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So he resolved to prompt him , to send the king such hints as should serve his
own ends . And he was so bewitched with the duchess of Cleveland , that he
trusted her with this secret . But she , growing jealous of a new amour , took all
the ...
So he resolved to prompt him , to send the king such hints as should serve his
own ends . And he was so bewitched with the duchess of Cleveland , that he
trusted her with this secret . But she , growing jealous of a new amour , took all
the ...
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Burnet observes of his majesty , that “ he had been obliged to so many , who had
been faithful to him , and careful of him , that he seemed afterwards to resolve to
make an equal return to them all : and finding it not easy to reward them all as ...
Burnet observes of his majesty , that “ he had been obliged to so many , who had
been faithful to him , and careful of him , that he seemed afterwards to resolve to
make an equal return to them all : and finding it not easy to reward them all as ...
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... or to meddle in an affair that must be examined and adjudged by the laws of
Scotland : and so it was resolved , that the marquis of Argyle should be sent by
sea into Scotland , to be tried before the parliament there , when the
commissioner ...
... or to meddle in an affair that must be examined and adjudged by the laws of
Scotland : and so it was resolved , that the marquis of Argyle should be sent by
sea into Scotland , to be tried before the parliament there , when the
commissioner ...
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In Grey ' s Parliamentary Debates , there are several speeches of the courtiers in
favour of the resolution ; - not a word , from any one , that it was difficult to find the
body a . - - A bill was brought in , and ordered to be read a second time ...
In Grey ' s Parliamentary Debates , there are several speeches of the courtiers in
favour of the resolution ; - not a word , from any one , that it was difficult to find the
body a . - - A bill was brought in , and ordered to be read a second time ...
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And , it is very probable , Hasilrig would have paid dearly for his past transactions
, had not death seized on him in the Tower : for , after his death , his transactions
were reported to the house of commons ; and it was resolved , nem . con . that ...
And , it is very probable , Hasilrig would have paid dearly for his past transactions
, had not death seized on him in the Tower : for , after his death , his transactions
were reported to the house of commons ; and it was resolved , nem . con . that ...
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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.
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| Title | 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 5 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, William Harris |
| Author | William Harris |
| Publisher | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Mar 2007 |
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