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... reason , that in a battle of one day he had been able to fubdue the << σε 66 English nation , while it coft the Danes fo many merely to attempt it . " Frederic , the Abbot of the convent , arofe , and thus an- fwered him : " Sir , the ...
... reason , that in a battle of one day he had been able to fubdue the << σε 66 English nation , while it coft the Danes fo many merely to attempt it . " Frederic , the Abbot of the convent , arofe , and thus an- fwered him : " Sir , the ...
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... reason , according to Bodin , " that he was not able to " understand any thing in fo obfcure a writer , " whofe name and hiftory had not been fettled by the learned . " 66 Calvin dedicated his Inftitutes of a Chrif- tian ' to Francis ...
... reason , according to Bodin , " that he was not able to " understand any thing in fo obfcure a writer , " whofe name and hiftory had not been fettled by the learned . " 66 Calvin dedicated his Inftitutes of a Chrif- tian ' to Francis ...
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... needful , they said , " it is not against reason that we be taxed now , and fo give of our goods to knightes and fquyres to defend their herytages and ours , ” " anfwered anfwered and payd . ' But when the poore " Sz BIOGRAPHIANA .
... needful , they said , " it is not against reason that we be taxed now , and fo give of our goods to knightes and fquyres to defend their herytages and ours , ” " anfwered anfwered and payd . ' But when the poore " Sz BIOGRAPHIANA .
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... reason of it , who faid " that his gamekeepers were all very great · 66 gluttons , and never killed him any game " without taking a piece of it for themselves . " He told us that his gamekeepers were the " eagles of his neighbourhood ...
... reason of it , who faid " that his gamekeepers were all very great · 66 gluttons , and never killed him any game " without taking a piece of it for themselves . " He told us that his gamekeepers were the " eagles of his neighbourhood ...
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... reason ; " many of your friends haye wifhed me to " remind you , that you indulge your grief " too much . I , who have known you from . " a child imbued with every precept of hu- man and divine wisdom , was well affured " that you ...
... reason ; " many of your friends haye wifhed me to " remind you , that you indulge your grief " too much . I , who have known you from . " a child imbued with every precept of hu- man and divine wisdom , was well affured " that you ...
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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.