Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Հատոր 41835 |
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... continued ; the latter was appointed lord - treasurer , and the for- mer being appointed captain - general , and honoured with the order of the Garter , was sent as plenipotentiary to the Hague , to deliver the sanction of the queen to ...
... continued ; the latter was appointed lord - treasurer , and the for- mer being appointed captain - general , and honoured with the order of the Garter , was sent as plenipotentiary to the Hague , to deliver the sanction of the queen to ...
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... continued in a state of lethargy and unconsciousness , with few intervals , until the 1st day of August , when she expired , in the 50th year of her age and in the 13th of her reign . It was her misfortune that her best qualities were ...
... continued in a state of lethargy and unconsciousness , with few intervals , until the 1st day of August , when she expired , in the 50th year of her age and in the 13th of her reign . It was her misfortune that her best qualities were ...
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... continued to reside at St Germains . In Scotland , he had lost none of his adherents ; and they continued to display their sentiments in his favour with an audacity which appears , at that time , to have been by no means remarkable . In ...
... continued to reside at St Germains . In Scotland , he had lost none of his adherents ; and they continued to display their sentiments in his favour with an audacity which appears , at that time , to have been by no means remarkable . In ...
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... continued there till the year 1680. By this time the unpopularity of the restored family made him bold , and induced him to hope that he might enjoy safety in his native country . He therefore returned , and took up his residence twelve ...
... continued there till the year 1680. By this time the unpopularity of the restored family made him bold , and induced him to hope that he might enjoy safety in his native country . He therefore returned , and took up his residence twelve ...
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... with their chase - guns ; but night came on , and the French ships continued their retreat , without having suffered any material damage . On the 21st the engagement was renewed at break of day ; 34 [ SIXTH POLITICAL SERIES .
... with their chase - guns ; but night came on , and the French ships continued their retreat , without having suffered any material damage . On the 21st the engagement was renewed at break of day ; 34 [ SIXTH POLITICAL SERIES .
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Էջ 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
Էջ 265 - The cause of Congreve was not tenable: whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated.
Էջ 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Էջ 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Էջ 56 - Trevor, and who was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II.
Էջ 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Էջ 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Էջ 53 - 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.
Էջ 254 - The university approved the contents of this letter, and accordingly created Mr. AtterburyD.D. Our author's work was entitled, "The Rights, Powers, and Privileges of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr.
Էջ 423 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.