"Letters patent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... welfare of his subjects, availed himself of this opportunity to extend the doctrines of Christ among the heathen, as well as to establish his own power in other parts of the world. To this end he sent forth Letters Patent, dated at Stockholm on the 2d of July, 1626, wherein all, both high and low, were invited to contribute something to the Company, according to their means. The work was completed in the Diet of the following year, 1627, when the estates of the realm gave their assent, ...
— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562--1733 • Various
... gone without it at last. By this Answer, the King seeing the Man to be no Blockhead, having ask'd him a few Questions, says he, You shall have what you ask'd for, that you may thank me twice, and turning to his Officers; Let, says he, Letters patent be made out for this Man without Delay, that he may not be detain'd here to ...
— Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. • Erasmus
... of property, they have forged wills, deeds, and other documents. Their ingenuity has been taxed to devise new means of unjust gain; and, imposing upon the King's Majesty by false representations, they have succeeded in obtaining his letters patent for certain monopolies, which they have so shamefully abused, as to bring his ...
— The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 - An Historical Romance • W. Harrison Ainsworth
... were there nothing else, your name Stands first of those who sign'd the Letters Patent That gave her royal crown to ...
— Queen Mary and Harold • Alfred Lord Tennyson
... concerning the manufacture of this article, we give herewith the process of William Henry Balmain, the original discoverer of luminous paint, and also other processes. These particulars are derived from the letters patent granted in this ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 • Various
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