History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page viii
... Natural History in Ten Centuries , " which was to make a part of the third division in the " Instauratio , " which division had received from its designer the title of the " Phænomena of the Universe . " He also worked at a scheme which ...
... Natural History in Ten Centuries , " which was to make a part of the third division in the " Instauratio , " which division had received from its designer the title of the " Phænomena of the Universe . " He also worked at a scheme which ...
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... nature a great observer of religious forms , caused Te Deum laudamus to be solemnly sung in the presence of the 10 whole army upon the place , and was himself with general applause and great cries of joy , in a kind of military election ...
... nature a great observer of religious forms , caused Te Deum laudamus to be solemnly sung in the presence of the 10 whole army upon the place , and was himself with general applause and great cries of joy , in a kind of military election ...
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... nature . And therefore it was noted by men of great under- standing , who seeing his after - acts , looked back upon his 20 former proceedings , that even in the time of King Edward his brother he was not without secret trains and mines ...
... nature . And therefore it was noted by men of great under- standing , who seeing his after - acts , looked back upon his 20 former proceedings , that even in the time of King Edward his brother he was not without secret trains and mines ...
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... nature and descent of blood . Neither wanted there even at that time secret rumours and whisperings , which afterwards gathered strength and turned to great 10 troubles , that the two young sons of King Edward the fourth , or one of ...
... nature and descent of blood . Neither wanted there even at that time secret rumours and whisperings , which afterwards gathered strength and turned to great 10 troubles , that the two young sons of King Edward the fourth , or one of ...
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... nature and constitution of mind not very apprehensive or forecasting of future events afar off , but an entertainer of fortune by the day ; resolved to 15 rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main , and to use the other two , that of ...
... nature and constitution of mind not very apprehensive or forecasting of future events afar off , but an entertainer of fortune by the day ; resolved to 15 rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main , and to use the other two , that of ...
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Page 272 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.