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A HISTORY
OF
THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE
BY
JOHN HILL BURTON, D.C.L.
HISTORIOGRAPHER-ROYAL FOR SCOTLAND
CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
The Beginning.
HER HUSBAND
HER
THE ACCESSION-THE CRISIS AND ITS TRANSIT-PERIL OF THE
ABJURATION BILL-THE EXPIRING PARLIAMENT--THE QUEEN
HER DESCENT AND KINDRED
FRIENDS-MARLBOROUGH, DUCHESS SARAH, GODOLPHIN-THE
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS HER CHILD-
LESS CONDITION AFTER THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCES-
TER-THE NECESSITY FOR A PARLIAMENTARY REVISION OF THE
SUCCESSION-THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER
-HISTORICAL POSITION OF THIS HOUSE-THE CORONATION-
THE PROCESSIONS-THE CEREMONIES IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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AND IN THE HALL-THE NEW PARLIAMENT-
QUEEN ANNE'S
BOUNTY -ITS CONNECTION WITH THE QUEEN'S ZEAL FOR THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND-HOW ITS OBJECT WAS DEFEATED,
PAGE
1-58
CHAPTER II.
The Religious World.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: HIGH CHURCH AND LOW CHURCH-
THE THREE GROUPS OF DISSENTERS: PRESBYTERIANS, INDE-
PENDENTS, AND BAPTISTS THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, AND
THEIR ENEMIES WILLIAM PENN- THE PRESBYTERIANS IN