An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and Charles I. and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II...: From Original Writers and State-papers, Volume 5F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... answer men's expectations than human nature will allow.- The love of ease is an opiate : it is pleasing for the time , quieteth the spirits ; but it hath its effects , that seldom fail to be most fatal . The immoderate love of ease ...
... answer men's expectations than human nature will allow.- The love of ease is an opiate : it is pleasing for the time , quieteth the spirits ; but it hath its effects , that seldom fail to be most fatal . The immoderate love of ease ...
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... answer , it was not the love which young Tarquin made to Lu- cretia , but the violent manner in which he made it , that raised the insurrection at Rome : and as this out- rage revived in the memory of the people the other violences ...
... answer , it was not the love which young Tarquin made to Lu- cretia , but the violent manner in which he made it , that raised the insurrection at Rome : and as this out- rage revived in the memory of the people the other violences ...
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... answered , He was very sorry for it ; but he could not meddle in the matter : for the king having never made a confidence of it to him , would not be pleased with his knowledge of the change he had made ; and for his own part , he was ...
... answered , He was very sorry for it ; but he could not meddle in the matter : for the king having never made a confidence of it to him , would not be pleased with his knowledge of the change he had made ; and for his own part , he was ...
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... answered , That was not the case , for the king was really a Roman catholick but the declaring himself so would ruin his affairs in England . And as for the mighty promises of assist- ance from France and Spain , you , my lord , and I ...
... answered , That was not the case , for the king was really a Roman catholick but the declaring himself so would ruin his affairs in England . And as for the mighty promises of assist- ance from France and Spain , you , my lord , and I ...
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... answer was this : If I am worthy , pray fail not to let me have it . I then told him , it would be brought to him very speedily , and desired his majesty , that in the interim he would give me leave to proceed to the sacrament of ...
... answer was this : If I am worthy , pray fail not to let me have it . I then told him , it would be brought to him very speedily , and desired his majesty , that in the interim he would give me leave to proceed to the sacrament of ...
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