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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... prince . His apprehension was quick ; and his me- mory good . He hated business , and could not be easily brought to mind any but when it was necessary , and he was set to it , he would stay as long as his mi- VOL . V. B proper ...
... prince . His apprehension was quick ; and his me- mory good . He hated business , and could not be easily brought to mind any but when it was necessary , and he was set to it , he would stay as long as his mi- VOL . V. B proper ...
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From Original Writers and State-papers William Harris. proper employment of a prince : and , with nisters had work for him . " - -This character is con- firmed by those who best knew him . Sheffield , Duke of Buckingham , observes ...
From Original Writers and State-papers William Harris. proper employment of a prince : and , with nisters had work for him . " - -This character is con- firmed by those who best knew him . Sheffield , Duke of Buckingham , observes ...
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... prince . The consequence of it to the publick , chang- eth the nature of that quality ; or else a philosopher , in his private capacity , might say a great deal to justify it . The truth is , a king is to be such a distinct crea- ture ...
... prince . The consequence of it to the publick , chang- eth the nature of that quality ; or else a philosopher , in his private capacity , might say a great deal to justify it . The truth is , a king is to be such a distinct crea- ture ...
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... prince of Charles's character , who was unused to enquiry , and accustomed to assent to those about him , liable to weakness , and exposed to credulity . Burnet tells us , " the king had ordered Mountague , his ambassador at Paris , in ...
... prince of Charles's character , who was unused to enquiry , and accustomed to assent to those about him , liable to weakness , and exposed to credulity . Burnet tells us , " the king had ordered Mountague , his ambassador at Paris , in ...
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... prince of this character , in order to keep up appearances , should order attempts to be made to re- cover his brother from popery ; which he himself was , probably , as we shall soon see - far from being disin- clined to . This ...
... prince of this character , in order to keep up appearances , should order attempts to be made to re- cover his brother from popery ; which he himself was , probably , as we shall soon see - far from being disin- clined to . This ...
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Page 7 - I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy persons, inquisitive into natural philosophy, and other parts of human learning ; and particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy, or Experimental Philosophy...
Page 158 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 67 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Page 157 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 365 - Though wit and art conspire to move your mind ; But dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love. In the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprang the rank weed, and thrived with large increase: When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war...
Page 123 - ... as may enable us to exercise, with a more universal satisfaction, that power of dispensing, which we conceive to be inherent in us.
Page 84 - I, AB do declare that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king; and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those that are commissionated by him; and that I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England, as it is now by law established...
Page 38 - She was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously vicious and ravenous ; foolish but imperious, very uneasy to the king, and always carrying on intrigues with other men, while yet she pretended she was jealous of him. His passion for her, and her strange behaviour towards him, did so disorder him, that often he was not master of himself, nor capable of minding business, which, in so critical a time, required great application...
Page 84 - ... to endeavour any change or alteration of government either in church or state ; and that the same was in itself an unlawful oath, and imposed upon the subjects of this realm against the known laws and liberties of this kingdom.
Page 239 - I, AB, do declare and believe that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him.