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 685
... received ordination from the hands of a bishop must submit to that process before the next feast of St. Bartholomew . A few new collects added by the bishops to the Prayer Book did not tend to make this act more palatable . In one of ...
... received ordination from the hands of a bishop must submit to that process before the next feast of St. Bartholomew . A few new collects added by the bishops to the Prayer Book did not tend to make this act more palatable . In one of ...
Page 687
... received any money to enable her to be liberal to any of those who had attended her out of their own country , and pro- mised themselves places of great advantage in her family ; and she earnestly desired the king that she might retain ...
... received any money to enable her to be liberal to any of those who had attended her out of their own country , and pro- mised themselves places of great advantage in her family ; and she earnestly desired the king that she might retain ...
Page 700
... received and issued the money for this war . Mistresses and ministers , and all men holding public employments , were thrown into consternation : they declared that this would be touching the royal prerogative in its most vital part ...
... received and issued the money for this war . Mistresses and ministers , and all men holding public employments , were thrown into consternation : they declared that this would be touching the royal prerogative in its most vital part ...
Page 712
... receiving money from France , offered his mediation anew ; but the French arms were again victorious upon the Rhine ... received 500,000 crowns from France - a sum granted at the earnest prayer of his brother - that he consented to put ...
... receiving money from France , offered his mediation anew ; but the French arms were again victorious upon the Rhine ... received 500,000 crowns from France - a sum granted at the earnest prayer of his brother - that he consented to put ...
Page 714
... received off Messina . On the other hand , Louis's great general , Turenne , was killed near the village of Saltzbach , on the Rhine , and after his death the imperialist general , Montecuculi , defeated the French in several encounters ...
... received off Messina . On the other hand , Louis's great general , Turenne , was killed near the village of Saltzbach , on the Rhine , and after his death the imperialist general , Montecuculi , defeated the French in several encounters ...
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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...