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 679
... force and kept alive for a worse death : the rest fell with arms in their hands , " shouting that Christ was coming presently to reign on earth . " Among the prisoners , who were all tried and executed , was the mad wine - cooper ...
... force and kept alive for a worse death : the rest fell with arms in their hands , " shouting that Christ was coming presently to reign on earth . " Among the prisoners , who were all tried and executed , was the mad wine - cooper ...
Page 694
... force of this conven- ticle act was turned against the presbyterians , whose faith , whether good or bad , was decidedly the national religion . " All people , " says Burnet , were amazed at the severity of the English act ; but the ...
... force of this conven- ticle act was turned against the presbyterians , whose faith , whether good or bad , was decidedly the national religion . " All people , " says Burnet , were amazed at the severity of the English act ; but the ...
Page 698
... force , and with a wind and sea that would prevent the use of their lower tier of guns ; but his grace of Albemarle , who had taken to drinking to excess , and who was probably then drunk , resolved to wait neither for weather nor ...
... force , and with a wind and sea that would prevent the use of their lower tier of guns ; but his grace of Albemarle , who had taken to drinking to excess , and who was probably then drunk , resolved to wait neither for weather nor ...
Page 707
... forces by land and sea upon the United Provinces , and never make peace or truce until they had completely conquered ... force by sea and land , the expense of that war to be borne by Louis , and Charles to have , as his share of the ...
... forces by land and sea upon the United Provinces , and never make peace or truce until they had completely conquered ... force by sea and land , the expense of that war to be borne by Louis , and Charles to have , as his share of the ...
Page 715
... force . A.D. 1678. - The English parliament met sooner than had been appointed , and the king , annouucing a treaty offensive and defensive with Holland , spoke roundly of a war with France , and of the necessity of putting ninety sail ...
... force . A.D. 1678. - The English parliament met sooner than had been appointed , and the king , annouucing a treaty offensive and defensive with Holland , spoke roundly of a war with France , and of the necessity of putting ninety sail ...
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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...