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This quote sums up this last volume: "The bitter time of revolutions had ended for England."--pg. 16]
[Image] Napoleon Received On The Bellerophon.
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Napoleon Received on the Bellerophon. -- Frontispiece.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. -- 42
Visit of Louis XIV to the Death-Bed of James II. -- 86
Shrewsbury Invested with the White Rod. -- 134
The Last Speech of the Earl of Chatham. -- 290
Surrender to Nelson at Cape St. Vincent. -- 374
See what a Little Place you Occupy in the World. -- 398
Chapter XXXII. William and Mary Establishment of Parliamentary Government (1688-1702). 9
Chapter XXXIII. Queen Anne War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1714) 93
Chapter XXXIV. George I. and the Protestant Succession (1714-1727) 135
Chapter XXXVI. George III. The American War (1760-1783). 255
Chapter XXXVII. George III. Pitt and the French Revolution (1783-1801) 337
Chapter XXXVIII. George III. Addington and Pitt (1801-1806) 388
Chapter XXXIX. George III. and the Emperor Napoleon (1806-1810) 414
Chapter XL. George IV. Regent and King (1815-1830). 442
Chapter XLI. William IV. Parliamentary Reform (1830-1837). 462
From the Accession of William and Mary to the Reign of Queen Victoria,
Establishment Of Parliamentary Government.
King James had abandoned England, fleeing from the storm which he had raised, obstinate in his ideas and holding persistently to the hope of a return, which his people was resolved to prevent at any price. William of Orange had entered London; but he had not established his quarters at Whitehall, and he refused to take the crown by right of conquest. Shrewd and far-seeing, he did not wish to belie the promises of his declaration, or, by parading its defeat, to irritate the English army, which he hoped soon to command. He had not conquered England, which had called him to her aid and had voluntarily submitted to him; and he desired to keep the supreme power with her free consent. A provisory assembly was formed of those lords who were in London, as well as of members of the House of Commons who had sat in Parliament under the reign of King Charles II.; and the aldermen of London and a deputation of the City Council were invited to participate in the proceedings. At his departure, King James had left a letter: some peers asked to be informed of its contents. "I have seen the missive," said Godolphin, "and can assure your Lordships that you would find nothing in it which could give you any satisfaction."