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Example sentences for "general pardon"

  • They continued prisoners in the Tower under reprieves, till the passing the act of general pardon, in the 3d of King George I.

  • As the Inquisition had still withheld its general pardon, he again insisted that it be put into shape and sent to him, in order that everything might be concluded before he reached Tarazona.

  • They asked to have the procedure of the Inquisition modified to that of Rome and, in order that the new system might have a fair start, that a general pardon be granted to those under trial.

  • Coimbra treated this as a general pardon and, on November 18th, discharged all those under trial, but the other tribunals seem to have detained their prisoners.

  • As to the guaranty, he said, that was superfluous when he had granted a general pardon.

  • Lastly, his holiness need not be scandalized by the grant of a general pardon, since it referred only to what concerned the king personally, where he had a right to grant it.

  • The governor, perceiving the indignation of the populace at this mockery of justice, speedily issued a proclamation of a general pardon to all the Regulators except thirteen whom he consid- * Dr.

  • A bill was prepared for this purpose, though not without warm opposition; and, at the same time, an act passed for a general pardon.

  • He published a manifesto; he granted a general pardon to all his subjects who should return to their obedience; he pretended to be countenanced and supported by the king of Great Britain and the queen of Hungary.

  • They required a general pardon, the abolition of slavery, freedom of commerce in market towns without toll or impost, and a fixed rent on lands, instead of the services due by villainage.

  • Sidenote: For all past offences the king grants a general pardon.

  • Sidenote: The king is reluctant to grant a general pardon.

  • In the name of the Viceroy he promised free trade in all articles of food, and a general pardon.

  • The privileges were confirmed and a general pardon proclaimed, from which only Masaniello's brother and brother-in-law were excluded.

  • The admiral granted their request and passed a general pardon, on condition that their captain should remain a prisoner lest he might stir up another mutiny.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    general conception; general conceptions; general councils; general discussion; general health; general intelligence; general introduction; general literature; general manager; general peace; general practice; general practitioner; general prices; general resemblance; general rise; general rising; general society; general tendency; general theory; general thing; general views; generally known; generally represented; generally restricted; moral insanity; publish them