Some traditionall memorialls on the reign of Queene Elizabeth [by Francis OsborneJ. Ballantyne, 1811 - Great Britain |
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Walter Scott. " - this age , as nakedly as modesty will give a toleration for , I shall say in behalf of tra- dition , that all books are her tenements , and contain little of history , whatever they may do of invention , but what they ...
Walter Scott. " - this age , as nakedly as modesty will give a toleration for , I shall say in behalf of tra- dition , that all books are her tenements , and contain little of history , whatever they may do of invention , but what they ...
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... give them a satiety , or make all the inconveniences appeare , likely to follow so totall a defec- tion from a church reverenced by all Chris- tian princes besides ; it might be no weak motive to the new queene , so fairely to demeane ...
... give them a satiety , or make all the inconveniences appeare , likely to follow so totall a defec- tion from a church reverenced by all Chris- tian princes besides ; it might be no weak motive to the new queene , so fairely to demeane ...
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... give a per- fect account , some to justice , others to dis- cretion . This proves , that the common peo- ple are like rivers , which do seldome grow so impetuous as to transcend the banks of obedience , but upon the overflowing of an ...
... give a per- fect account , some to justice , others to dis- cretion . This proves , that the common peo- ple are like rivers , which do seldome grow so impetuous as to transcend the banks of obedience , but upon the overflowing of an ...
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... give the blow : by which unsteady carriage , she so befool- ed the spyes and pensioners of forraine princes , as they were at a losse what to in- forme their patrons of , or themselves how to resolve : The cause of the Spanish arma- do ...
... give the blow : by which unsteady carriage , she so befool- ed the spyes and pensioners of forraine princes , as they were at a losse what to in- forme their patrons of , or themselves how to resolve : The cause of the Spanish arma- do ...
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... give his ambition full power and room to expatiate in , by which he was most likely to be tug'd a - ground ; not wise enough to apprehend many things he found inserted in his patent , as liberty to pardon , or punish the Irish rebells ...
... give his ambition full power and room to expatiate in , by which he was most likely to be tug'd a - ground ; not wise enough to apprehend many things he found inserted in his patent , as liberty to pardon , or punish the Irish rebells ...
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