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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... TION and the REVOLUTION . His preliminary attempt was on a singu- lar subject , the LIFE of HUGH Peters , which as he published it without his name , has escaped the notice of the collectors of his works , but is now prefixed , as the ...
... TION and the REVOLUTION . His preliminary attempt was on a singu- lar subject , the LIFE of HUGH Peters , which as he published it without his name , has escaped the notice of the collectors of his works , but is now prefixed , as the ...
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... tion some proceedings of law in Holland , wherein he was altogether mistaken . " - The ignorance and inabi- lity of the man , with regard to these matters , we see * See Hutchinson's Introduction to Moral Philosophy , B. III . Ch . 8 ...
... tion some proceedings of law in Holland , wherein he was altogether mistaken . " - The ignorance and inabi- lity of the man , with regard to these matters , we see * See Hutchinson's Introduction to Moral Philosophy , B. III . Ch . 8 ...
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... tion , which they published concerning prodigies . Amongst these , all the prodigies in Livy were seen every day two suns ; ships sailing in the air ; a bloody rainbow ; it rained stones ; a lamb with two heads ; cathedral churches ...
... tion , which they published concerning prodigies . Amongst these , all the prodigies in Livy were seen every day two suns ; ships sailing in the air ; a bloody rainbow ; it rained stones ; a lamb with two heads ; cathedral churches ...
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... excellent an office as that of the ministry , to the purposes of ambi- tion and the lust of power , hardly any censure too severe can be cast on them . POSTSCRIPT . SINCE transcribing these Papers for the press , xlvi ...
... excellent an office as that of the ministry , to the purposes of ambi- tion and the lust of power , hardly any censure too severe can be cast on them . POSTSCRIPT . SINCE transcribing these Papers for the press , xlvi ...
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... . they ob- a Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Crown and State of Scot- land , by George Crawfurd , Esq ; p . 137. fol . Lond . 1736. b Id . p . 331 . tion from the king , discharging the com- missions which JAMES I. 9.
... . they ob- a Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Crown and State of Scot- land , by George Crawfurd , Esq ; p . 137. fol . Lond . 1736. b Id . p . 331 . tion from the king , discharging the com- missions which JAMES I. 9.
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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.