourses are fairly answered, and the Measures of the Present Ministry fully Vindicated.
Date: 1742- E-books
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A Friendly epistle to the author of the state dunces
Date: 1733- E-books
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A short seasonable hint, addressed to the landholders and merchants of Great Britain, on the alarm of a war with Russia
Query.Date: [1791]- E-books
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English liberties or, the free-born subject's inheritance. Being a help to justices as well as a guide to constables, containing, I. Magna Charta, the petition of right, The Habeas Corpus Act, &c. With Comments upon each of them. The Proceedings in Appeals of Murder; The Work and Power of Parliaments, the Qualifications necessary for such as should be Chosen to that great Trust. The Advantage Englishmen enjoy by Trials by Juries; That they are Judges of Law as well as Fact; and are not Fineable, nor to be Punish'd, for going contrary to the Judges Directions. II. Of justices of the peace; their Oath, Office, and Power, in many Respects; With several Law-Cases Alphabetically Degested for Ease and Brevity, and Warrants proper thereto, concluding with Directions for Drovers, Badgers, Butchers, Toll-Keepers, and Clerks of the Market, &c. III. The coroner and constable's duty, Relating to Dead Bodies, Murder, Man-Slaughter, and Felo-de-se; Arrests, Escapes, and Conservation of the Peace. And Lastly, The Church-Warden, Overseer, and Scavenger's Duty at Large, in the most necessary Particulars. First compiled by Henry Care, and now inlarged with new and useful additions, by a wellwisher to his country. Dedicated to the Honourable House of Commons.
Henry CareDate: 1703