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Pagina 3
... thing rather than change my religion . Nay , if it should come to such ex- tremities , I will choose to live on alms rather than change . " " 7 At the birth of the prince of Wales , on the 10th of June , 1688 , the conduct of the ...
... thing rather than change my religion . Nay , if it should come to such ex- tremities , I will choose to live on alms rather than change . " " 7 At the birth of the prince of Wales , on the 10th of June , 1688 , the conduct of the ...
Pagina 17
... thing but niaiseries : since his accession to the throne of England , she adds , he had also be- come insupportably haughty and imperious . In his old age the king was guilty of the wickedness and folly of taking an additional mistress ...
... thing but niaiseries : since his accession to the throne of England , she adds , he had also be- come insupportably haughty and imperious . In his old age the king was guilty of the wickedness and folly of taking an additional mistress ...
Pagina 18
... thing to be embezzled in your kitchen , but here , the dishes no sooner come from your table , than one steals a ... things ; and , to reconcile you to your place , do you steal like the rest , and mind you take enough ! " The cook ...
... thing to be embezzled in your kitchen , but here , the dishes no sooner come from your table , than one steals a ... things ; and , to reconcile you to your place , do you steal like the rest , and mind you take enough ! " The cook ...
Pagina 22
... thing if I am unfortunate . My whole life , even from my cradle , has shown a constant series of misfortunes ; and I am prepared - if so it please God - to suffer the threats of my enemies and yours . The preparations against us will ...
... thing if I am unfortunate . My whole life , even from my cradle , has shown a constant series of misfortunes ; and I am prepared - if so it please God - to suffer the threats of my enemies and yours . The preparations against us will ...
Pagina 26
... things from him which his religion did not allow . I left the draughts with him that he might amend them , and , though I cannot absolutely prove it , I firmly believe that he sent them to the queen to be corrected by her confessor ...
... things from him which his religion did not allow . I left the draughts with him that he might amend them , and , though I cannot absolutely prove it , I firmly believe that he sent them to the queen to be corrected by her confessor ...
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Pagina 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
Pagina 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Pagina 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Pagina 181 - This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which would have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had they been wisely mingled; as it is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, Mix'd, and contending without end or order, All dormant or destructive.
Pagina 452 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then added, that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad, because he had looked over Mr.
Pagina 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Pagina 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Pagina 53 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Pagina 254 - The Rights, Powers, and Privileges, of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr Wake's, intituled, ' The Authority of Christian Princes,
Pagina 223 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.