Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 21836 |
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... received . There was , however , a numerous set of obstacles in the way of those improve- ments in the state of the country , which were so devoutly to be de- sired . Though the direst of evils had been incurred by the people at large ...
... received . There was , however , a numerous set of obstacles in the way of those improve- ments in the state of the country , which were so devoutly to be de- sired . Though the direst of evils had been incurred by the people at large ...
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... received from without ; and , while the names of Shakspeare , Spenser , and the rest who formed the splendid galaxy of which they were the centre stars , afford us more than a remembrance of that memorable era , may we look with ...
... received from without ; and , while the names of Shakspeare , Spenser , and the rest who formed the splendid galaxy of which they were the centre stars , afford us more than a remembrance of that memorable era , may we look with ...
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... received a pardon , and became a menial servant of the king , from which situation he was afterwards advanced to that of falconer . After the battle , Henry made a progress in the northern parts of the kingdom , and penalties ...
... received a pardon , and became a menial servant of the king , from which situation he was afterwards advanced to that of falconer . After the battle , Henry made a progress in the northern parts of the kingdom , and penalties ...
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... received a pardon , —but several other English gentlemen , for the same offence , were accused of high treason and condemned ; and , after considerable delay , Sir William Stanley , who had been eminently zealous for the king at the ...
... received a pardon , —but several other English gentlemen , for the same offence , were accused of high treason and condemned ; and , after considerable delay , Sir William Stanley , who had been eminently zealous for the king at the ...
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... received in marriage a daughter of the earl of Huntly . An aggression , on the part of James , upon the English frontier , in which he was accompanied by Warbeck , was followed by an insurrection in Cornwall , occasioned by Henry's ...
... received in marriage a daughter of the earl of Huntly . An aggression , on the part of James , upon the English frontier , in which he was accompanied by Warbeck , was followed by an insurrection in Cornwall , occasioned by Henry's ...
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Page 137 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 32 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Page 77 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Page 165 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 213 - Cole had, according to a promise made to the bishop, provided for him both a tutor, which was said to be the learned Dr.
Page 146 - BOURCHIER, archbishop of Canterbury in the successive reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., Edward V., Richard III., and Henry VII., was descended from an illustrious family, being the son of William Bourchier, earl of Ewe in Normandy.
Page 17 - Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming to themselves there to deal both in pleas of the crown, and controversies civil. Then did they also use to inthral and charge the subjects...
Page 214 - To whom the good man replied, ' My dear George, if saints have usually a double share in the miseries of this life, I that am none, ought not to repine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me, but labour, (as indeed I do daily) to submit mine to His will, and possess my soul in patience, and peace.
Page 215 - My Lord, When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my College, 'yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage : but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place; and indeed, God and Nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Page 27 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart ; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will he will endanger the one half of his kingdom.