Bristol Past and Present, Հատորներ 1-2J.W. Arrowsmith, 1882 |
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Արդյունքներ 85–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... returning to Scotland . His great grandfather was nephew to Thomas Lord Cromwell , " the hammer of the monasteries ... returned to Parliament as burgess for the town of Huntingdon . The house at Huntingdon in which his father lived had ...
... returning to Scotland . His great grandfather was nephew to Thomas Lord Cromwell , " the hammer of the monasteries ... returned to Parliament as burgess for the town of Huntingdon . The house at Huntingdon in which his father lived had ...
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... returned from Prince Rupert with an answer to the general's sum- mons , in these words : - " Sir , I received yours by your trumpeter . I desire to know whether you will give me leave to send a messenger to the king to know his pleasure ...
... returned from Prince Rupert with an answer to the general's sum- mons , in these words : - " Sir , I received yours by your trumpeter . I desire to know whether you will give me leave to send a messenger to the king to know his pleasure ...
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... returned with these propositions from Prince Rupert : - " Sir , -Whereas I received your letter for the delivery of the city , forts and castle of Bristol , and being willing to join with you for the sparing of blood and the preserving ...
... returned with these propositions from Prince Rupert : - " Sir , -Whereas I received your letter for the delivery of the city , forts and castle of Bristol , and being willing to join with you for the sparing of blood and the preserving ...
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... returned presently after dinner by the same trumpeter , he was detained till eight at night , and then he brought this answer from the prince , or to this effect in writing : -That he hoped his propo- sitions had been such as needed no ...
... returned presently after dinner by the same trumpeter , he was detained till eight at night , and then he brought this answer from the prince , or to this effect in writing : -That he hoped his propo- sitions had been such as needed no ...
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... returned with a denial , but not positive . That night was appointed for the army to fall on , but upon better ... returned with an unsatisfactory answer . Whereupon all things on our part were put in readiness for a storm . At twelve of ...
... returned with a denial , but not positive . That night was appointed for the army to fall on , but upon better ... returned with an unsatisfactory answer . Whereupon all things on our part were put in readiness for a storm . At twelve of ...
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Էջ 42 - As he rode at the head of his life guards I saw, and felt a waft of death go forth against him ; and when I came to him he looked like a dead man. After I had laid the sufferings of Friends before him, and had warned him, according as I was moved to speak,
Էջ 284 - Henry, by the grace of God, &c. &c. Be it known to all, that we have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant, to our well-beloved John Cabot, citizen of Venice, to Lewis, Sebastian, and Sanctus, sons of the said John, and
Էջ 21 - It is you that have forced me to this ! I have sought the Lord night and day that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Էջ 284 - countries and seas of the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners and ensigns, with five ships, of what burthen or quality soever they be, and as many mariners and men as they will take with them in the said ships,
Էջ 285 - so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own. The discoverer of these places planted on his newfound lands a large cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.
Էջ 285 - vast honour is paid him ; he dresses in silk, and these English run after him like mad people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own. The discoverer of these places planted on his newfound lands a large cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark,
Էջ 51 - and the Grammouts. They played a serviceable part in ridding the kingdom of its besotted loyalty. They saved our forefathers from the Star chamber and the High Commission court; they laboured in their vocation against standing armies and corruption ; they pressed forward the great ultimate security of English freedom, the expulsion of the House of Stuart.
Էջ 201 - am no way concerned would be neither decent nor true. The representation of Bristol was an object on many accounts dear to me, and I certainly should very far prefer it to any other in the kingdom. My habits are made to it, and it is in general more unpleasant to be rejected, after long trial,
Էջ 42 - Come again to my house. If thou and I were but an hour of the day together we should be nearer one to the other. I wish no more harm to thee than I do to my own soul.
Էջ 6 - of your person and the strength of that place which you may think yourself bound and able to maintain. Sir, the crown of England is, and will be, where it ought to be ; we fight to maintain it there. But the king, misled by evil counsellors, or through a seduced heart, hath left his Parliament