A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 2W. Blackwood, 1880 - Great Britain |
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Page 246 - His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead ; he was to give an account only of the state of his soul, whether he was of the number of the elect, what was the occasion of his conversion, upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened, how it was carried on, and when completed. The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, Whether he was prepared for death...
Page 289 - ... and other warlike weapons, as well offensive as defensive, being then and there unlawfully, maliciously and traitorously...
Page 245 - Sombrius is one of these sons of sorrow. He thinks himself obliged in duty to be sad and disconsolate. He looks on a sudden fit of laughter as a breach of his baptismal vow. An innocent jest startles him like blasphemy.
Page 194 - A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING, TO BE USED YEARLY UPON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, For the happy Deliverance of King JAMES I. and the Three Estates of ENGLAND, from the most traiterous and bloody-intended Massacre by Gunpowder: And also for the happy Arrival of his Majesty King WILLIAM on this Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation.
Page 194 - A form of prayer with thanksgiving, to be used yearly upon the fifth day of November, for the happy deliverance of King James I. and the Three Estates of England from the most traitorous and bloody -intended massacre by gunpowder ; and also for the happy arrival of his Majesty King William on this day, for the deliverance of our Church and nation.
Page 173 - Johnson said, he had never heard of the book. Lord Eliot had it at Port Eliot ; but, after a good deal of inquiry, procured a copy in London, and sent it to Johnson, who told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he was going to bed when it came, but was so much pleased with it, that he sat up till he had read it through, and found in it such an air of truth, that he could...
Page 131 - He was one of those men of careless wit and negligent grace, who scatter a thousand bon-mots and idle verses, which we painful compilers gather and hoard, till the authors stare to find themselves authors. Such was this lord, of an advantageous figure and enterprising spirit ; as gallant as Amadis and as brave ; but a little more expeditious in his journeys : for he is said to have...
Page 68 - ... in all points so exact, that there was not a circumstance in his whole deportment that was liable to censure ; he paid an extraordinary respect to the queen, and yet maintained a due greatness in it ; he had an art of seeming well pleased with every thing, without so much as smiling once all the while he was at court, which was only three days ; he spoke but little, and all he said was judicious and obliging.
Page 306 - The Military History of the late Prince Eugene of Savoy and of the late John Duke of Marlborough, INCLUDING A PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL BATTLES, SIEGES, &c.
Page 270 - And, as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? 26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest : for this man is a Roman.