Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 21836 |
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... remained long in force , and con- sidering the acknowledged authority of such ordinances , and the excited state of the public mind , there is much greater reason to applaud the prudence and humanity of the government , than there would ...
... remained long in force , and con- sidering the acknowledged authority of such ordinances , and the excited state of the public mind , there is much greater reason to applaud the prudence and humanity of the government , than there would ...
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... remained under the influence of Charles , and even showed less readiness in granting the English king's request . At last , however , Clement gave secret instructions for having the validity of the royal marriage inquired into . But ...
... remained under the influence of Charles , and even showed less readiness in granting the English king's request . At last , however , Clement gave secret instructions for having the validity of the royal marriage inquired into . But ...
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... remained in France , as an attendant on Claude , the queen of Francis I. and she is said to have lived thereafter with the duchess of Alençon . The precise date of her final return to England is uncertain . Burnet supposes that she came ...
... remained in France , as an attendant on Claude , the queen of Francis I. and she is said to have lived thereafter with the duchess of Alençon . The precise date of her final return to England is uncertain . Burnet supposes that she came ...
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... remained two years at Christ church , Oxford , he applied himself to the study of the law at New inn , London , and subsequently at Lincoln's inn , of which his father was a member . On being called to the bar he soon distinguished ...
... remained two years at Christ church , Oxford , he applied himself to the study of the law at New inn , London , and subsequently at Lincoln's inn , of which his father was a member . On being called to the bar he soon distinguished ...
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... remained to him in money . The time was now approaching when the friend and favourite of royalty was to realise the truth of his own predictions . Much as Henry might have been attached to his chancellor , his inflexibility on the ...
... remained to him in money . The time was now approaching when the friend and favourite of royalty was to realise the truth of his own predictions . Much as Henry might have been attached to his chancellor , his inflexibility on the ...
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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.