The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury: From Original Documents in the Possession of the Family, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1836 - Great Britain |
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Page 174 - God forbid that I should justify you : Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go : My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Page 201 - We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Page 306 - One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, "If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such a subject, in the following manner : " and then gave him the plan for it.
Page 114 - I, AB, do declare that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those that are commissionated by him...
Page 221 - That the duke of York's being a Papist, and the hopes of his coming to the crown, had given the highest countenance to the present conspiracies and designs of the Papists against the king and the Protestant religion.
Page 360 - I take God to witness that I proceeded in it in the sincerity of my heart, being then really convinced, as I am still, that there was a conspiracy against the king, the nation, and the Protestant religion.
Page 252 - However, we know who hears us ; and I am glad of this, that your lordships have dealt so honourably and so clearly in the king's presence that he cannot say he wants a right state of things. He hath it before him, and may take counsel as he thinks fit.
Page 198 - An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices.
Page 325 - Bill proceeded from clause to clause, with long discussions and frequent divisions, till Schedules B and C had been considered. On the 1st of August, being the anniversary of the accession of the house of Hanover to the throne of these realms, the King and Queen went by water from Somerset House with their retinues, in thirty state barges, to witness the opening of the new London Bridge. The Lord Mayor and Corporation made extraordinary efforts to entertain their Majesties.