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An Answer to the pretended speech, said to be spoken off-hand in the House of Commons, by one of the Members for B-----l, and afterwards burnt by the common hangman, according to the order of the House : the said pretended speech is faithfully repeated paragraph by paragraph, the falshood of its reasoning and the malice and sedition couch'd in it plainly demonstrated and confuted.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knight, John, Sir, -1718. Speech in the House of Commons against the naturalisation of foreigners.
- Knight, John.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1689-1702.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 34 pages ; 21 cm (4to)
- Place of Publication:
- London : [publisher not identified], 1694.
- Notes:
- The member for Bristol, Sir John Knight, "argued against a proposal for naturalising foreign protestants in England." He further wanted to expel all foreigners from the kingdom and at the same time was working to restore James II. Cf. Dict. nat. biog.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) A3436
- OCLC:
- 19374386
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