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... excellent 86 66 they might appear to fome perfons , were by " others esteemed very dangerous , left , whilst they afpired after a purity beyond their " ftrength , they might fall into an impurity of greater confequence . ” 66 It was ...
... excellent 86 66 they might appear to fome perfons , were by " others esteemed very dangerous , left , whilst they afpired after a purity beyond their " ftrength , they might fall into an impurity of greater confequence . ” 66 It was ...
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... excellent appen- dage for a younger British Prince ) , and had taken great pains to qualify himself for that diftinguished situation . LOUIS XII . KING OF FRANCE . THIS Prince early difcovering the extreme turn for expence which his ...
... excellent appen- dage for a younger British Prince ) , and had taken great pains to qualify himself for that diftinguished situation . LOUIS XII . KING OF FRANCE . THIS Prince early difcovering the extreme turn for expence which his ...
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... excellent Prince , at an advanced age , married the Princess Mary , fifter of Henry the Eighth of Ece . She made him alter his hours ; and this change in his way of living deftroyed him very foon . " Befides , " fays Fleuranges , " he ...
... excellent Prince , at an advanced age , married the Princess Mary , fifter of Henry the Eighth of Ece . She made him alter his hours ; and this change in his way of living deftroyed him very foon . " Befides , " fays Fleuranges , " he ...
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... , and that was more grace . " Sit anima mea cum " Fletchero " was the obfervation of the excellent Divine who furnished this anecdote . VOL . I. E orders orders from the King , had condemned him , he BIOGRAPHIANA . 49 JOHN THE MONK. ...
... , and that was more grace . " Sit anima mea cum " Fletchero " was the obfervation of the excellent Divine who furnished this anecdote . VOL . I. E orders orders from the King , had condemned him , he BIOGRAPHIANA . 49 JOHN THE MONK. ...
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... excellent difcourfe well adapted to the actual fituation of Europe at prefent , and which ought to be tranflated into the various languages of the Continent for the advantage of the different nations that compofe it , written by the ...
... excellent difcourfe well adapted to the actual fituation of Europe at prefent , and which ought to be tranflated into the various languages of the Continent for the advantage of the different nations that compofe it , written by the ...
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Page 4 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Page 99 - After dinner, the king called for Latimer, and, with a stern countenance, asked him, how he durst be so bold as to preach in this manner. He, falling on his knees, replied, that his duty to his God and to his prince had enforced him thereunto, and that he had merely discharged his duty and his conscience in what he had spoken, and that his life was in his majesty's hands.
Page 33 - What honour shall it be to us, or you, to break this monument, and to pull out of the ground the bones of HIM, whom, in his life...
Page 98 - Sabbath, and to make an apology for the offence he had given. After reading his text, the bishop thus began his sermon : — " Hugh Latimer, dost thou know before whom thou art this day to speak? To the high and mighty monarch, the king's most excellent majesty, who can take away thy life if thou offendest ; therefore, take heed that thou speakest not a word that may...
Page 55 - But if he had written everything in the most unexceptionable manner, I had no inclination to die for the sake of truth. Every man hath not the courage requisite to make a martyr ; and I am afraid that if I were put to the trial I should imitate St. Peter.
Page 207 - ... by his young friends for not living in the way they did (which would have completely put a...
Page 287 - Secute of all, but that alone — The noble tenants of the place My fears alarm, my quiet chase ; •Their piety without pretence, Their...
Page 199 - an opinion commonly received, that it is a foolifh thing to bring up a child at his- mother's-)- apron-firing. Her natural affeclion (however wife (lie may be) renders her too tender of her fon, and makes her cocker him too much. She is incapable of correcting his faults, and cannot bearto fee him fed hardly, and by chance, as he ought to be.