The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 5C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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Page 667
... carried by a slight majority that the settle- ment of religion should be left to the king , who " should be petitioned to convene a select number of divines to treat concerning the matter . " * bills , the Ministers ' Bill , and the ...
... carried by a slight majority that the settle- ment of religion should be left to the king , who " should be petitioned to convene a select number of divines to treat concerning the matter . " * bills , the Ministers ' Bill , and the ...
Page 674
... carried the common hangman away but some time after , the French government gave him. sibility , or that he himself was in two places at one and the same time , -in Scotland - yard and on the end of the scaffold ; - " and , for his ...
... carried the common hangman away but some time after , the French government gave him. sibility , or that he himself was in two places at one and the same time , -in Scotland - yard and on the end of the scaffold ; - " and , for his ...
Page 706
... carried in the negative ; which will give great disgust to the people , I doubt . . . And this business of religion ... carrying on intrigues with other men , while yet she pretended she was jealous of him . His passion for her , and her ...
... carried in the negative ; which will give great disgust to the people , I doubt . . . And this business of religion ... carrying on intrigues with other men , while yet she pretended she was jealous of him . His passion for her , and her ...
Page 713
... carried measures which he had at least as much at heart . The parliament , by one slavish vote , transferred the whole government of the church from themselves , and - vested it in the king alone , who was declared to have an inherent ...
... carried measures which he had at least as much at heart . The parliament , by one slavish vote , transferred the whole government of the church from themselves , and - vested it in the king alone , who was declared to have an inherent ...
Page 716
... carried up to them by Lord Russell , maintain- ing that , as the intentions of Spain , the empire , and Holland were not really known , it would be folly for the king of England to commit himself by a declaration of war . The Lords were ...
... carried up to them by Lord Russell , maintain- ing that , as the intentions of Spain , the empire , and Holland were not really known , it would be folly for the king of England to commit himself by a declaration of war . The Lords were ...
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Page 886 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 15 - Resolve That William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be and be declared King and Queen of England...
Page 765 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 820 - Moreover when the Lord sent me forth into the world, he forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low; and I was required to ' thee ' and ' thou ' all men and women, without any respect to rich or poor, great or small.
Page 15 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 31 - Majesties did become, were, are and of right ought to be by the laws of this realm our sovereign liege lord and lady, king and queen of England, France and Ireland...
Page 44 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...
Page 883 - Daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 146 - Parliament their famous motion, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty that he would be graciously pleased to remove the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole...
Page 713 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...