The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 2George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... occasion . " The bishops , " says he , came to the king about the petition of the puritans - I was by and heard much discourse . The king talked much Latin , and disputed with Dr Reynolds at Hampton ; but he rather used upbraidings than ...
... occasion . " The bishops , " says he , came to the king about the petition of the puritans - I was by and heard much discourse . The king talked much Latin , and disputed with Dr Reynolds at Hampton ; but he rather used upbraidings than ...
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... occasion was exceedingly characteristic . He made a speech to parliament in which he extolled his own dexterity in interpreting some dark phrases in Lord Monteagle's letter , " contrary to the ordinary grammar construction of them , and ...
... occasion was exceedingly characteristic . He made a speech to parliament in which he extolled his own dexterity in interpreting some dark phrases in Lord Monteagle's letter , " contrary to the ordinary grammar construction of them , and ...
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... occasion still more offensive than any which he had yet delivered . He asserted that kings were before laws , and that all laws were granted by them as matter of favour only to the people . He declared that he would not allow his power ...
... occasion still more offensive than any which he had yet delivered . He asserted that kings were before laws , and that all laws were granted by them as matter of favour only to the people . He declared that he would not allow his power ...
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... occasion to notice this celebrated meeting more fully in our sketches of Hall and Davenant , two of James's deputies . We may only remark here that James carried more than his usual prudence in the selection of his delegates , and the ...
... occasion to notice this celebrated meeting more fully in our sketches of Hall and Davenant , two of James's deputies . We may only remark here that James carried more than his usual prudence in the selection of his delegates , and the ...
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... occasion , to have sacrificed their lives . Digby himself was as highly esteemed and beloved as any man in England ; and he had been particularly honoured with the good opinion of Queen Elizabeth . It was bigotted zeal alone , -the most ...
... occasion , to have sacrificed their lives . Digby himself was as highly esteemed and beloved as any man in England ; and he had been particularly honoured with the good opinion of Queen Elizabeth . It was bigotted zeal alone , -the most ...
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Página 390 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench 'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 8 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Página 16 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 381 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Página 8 - ... be pens and heads there sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people,...
Página 15 - ... the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Página 356 - I showed them others, that I might see whether They would condemn them, or them justify ; And some said, Let them live ; some, Let them die, Some said, John print it ; others said, Not so : Some said, It might do good ; others said, No.
Página 460 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Página 461 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Página 697 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.