The Naval History Of Great Britain From The Earliest Times To The Rising Of The Parliament In 1779 Vol 2 Of 5

Author : Frederic Hervey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334651465
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Naval History of Great Britain; From the Earliest Times to the Rising of the Parliament in 1779, Vol. 2 of 5 written by Frederic Hervey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Naval History of Great Britain; From the Earliest Times to the Rising of the Parliament in 1779, Vol. 2 of 5: Describing the Origin and Progress of the British Power at Sea; The Extension of Its Commerce; Its Foreign Conquests; And the Establishment and Growth of Its Colonies H E accefiion of James I. As it placed a new family on the throne, may be confidered as a kind of revolution. During the fucceed ing' reigns of the Stuarts, we {hall fee the repre fentatives of the people nobly exerting themfelv'es for the recovery of their civil liberty. The yoke of arbitrary power had long lain heavy on the fab jeet, and during the preceding reign, the preroga rives afi'umed by the crown had been, in many in fiances, extremely arbitrary and defpotic. The nation now' began to recover from its lethargy; James the Fir; w'hofe circumfcribed abilities, and overweening fondnefs for unlimited power, were depicted in every act of his reign, was a prince whofe conduct tended to excite difguit, whil: he had neither 1' irit, nor addrefs, to inforce obedience. His weakne 3 led him to draw back the veil Which had hitherto difguifed fo many ufurpations, and made an oftentatious difplay of what his predece' brs had been contented to enjoy. It was a favourite doctrine with him, that the authority of kin s was not to be controuled, any more than that 0 God h'i'mfelf: like him, they were omnipotent; and thefe privileges to which the people fo clamourou'fly laid claim, as their inheritance and birthright were no more than the cil'eet of. The grace an toleration of his royal ance ors. Such principles, which, till then, had been only filently adopted in the cabinet, and in the courts of juftice, had maintained their ground, in c'onfequcrice of this now announced from the thron the pulpit, they {pread an un mercc. 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."