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... - pulous minister of the Crown ; and having had to raise money to meet the cost of these great works , he was an object of intense hatred among the Commons , and had acquired the name of the " Lion , " and B 2 THE TOWER . 3.
... - pulous minister of the Crown ; and having had to raise money to meet the cost of these great works , he was an object of intense hatred among the Commons , and had acquired the name of the " Lion , " and B 2 THE TOWER . 3.
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... crown and life . The Lollards were in the habit of holding meetings in the open air , without the walls of the city . The archbishop , who had his spies among them , was informed that they intended holding a meeting in St. Giles's ...
... crown and life . The Lollards were in the habit of holding meetings in the open air , without the walls of the city . The archbishop , who had his spies among them , was informed that they intended holding a meeting in St. Giles's ...
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... Crown , should be lodged in a place possessing the greatest pos-- sible degree of security against hostile attack ... Crown jewels are deposited here : notwithstanding which , in the reign of Charles II . , an attempt was made , which ...
... Crown , should be lodged in a place possessing the greatest pos-- sible degree of security against hostile attack ... Crown jewels are deposited here : notwithstanding which , in the reign of Charles II . , an attempt was made , which ...
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... crown on Bosworth - field , was beheaded on Tower - Hill , for merely expressing an opinion favourable to the claim of the Pretender . Yet this claim was never tested by confront- ing the claimant with the mother and sisters of the ...
... crown on Bosworth - field , was beheaded on Tower - Hill , for merely expressing an opinion favourable to the claim of the Pretender . Yet this claim was never tested by confront- ing the claimant with the mother and sisters of the ...
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... crown . Such a choice on the part of the Queen would have been highly popular with Englishmen , by whom the Spanish match was held in general detestation . But , after much hesitation , the Queen decided for the grander alliance , and ...
... crown . Such a choice on the part of the Queen would have been highly popular with Englishmen , by whom the Spanish match was held in general detestation . But , after much hesitation , the Queen decided for the grander alliance , and ...
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Page 152 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 140 - English kings without a head ; and upon giving us to know that the head, which was of beaten silver, had been stolen away several years since, " Some Whig, I'll warrant you...
Page 37 - Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me.
Page 151 - WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey ; "where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition oT the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness that is not disagreeable.
Page 71 - Irenicon.' I think he has unanswerably proved that ' neither Christ nor his apostles prescribe any particular form of Church government, and that the plea of divine right for diocesan episcopacy was never heard of in the primitive Church.
Page 146 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 120 - THE high court of parliament ,• which is the supreme court in the kingdom, not only for the making, but also for the execution of laws ; by the trial of great and enormous offenders, whether lords or commoners, in the method of parliamentary impeachment. As for acts of parliament to attaint particular persons of treason or felony, or to inflict pains and penalties, beyond or contrary to the common law, to serve a special purpose, I speak not of them ; being to all intents and purposes new laws,...
Page 130 - Dr. Busby ! a great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man ! I should have gone to him myself, if I had not been a blockhead : a very great man !' " We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand.
Page 121 - My Lord Coningsby, who spoke after the bishop, and always spoke in a passion, desired the House to remark, " that one of the Right Reverends hud set himself forth as a prophet; but for his part he did not know what prophet to liken him to, unless to that...
Page 136 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.