The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 4C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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... reason , that a recent writer exclaims- " What a government , with the penal justice of the nation in such hands , and the lives of men at the hazard of such sad buffoon- eries ! " The sapient James , however , congra- tulated himself ...
... reason , that a recent writer exclaims- " What a government , with the penal justice of the nation in such hands , and the lives of men at the hazard of such sad buffoon- eries ! " The sapient James , however , congra- tulated himself ...
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... reason of state , " and the diplomatic etiquette which prevented the court from pressing hard . upon the Spanish ambassador and other ministers , and from producing their letters and the documents in which they were implicated , we ...
... reason of state , " and the diplomatic etiquette which prevented the court from pressing hard . upon the Spanish ambassador and other ministers , and from producing their letters and the documents in which they were implicated , we ...
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... reason , to sound the depths of such impostors . The man , who practised physic in the day and preached by night , was Richard Haddock , of New College , Oxford , and all the fellows and scholars of the college were wont to go and hear ...
... reason , to sound the depths of such impostors . The man , who practised physic in the day and preached by night , was Richard Haddock , of New College , Oxford , and all the fellows and scholars of the college were wont to go and hear ...
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... reason of the promise made upon oath at the time of his coronation . But never was jesuit made to give less value to an oath than this learned doctor gave to the coronation oath of an English monarch . Although , " he says , " at his ...
... reason of the promise made upon oath at the time of his coronation . But never was jesuit made to give less value to an oath than this learned doctor gave to the coronation oath of an English monarch . Although , " he says , " at his ...
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... reason whereof , " continued the Commons , " there is a general fear conceived and spread amongst your majesty's people , that proclamations will , by degrees , grow up and in- crease to the strength and nature of laws , whereby not ...
... reason whereof , " continued the Commons , " there is a general fear conceived and spread amongst your majesty's people , that proclamations will , by degrees , grow up and in- crease to the strength and nature of laws , whereby not ...
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Page 399 - And whereas it is and hath been found by experience, that the office of a King in this nation and Ireland, and to have the power thereof in any single person, is unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety and public interest of the people...
Page 131 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Page 191 - I will only say, that so long as this Covenant is in force, whether it be with or without explanation, I have no more power in Scotland than as a duke of Venice, which I will rather die than suffer.
Page 308 - From the entrance into this unnatural war, his natural cheerfulness and vivacity grew clouded, and a kind of sadness and dejection of spirit stole upon him, which he had never been used to ; yet being one of those who believed that one battle would end all differences, and that there would be so great a victory on one side, that the other would be compelled to submit to any conditions from the victor, which supposition and conclusion...
Page 178 - that he could be content to lend as well as others, but feared to draw upon himself that curse in Magna Charta which should be read twice a year against those who infringe it.
Page 132 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 177 - Barons which so agreed being, that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger...
Page 291 - ... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
Page 67 - And likewise we bar from this benefit and liberty all such known Recusants, either men or women, as will abstain from coming to church or divine service, being therefore unworthy of any lawful recreation after the said service, that will not first come to the church and serve God...
Page 17 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the deviL Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council...