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... remained in full possession of their ancient power until St Patrick commenc- ed its conversion in a . d . 432 , when they are said to have disputed with him in the presence of King Leogarius . It has also been supposed that the last of ...
... remained in full possession of their ancient power until St Patrick commenc- ed its conversion in a . d . 432 , when they are said to have disputed with him in the presence of King Leogarius . It has also been supposed that the last of ...
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... . Indeed , their answers were received with the loudest acclamations , and the Pelagian champions were scarcely defended from popular fury . Having remained some time in Britain , confirming 38 TIME OF THE INTRODUCTION.
... . Indeed , their answers were received with the loudest acclamations , and the Pelagian champions were scarcely defended from popular fury . Having remained some time in Britain , confirming 38 TIME OF THE INTRODUCTION.
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Constable and co, ltd. fury . Having remained some time in Britain , confirming the inhabitants by argument , preaching , and , as it is asserted , by miracles , they returned into Gaul ; though Germanus made a second visit entirely to ...
Constable and co, ltd. fury . Having remained some time in Britain , confirming the inhabitants by argument , preaching , and , as it is asserted , by miracles , they returned into Gaul ; though Germanus made a second visit entirely to ...
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... remained standing . In the same century several improvements were effected in these buildings by a Christian Saxon named Benedict , who had resided some time in Rome , where he became a monk , and whence he returned about A. D. 668 ...
... remained standing . In the same century several improvements were effected in these buildings by a Christian Saxon named Benedict , who had resided some time in Rome , where he became a monk , and whence he returned about A. D. 668 ...
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... monasteries . It may be remarked , however , in mentioning this sub- ject , that the clergy do not always appear to have remained free from military duties even in their . own persons , since writs have been occasionally issued.
... monasteries . It may be remarked , however , in mentioning this sub- ject , that the clergy do not always appear to have remained free from military duties even in their . own persons , since writs have been occasionally issued.
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Page 42 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed ; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void.
Page 80 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
Page lxxiii - CHRONICLE of London from 1089 to 1483, written in the 15th Century, and for the first time printed from MSS. in the British Museum, with numerous Contemporary Illustrations of Royal Letters, Poems, descriptive of Public Events and Manners and Customs of the Metropolis.
Page 80 - From all sedition and privy conspiracy, from the tyranny of the Bishop of Rome and all his detestable enormities...
Page civ - THE HISTORY of ENGLAND during the MIDDLE AGES; comprising the Reigns from William the Conqueror to the Accession of Henry VIII., and also the History of the Literature, Religion, Poetry, and Progress of the Reformation and of the Language during that period. 3d Edition. 5 vols.
Page xi - No freeman," ran the memorable article that lies at the base of our whole judicial system, "shall be seized or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way brought to ruin: we will not go against any man nor send against him, save by legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Page 80 - Sixth, with one alteration or addition of certain lessons to be used on every Sunday in the year, and the form of the Litany altered and corrected, and two sentences only added in the delivery of the sacrament to the communicants, and none other or otherwise.
Page cix - Among the rest was a large collection of original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. Richard III. and Henry VII. by such of the Paston family...
Page lxxiii - A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483; written in the fifteenth Century, and for the first Time printed from 11SS.
Page 139 - One of the following circumstances is supposed to have given rise to the discovery. Finiguerra chanced to cast, or let fall a piece of copper, engraved and filled with ink, into melted sulphur ; and observing that the exact impression of his work was left on the sulphur, he repeated the experiment on moistened paper, rolling it gently with a roller. This origin has been admitted by Lord Walpole and Mr. Landseer; but another "has been also mentioned by Huber : —