The Life of William, Lord Russell: With Some Account of the Times in which He Lived, Volume 1Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 - Great Britain |
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... thought , and beauty of style , that I cannot take up his book without wondering at my own pre- sumption in describing events which have been related by so able an author . Yet , A very different feeling arises in my mind on looking at ...
... thought , and beauty of style , that I cannot take up his book without wondering at my own pre- sumption in describing events which have been related by so able an author . Yet , A very different feeling arises in my mind on looking at ...
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... thought his death not unseason- able , as well to his fame , as his fortune ; and that it rescued him as well from some pos- sible guilt , as from those visible misfortunes , which men of all conditions have since under- gone . 10 THE ...
... thought his death not unseason- able , as well to his fame , as his fortune ; and that it rescued him as well from some pos- sible guilt , as from those visible misfortunes , which men of all conditions have since under- gone . 10 THE ...
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... thought if he went downe againe he should never come up again : which happened as he had said , for going down for the second time the cord was cut in two , and the man never heard of since . I tell it you the more credibly , in regard ...
... thought if he went downe againe he should never come up again : which happened as he had said , for going down for the second time the cord was cut in two , and the man never heard of since . I tell it you the more credibly , in regard ...
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... thoughts were awakened by a severe illness which was the occasion of his writing in the following terms to Mr. Thornton . " I am recovered of an unruly sickness , which brought me so low that I was just at death's door my prayers to God ...
... thoughts were awakened by a severe illness which was the occasion of his writing in the following terms to Mr. Thornton . " I am recovered of an unruly sickness , which brought me so low that I was just at death's door my prayers to God ...
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... thought I might have had a fine occasion by their meanes to make a voiage unto that armie , and after- wards give an account of it to my lord ( who as I thought would not have been much against it when ' twas done ) , excusing it upon a ...
... thought I might have had a fine occasion by their meanes to make a voiage unto that armie , and after- wards give an account of it to my lord ( who as I thought would not have been much against it when ' twas done ) , excusing it upon a ...
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Page 65 - He quickly got out of some of the disorders into which the Court had drawn him, and ever after that his life was unblemished in all respects. He had from his first education an inclination to favour the nonconformists, and wished the laws could have been made easier to them, or they more pliant to the law. He was a slow man, and of little discourse ; but he had a true judgment, when he considered things at his own leisure. His understanding was not defective; but his virtues were so eminent that...
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Page 131 - We have here a mighty work upon our hands, no less than the conversion of three kingdoms, and by that perhaps the utter subduing of a pestilent heresy, which has a long time domineered over a great part 'of this northern world. There were never such hopes of success, since the days of queen Mary, as now in our days. God has given us a prince...
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Page 129 - I take God to witness that I proceeded in it in the sincerity of my heart, being then really convinced, as I am still, that there was a conspiracy against the king, the nation, and the Protestant religion.