The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford: Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor's Life from His Birth to the Restoration in the 1660. II. A Continuation of the Same, and of His History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to His Banishment in 1667, Volume 2 |
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... Majesty's " Nature and Judgment ; or ( which more probably " would be the Cafe ) to the Inclination and Power of " the General , which would be attended with as ill " Effects . " Mr. Morrice feemed much troubled at the Apprehenfion ...
... Majesty's " Nature and Judgment ; or ( which more probably " would be the Cafe ) to the Inclination and Power of " the General , which would be attended with as ill " Effects . " Mr. Morrice feemed much troubled at the Apprehenfion ...
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... Majesty , which He would not promife " Should be always reafonable . However , He did ftill heartily wish , that his Majesty would make use of some of thofe Perfons , " whom He named , and said , " He " knew most of them were not his ...
... Majesty , which He would not promife " Should be always reafonable . However , He did ftill heartily wish , that his Majesty would make use of some of thofe Perfons , " whom He named , and said , " He " knew most of them were not his ...
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... Majesty , and to the General , who was well enough acquainted and not at all pleased with the Temper and Difpofi- tion of his Army , and therefore no lefs defired it should be disbanded than the King did . In the mean Time , very ...
... Majesty , and to the General , who was well enough acquainted and not at all pleased with the Temper and Difpofi- tion of his Army , and therefore no lefs defired it should be disbanded than the King did . In the mean Time , very ...
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... Majesty's Abode in Cologne , He was very long without Notice of the Grounds of that Jealoufy , which had obftructed his ufual ufual Correfpondence ; and the Matter of Infidelity being not EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON , & c . 25.
... Majesty's Abode in Cologne , He was very long without Notice of the Grounds of that Jealoufy , which had obftructed his ufual ufual Correfpondence ; and the Matter of Infidelity being not EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON , & c . 25.
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... Majesty's Advantage , fo He feemed best to understand the Temper of the Time , and the Parts , Faculties and Interest of all the King's Party ; and left the Marquis abundantly fatisfied with him , and of the general good Reputa- tion He ...
... Majesty's Advantage , fo He feemed best to understand the Temper of the Time , and the Parts , Faculties and Interest of all the King's Party ; and left the Marquis abundantly fatisfied with him , and of the general good Reputa- tion He ...
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Page 116 - Which is more wonderful,' says Lord Clarendon, 'all this was done and settled within little more than two years to that degree of perfection that there were many buildings raised for beauty as well as use, orderly and regular plantations of trees and fences and...
Page 286 - ... by him; and that I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England, as it is now by law established: and I do declare that I do hold there lies no obligation upon me, or on any other person, from the oath commonly called the Solemn League and Covenant...
Page 116 - ... at very valuable rates, and jointures made upon marriages, and all other conveyances and settlements executed, as in a kingdom at peace within itself, and where no doubt could be made of the validity of titles.
Page 139 - Presbyterians, by which, if their humour and spirit were not enough discovered and known, their want of ingenuity and integrity would be manifest; and how impossible it is for men, who would not be deceived, to depend on either. When the declaration had been delivered to the ministers, there was a clause in it, in which the king declared " his own constant practice of the Common Prayer...
Page 313 - ... the women who attended her, and conversed with the religious who resided there, and without doubt in her inclinations was enough disposed to have been one of that number. And from this restraint she was called out to be a great queen, and to a free conversation in a court that was to be , upon the matter new formed, and reduced from the manners of a licentious age to the old rules and limits which had been observed in better times; and to which regular and decent conformity the present disposition...
Page 114 - ... such a numerous people, that they knew not how to dispose of : and though they were declared to be all forfeited, and so to have no title to any thing, yet they must remain somewhere.
Page 313 - ... former queens had, she might have prevailed as far by degrees as they had done. But the truth is, though- she was of years enough to have had more experience of the world, and of as much wit as could be wished, and of a humour very agreeable at some seasons; yet...
Page 409 - He confessed that he had often himself read over that bill ; and though there is no colour for the fancy of the determination of this parliament ; yet he would not deny to them, that...
Page 239 - ... to give him all the assistance he could with convenience, for the carrying on the expedition for Scotland. And for the better preventing of any inconvenience that might fall out by the rashness and inadvertency of the marquis of Antrim towards the lord lieutenant, his...
Page 114 - The land within this circuit, the most barren in the kingdom, was out of the grace and mercy of the conquerors assigned to those of the nation who were enclosed, in such proportions as might with great industry preserve their lives.