An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and Charles I. and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II ...: From Original Writers and State-papers, Volume 11814 |
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... given him by them " . times . It is not improbable that the distinction with which he was treated by them , attached him so firmly to their interest , that in the end it cost him his life . 6 Improved his interest with them in the ...
... given him by them " . times . It is not improbable that the distinction with which he was treated by them , attached him so firmly to their interest , that in the end it cost him his life . 6 Improved his interest with them in the ...
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... given him , when he brought the news of taking Bridgwater ; 50 pounds , when he brought letters from Cromwell concerning the taking Winchester Castle ; that there was an order for 100 pounds a year for him and his heirs ; and another ...
... given him , when he brought the news of taking Bridgwater ; 50 pounds , when he brought letters from Cromwell concerning the taking Winchester Castle ; that there was an order for 100 pounds a year for him and his heirs ; and another ...
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... given to hos- pitality , apt to teach , not given to wine , no strikers , not greedy of filthy lucre , patient , not brawlers , not covetous ? Whether they ruled well their own houses , and had a good report of them which were without ...
... given to hos- pitality , apt to teach , not given to wine , no strikers , not greedy of filthy lucre , patient , not brawlers , not covetous ? Whether they ruled well their own houses , and had a good report of them which were without ...
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... given up to the hangman . - But the sentence passed on him , and much more the execution of it , will seem very rigorous , if we consider that it was only for words ; for words uttered in a time of con- fusion , uproar and war . I am ...
... given up to the hangman . - But the sentence passed on him , and much more the execution of it , will seem very rigorous , if we consider that it was only for words ; for words uttered in a time of con- fusion , uproar and war . I am ...
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... given for law , that the king might take from his subjects without consent of parliament , and dispense with the laws enacted by it ? Far from it . For the depriving of the people of their rights and liberties , or the arguing for the ...
... given for law , that the king might take from his subjects without consent of parliament , and dispense with the laws enacted by it ? Far from it . For the depriving of the people of their rights and liberties , or the arguing for the ...
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Page 154 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother...
Page 88 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 151 - Religion agreed upon by the archbishops and bishops of both provinces, and the whole clergy in the convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord God...
Page 43 - Sathan are most certainly practised, and that the instruments thereof merits most severely to be punished : against the damnable opinions of two principally in our age, whereof the one called Scot, an Englishman, is not ashamed in public print to deny that there can be such a thing as witchcraft ; and so maintains the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits.
Page 100 - Then Jack and Tom and Will and Dick shall meet, and at their pleasures censure me and my Council and all our proceedings. Then Will shall stand up and say, 'It must be thus'; then Dick shall reply and say, 'Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
Page 240 - It was common with him," we are told, "at an ordinary dancing, to have his clothes trimmed with great diamond buttons, and to have diamond hatbands, cockades, and earrings ; to be yoked with great and manifold ropes and knots of pearl ; in short, to be manacled, fettered, and imprisoned in jewels...
Page xxii - A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach...
Page 224 - And although we cannot allow of the style, calling it your ancient and undoubted right and inheritance, but could rather have wished that ye had said that your privileges were derived from the grace and permission of our ancestors and us...
Page 43 - The fearful abounding, at this time, in this country, of these detestable slaves of the devil, the witches or enchanters, hath moved me (beloved reader) to dispatch, in post, this following Treatise of mine, not in any wise (as I protest) to serve for a...
Page 218 - Kings are justly called Gods, for that they exercise a manner or resemblance of Divine power upon earth. For if you will consider the Attributes to God, you shall see how they agree in the person of a King. God hath power to create, or destroy, make or unmake at his pleasure, to give life or send death, to judge all, and to be judged nor accountable to none.