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Pagina 4
... took no interference in measures contrary to the principles of their religion . On the approach of the prince of Orange , the latter , by a sort of instinctive docility , joined the standard of the falling monarch . On the king's ...
... took no interference in measures contrary to the principles of their religion . On the approach of the prince of Orange , the latter , by a sort of instinctive docility , joined the standard of the falling monarch . On the king's ...
Pagina 11
... took place in the year 1708. During the latter days of her reign the kingdom was in a state of excitement from the dangers of a disputed succession , and few subjects have been more hotly agitated than the question , whether or not what ...
... took place in the year 1708. During the latter days of her reign the kingdom was in a state of excitement from the dangers of a disputed succession , and few subjects have been more hotly agitated than the question , whether or not what ...
Pagina 12
... series of indignities which were as irritating as they were unmerited . On the death of his father in 1698 , George succeeded to the elec . torate , and rather a favourable change took place in 12 [ SIXTH POLITICAL SERIES .
... series of indignities which were as irritating as they were unmerited . On the death of his father in 1698 , George succeeded to the elec . torate , and rather a favourable change took place in 12 [ SIXTH POLITICAL SERIES .
Pagina 13
... took place , with the usual solemnities , on the 20th of October . At the first court which he held he treated some of the late queen's ministers with marked contempt , and others with coldness . Lord Oxford was permitted to kiss the ...
... took place , with the usual solemnities , on the 20th of October . At the first court which he held he treated some of the late queen's ministers with marked contempt , and others with coldness . Lord Oxford was permitted to kiss the ...
Pagina 17
... took no pleasure in hearing any 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 ...
... took no pleasure in hearing any 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 ...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 4 George Godfrey Cunningham Volledige weergave - 1853 |
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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.