The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and tracts ... in the late earl of Oxford's library, Volume 11 |
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... took special care to have chaplains a - board our men of war , who were pious and diligent , whose conversation , as well as doctrine , impressed the seamen with thoughts , that there was more in religion than a mere form ; and who took ...
... took special care to have chaplains a - board our men of war , who were pious and diligent , whose conversation , as well as doctrine , impressed the seamen with thoughts , that there was more in religion than a mere form ; and who took ...
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... took special care to pay off the quarters of the sick and wounded every week in the ports where they were ; this made them be carefully looked after , and the people were fond of having them in their houses , because they knew their ...
... took special care to pay off the quarters of the sick and wounded every week in the ports where they were ; this made them be carefully looked after , and the people were fond of having them in their houses , because they knew their ...
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... took the command upon himself , and gave the Dutch so warm a reception , that he obliged them to shear off , and brought the ship safe into harbour : For which good service he was deservedly advanced to be master- gunner of England ; an ...
... took the command upon himself , and gave the Dutch so warm a reception , that he obliged them to shear off , and brought the ship safe into harbour : For which good service he was deservedly advanced to be master- gunner of England ; an ...
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... took away the use of it ; for he no sooner saw the golden apple of preferment , but he laid hold of it , and was silent . He might be a chameleon for his different appearances , but he knows not how to live upon air . He is a mere ...
... took away the use of it ; for he no sooner saw the golden apple of preferment , but he laid hold of it , and was silent . He might be a chameleon for his different appearances , but he knows not how to live upon air . He is a mere ...
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... God , and the protestant religion , which is , and shall be the constant and most hearty petition of , Your Majesty's Most loyal , And most humble servant , JOHN SADLER . HAD AD not the sov'reign of the globe took care ( 32 ) LOYALTY, ...
... God , and the protestant religion , which is , and shall be the constant and most hearty petition of , Your Majesty's Most loyal , And most humble servant , JOHN SADLER . HAD AD not the sov'reign of the globe took care ( 32 ) LOYALTY, ...
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Page 169 - Council, and to all that are put in authority under her, that they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops and Curates, that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments...
Page 366 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 43 - The winter lasts no longer than June and July, and is not then severe, there being only a small frost, and a little hail; but sometimes great rains. The heat of the summer is equally moderate; and there is not much thunder, or tempestuous weather of any sort.
Page 366 - Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue his faithful soldier and servant unto thy life's end. Amen.
Page 44 - ... vigour of the mind, both which we are apt to destroy by excess and plenty, especially of strong liquor, and the variety as well as the nature of our meat and drink: for this man, when he came to our ordinary method of diet and life, though he was sober enough, lost much of his strength and agility.
Page 42 - He told us that his agility in pursuing a goat had once like to have cost him his life ; he pursued it with so much eagerness...
Page 491 - And surely if the common people have no more freedom in England but only to live among their elder brothers, and work for them for hire, what freedom then have they in England, more than we have in Turkey or France?
Page 463 - ... many rare engines, not known then in these parts — as the art to...
Page 41 - ... without discovering him. He told us that he was born at Largo in the county of Fife in Scotland, and was bred a sailor from his youth. The reason of his being left here was a difference betwixt him and his Captain...
Page 417 - Cytherea meum. Si tu venisses pariter certamen in illud, in dubium Veneris palma futura fuit.