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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... never capable of much applica- tion or study . He understood the mechanics , and physick ; and was a good chemist , and much set on several preparations of mercury , chiefly the fixing it . He understood navigation well : but above all ...
... never capable of much applica- tion or study . He understood the mechanics , and physick ; and was a good chemist , and much set on several preparations of mercury , chiefly the fixing it . He understood navigation well : but above all ...
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... never saw him in better humour , nor ever knew a more agreeable conversation when he was so : and where , " continues he , " he was pleased to be fa- miliar , great quickness of conception , great pleasant- ness of wit , with great ...
... never saw him in better humour , nor ever knew a more agreeable conversation when he was so : and where , " continues he , " he was pleased to be fa- miliar , great quickness of conception , great pleasant- ness of wit , with great ...
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... Never may I seek the op- pression of those who , out of tenderness of their con- sciences , are not free to conform to outward and indif- ferent ceremonies . - With a great deal more of the same cant . " . This account is far enough ...
... Never may I seek the op- pression of those who , out of tenderness of their con- sciences , are not free to conform to outward and indif- ferent ceremonies . - With a great deal more of the same cant . " . This account is far enough ...
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... never made any inconve- a Character of K. Charles II . p . 56. Compare a passage from the Anti - Machiavel , quoted in the Life of Charles I. p . 83 . VOL . V. C ! wards those from whom he had received very great 7 . CHARLES II . 17.
... never made any inconve- a Character of K. Charles II . p . 56. Compare a passage from the Anti - Machiavel , quoted in the Life of Charles I. p . 83 . VOL . V. C ! wards those from whom he had received very great 7 . CHARLES II . 17.
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... never suffered imprisonment , or run hazard in the field , for the royal cause ; and who , moreover , had pro- cured of the king the manor of Cornbury , in Oxford- shire , forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Danvers , one of the late ...
... never suffered imprisonment , or run hazard in the field , for the royal cause ; and who , moreover , had pro- cured of the king the manor of Cornbury , in Oxford- shire , forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Danvers , one of the late ...
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