The Reign of Queen Anne, Հատոր 1Harper & brothers, 1902 - 600 էջ |
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Էջ 63 - that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint, and that the sacrifice of the
Էջ 189 - We are plagued here with an October club; that is, a set of above a hundred Parliament men of the Country, who drink October beer at home and meet every evening at a tavern near the Parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account,
Էջ 256 - an experienced veteran, a man who was in war what Moliere's doctors were in medicine, who thought it much more honourable to fail according to rule than to succeed by innovation, and who would have been very much ashamed of himself if he had taken Monjuich by means so strange as those which Peterborough employed.
Էջ 238 - to get gold lace on their coats, as soon as ever they could procure money to buy it.' ' That is very true,' cries the other. ' I remember it perfectly well,' said the third. And so, without more ado, they got the largest gold lace in the parish, and walked about as fine as lords.
Էջ 236 - hope; for though we cannot find them, totidem verbis nor totidem syllabis, I dare engage we shall make them out tertio modo or totidem literis.' This discovery was also highly commended; upon which they fell once more to the scrutiny, and picked out S, H, O, U, L, D, E,
Էջ 116 - I have not time to say more, but to beg you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know Her Army has had a Glorious Victory. Monsr. Tallard and two other Generals are in my Coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my Aide-deCamp, Coll. Parke, will give Her an account of what has pass'd. I shall doe,
Էջ 228 - of the infant, she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For when the matter was discovered his mother sent orders by all means not to hazard a second voyage till he could be better able to bear it.
Էջ 381 - subject with Lord Sommers; told him, that having been long conversant with the Greek and Roman authors, and therefore a lover of liberty, I found myself much inclined to be what they called a Whig in politics; and that, besides, I thought it impossible upon any other principle to
Էջ 237 - three knights do in this momentous affair? They had sufficiently strained a point already, in the affair of shoulder-knots. Upon recourse to the will, nothing appeared there but altum silentium. That of the shoulder-knots was a loose, flying, circumstantial point; but this of gold lace seemed too considerable an alteration without better warrant,
Էջ 236 - But their evil star had so directed the matter, that the first syllable was not to be found in the whole writing. Upon which disappointment, he, who found the former evasion, took heart, and said—' Brothers, there is yet hope; for though we cannot find them, totidem verbis nor totidem syllabis, I dare engage we shall make them out tertio