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Excerpt from A Complete History of England, Vol. 9: From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, 1748; Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years
H E Old Whig principle was not yet wholly 11-0. 1691. Expelled from the lower hoofe. The un An account due influence of the court was exerted in ggihfltufi fuch an Open fcandalous manner, as gave oeence to that 21: m. The majority of the commons. In the midi of all in! P their condefcenfion, Sir Edward Hufiey, member mam 'for Lincoln, brought in a bill touching free and impartial proceedings in parliament. It was in tended to difable all members of parliament from enjoying places of trufi and profit, and particularly levelled againl't the officers of the army and navy, who had infinuated themfelves into the houfe in fuch numbers, that this was commonly called the Officers parliament. The bill pafi'ed the houfe of commons, and was fent Up to the lords, by whom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
