Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700: Including the Origin of British Society, Customs and Manners, with a General Sketch of the State of Religion, Superstition, Dresses, and Amusements of the Citizens of London, During that Period; to which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries, Illustrated by Eighteen Engravings, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... reign of Tibe- ríus , and gives very convincing reasons for his opinion ; but the research on this head is very unsatisfactory . Gildas , in proposing to give an account of the antient British church , lamented the the absolute ...
... reign of Tibe- ríus , and gives very convincing reasons for his opinion ; but the research on this head is very unsatisfactory . Gildas , in proposing to give an account of the antient British church , lamented the the absolute ...
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... reign of Marcus Aurelius An- toninus , and his partner in the empire Lucius Verus , when Eleutherius was bishop of Rome , Lucius , a British king , sent a letter to this pre- late , desiring his directions to make him a Chris- tian ...
... reign of Marcus Aurelius An- toninus , and his partner in the empire Lucius Verus , when Eleutherius was bishop of Rome , Lucius , a British king , sent a letter to this pre- late , desiring his directions to make him a Chris- tian ...
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... reign , bishops were deputed from the British church to the council at Arles ; but as only three are mentioned by our historians , it has been sup- posed that was the whole number then in Eng- land ; which some authors contradict by ...
... reign , bishops were deputed from the British church to the council at Arles ; but as only three are mentioned by our historians , it has been sup- posed that was the whole number then in Eng- land ; which some authors contradict by ...
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... reign of Ethelbert , it might have been sup → posed the Christians had little to apprehend from any secret propensity for Paganism ; this , how- ever , was not the case , for on the succession of Eadbald after 616 , they discovered ...
... reign of Ethelbert , it might have been sup → posed the Christians had little to apprehend from any secret propensity for Paganism ; this , how- ever , was not the case , for on the succession of Eadbald after 616 , they discovered ...
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... reign , that of Richard the Second , the Pope sent a bull to the University of Oxford , reproaching them with still permitting the persevering Protestant to spread his schism , and threatening them with the depri- vation of all their ...
... reign , that of Richard the Second , the Pope sent a bull to the University of Oxford , reproaching them with still permitting the persevering Protestant to spread his schism , and threatening them with the depri- vation of all their ...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 2 James Peller Malcolm Visualização integral - 1811 |
Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 2 James Peller Malcolm Visualização integral - 1811 |
Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 2 James Peller Malcolm Visualização integral - 1811 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
amongst antient appeared Bishop Bishop of London body breast called cause CHIROMANCY Christ Christian church Church of England clergy cloth coat colour commanded common congregation dæmons declared devil divers divine doctrines doth dress Earl Earl of Kingston Edward VI England evil faith fashion favour French hood Friends George Fox girdle give God's gold Gospel habits hair hath head heart Henry Henry VIII holy honour John Dee Julius Cæsar King laced ladies lives Lollards London Lord manner mantle meeting ment mind minister nature observed offended opinion Parliament persons petticoat pray prayer preacher preaching prelate priests Protestant Quakers Queen reason received reign religion religious Saxons Scriptures sect sent Sermon shew silk silver sleeves society soul spirit superstition supposed suppress thee thing thou tion truth unto wear Wesley West Dereham Wickliffe witches words wore worship
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Página 256 - Sathan are most certainly practised, and that the instruments thereof merits most severely to be punished : against the damnable opinions of two principally in our age, whereof the one called Scot, an Englishman, is not ashamed in public print to deny that there can be such a thing as witchcraft ; and so maintains the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits.
Página 275 - ... take a row of pins and pull out every one, one after another, saying a...
Página 328 - Among other affected habits, few of the Puritans, what degree soever they were of, wore their hair long enough to cover their ears, and the ministers and many others cut it close round their heads, with so many little peaks, as was something ridiculous to behold ; whereupon Cleaveland, in his Hue and Cry after them, begins, " With hair in Characters and lugs in Text,
Página 80 - ... that if any person of the age of sixteen years or upwards, being a subject of this realm, at any time after the tenth day of May next,1 shall be present at any assembly, conventicle or meeting under colour or pretence of any exercise of religion in other manner than according to the liturgy and practice of the Church of England...
Página 93 - It is expedient that they who enter on the work of preaching the Gospel, be not only qualified for communion of saints,* but also that, except in cases extraordinary, they give proof of their gifts and fitness for the said work unto the pastors of churches of known abilities, to discern and judge of their qualifications^ that they may be sent forth with solemn approbation and prayer ; which we judge needful, that no doubt may remain concerning their being called to the work, and for preventing (as...
Página 42 - It is a wonder to me, how men can preach so little and so long; so long, a time and so little matter ; as if they thought to please by the inculcation of their vain tautologies. I see no reason, that so high a princess as divinity is should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue ; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver his embassage in an ill one.
Página 241 - Judicials of Astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended Knowledge whatsoever, De futuris contingentibus, have been causes of great disorder in the Commonwealth, especially among the simple and unlearned people, very needfull to be published, which grew by most palpable and grosse errors in Astrologie.
Página 60 - That all crucifixes, scandalous pictures of any one or more persons of the Trinity, and all images of the Virgin Mary...
Página 275 - You must lie in another county, and knit the left garter about the right legged stocking (let the other garter and stocking alone) and as you rehearse these following verses, at every comma, knit a knot. This knot I knit, To know the thing, I know not yet, That I may see, The man (woman) that shall my husband (wife) be, How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does, all days, and years.
Página 256 - The fearful abounding, at this time, in this country, of these detestable slaves of the devil, the witches or enchanters, hath moved me (beloved reader) to dispatch, in post, this following Treatise of mine...