Report of the proceedings before the House of lords, on a bill of pains and penalties against her majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, ed. by J. Nightingale. 3 vols. [issued in 83 pt. Wanting pt. 57,58, 67,68. Pt. 11 wants sheet 2i, and pt. 74 wants sig. 4a4].Joseph Nightingale 1821 |
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Page 705 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 757 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 629 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purg'd the gentle weal; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear: the times have been, That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end: but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools: This is more strange Than such a murder is.
Page 616 - Lust, thro' some certain strainers well refin'd Is gentle love, and charms all womankind; Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave; Nor Virtue, male or female, can we name, But what will grow on Pride, or grow on Shame.
Page 738 - Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and- with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal...
Page 292 - Should be as holy as severe }" and if your lordships have been furnished with powers, which I might almost say scarcely Omniscience...
Page 11 - Where several persons are proved to have combined together for the same illegal purpose, any act done by one of the party, in pursuance of the original concerted plan, and with reference to the common...
Page 689 - Bergami, to a high station in her royal highness's household, and received into her service many of his near relations, some of them in inferior and others in high and confidential situations about her royal highness's person, but bestowed upon him other great and extraordinary marks of favour and distinction...
Page 454 - Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp...
Page 48 - ... to any declarations made by him, or acts done by him, to procure persons corruptly to give evidence in support of the prosecution...