Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Հատոր 41835 |
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... honour which seems to have carried with it an un pleasing condition , from its including the duke of Ormond and Sir George Rooke ; and from this period his friends have dated the depar- ture of the duke of Marlborough from the councils ...
... honour which seems to have carried with it an un pleasing condition , from its including the duke of Ormond and Sir George Rooke ; and from this period his friends have dated the depar- ture of the duke of Marlborough from the councils ...
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... honour , Duncan Forbes , then advocate - depute , though he and his fa- mily had distinguished themselves by their exertions to put down the pretender , refused to go into England to act as public prosecutor of the Scots rebels , taken ...
... honour , Duncan Forbes , then advocate - depute , though he and his fa- mily had distinguished themselves by their exertions to put down the pretender , refused to go into England to act as public prosecutor of the Scots rebels , taken ...
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... honour ; but no steps were taken to procure his restor- ation . In England acts of attainder were passed against him , and also against his mother , who , however , succeeded in obtaining £ 50,000 as a composition for the unpaid balance ...
... honour ; but no steps were taken to procure his restor- ation . In England acts of attainder were passed against him , and also against his mother , who , however , succeeded in obtaining £ 50,000 as a composition for the unpaid balance ...
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... honoured nor beloved . He lived to be pitied by the house of Hanover , and almost forgotten by the chil- dren of those of his party who would willingly have died for his bene- fit . The following is an abridgment of Keysler's notice of ...
... honoured nor beloved . He lived to be pitied by the house of Hanover , and almost forgotten by the chil- dren of those of his party who would willingly have died for his bene- fit . The following is an abridgment of Keysler's notice of ...
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... honour and power . It was a hard task for Oliver himself to control the army , it was therefore not to be expected that a civilian , and one of pacific habits , would ever attempt it , or would ever succeed in his attempt . The ...
... honour and power . It was a hard task for Oliver himself to control the army , it was therefore not to be expected that a civilian , and one of pacific habits , would ever attempt it , or would ever succeed in his attempt . The ...
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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.