The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.T. Davies ... Becket and De Hondt, and T. Cadell, 1771 - Great Britain |
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... never much cared for Somerset , gave their ad- dress a favourable reception ; and the protec- tor was fent to the Tower , with fome of his friends and partizans , among whom was Cecil , afterwards earl of Salisbury , Mean while the ...
... never much cared for Somerset , gave their ad- dress a favourable reception ; and the protec- tor was fent to the Tower , with fome of his friends and partizans , among whom was Cecil , afterwards earl of Salisbury , Mean while the ...
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... never harboured a finifter thought against the king or the com- monwealth . In confequence of this confef- fion , he was deprived of all his offices and goods , together with a great part of his landed eftate , which was forfeited to ...
... never harboured a finifter thought against the king or the com- monwealth . In confequence of this confef- fion , he was deprived of all his offices and goods , together with a great part of his landed eftate , which was forfeited to ...
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... never to be fatisfied , and giving their violence an air of zeal , deprived , in the fame manner , Day , bishop of Chichester , Heathe of Worcester , and Voify of Exeter . The bishops of Landaff , Salisbury , and Co- ventry came off ...
... never to be fatisfied , and giving their violence an air of zeal , deprived , in the fame manner , Day , bishop of Chichester , Heathe of Worcester , and Voify of Exeter . The bishops of Landaff , Salisbury , and Co- ventry came off ...
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... never an infringement on hereditary claims . Whenever a monarch of England happened to be arbitrary , and to enlarge the prerogative , he generally confidered the kingdom as his property , and not himself as a fervant of the people . In ...
... never an infringement on hereditary claims . Whenever a monarch of England happened to be arbitrary , and to enlarge the prerogative , he generally confidered the kingdom as his property , and not himself as a fervant of the people . In ...
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... never repealed . Elizabeth was next to fucceed , and though she had been declared illegitimate , yet she had been restored to her rights during her father's life - time . The queen of Scotland , Henry's eldest fifter , was firft in ...
... never repealed . Elizabeth was next to fucceed , and though she had been declared illegitimate , yet she had been restored to her rights during her father's life - time . The queen of Scotland , Henry's eldest fifter , was firft in ...
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Page 308 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 279 - Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour.
Page 307 - Though innocent towards his people, he acknowledged the equity of his execution in the eyes of his Maker; and observed, that an unjust sentence which he had suffered to take effect, was now punished by an unjust sentence upon himself.
Page 161 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
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Page 247 - Pym, and Strode. The articles were, That they had traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fundamental laws and government of the kingdom, to deprive the...
Page 400 - Tongue came next to the treasurer and told him that a packet of letters, written by Jesuits concerned in the plot, was that night to be put into the post-house for Windsor, directed to Bennifield, a Jesuit confessor to the duke.
Page 162 - A terrible blow, and yet the authors concealed; a danger so sudden, and yet so great ; these circumstances seemed all to denote some contrivance by gunpowder ; and it was thought advisable to inspect all the vaults below the Houses of Parliament. This care belonged to the Earl of Suffolk, lord chamberlain, who purposely delayed the search till the day before the meeting of Parliament. He remarked those great piles of wood and...
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Page 405 - ... to the execution of the catholic designs. The king asked him, what sort of a man don John was : he answered, a tall lean man; directly contrary to truth, as the king well knew3. He totally mistook the situation of the Jesuits