The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 8 |
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... feemed moved at last , and laying his hand on Temple's , faid , with an appear- ing cordiality , " And I will be the man of my " people . " TEMPLE , when he went abroad , foon found , that the scheme of mediating a peace was likely to ...
... feemed moved at last , and laying his hand on Temple's , faid , with an appear- ing cordiality , " And I will be the man of my " people . " TEMPLE , when he went abroad , foon found , that the scheme of mediating a peace was likely to ...
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... feemed ftill deter- mined to perfevere in their applications : An accufa- tion was moved against Danby ; but upon examin- ing the several articles , it was not found to contain a This year , on the 25th of March , died Henry Cromwel ...
... feemed ftill deter- mined to perfevere in their applications : An accufa- tion was moved against Danby ; but upon examin- ing the several articles , it was not found to contain a This year , on the 25th of March , died Henry Cromwel ...
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... feemed most requifite , it was yet entirely fuperflu- ous ; fince no man , on the approach of extraordi- nary neceffity , could be at a lofs , though not directed by legal declarations , to find the proper remedy : That even those who ...
... feemed most requifite , it was yet entirely fuperflu- ous ; fince no man , on the approach of extraordi- nary neceffity , could be at a lofs , though not directed by legal declarations , to find the proper remedy : That even those who ...
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... feemed to be lofing apace all thofe poffeffions , which , with fo much valour and good fortune , they had acquired in Germany . ABOUT the beginning of winter , the congrefs of Nimeguen was pretty full , and the plenipotentiaries of the ...
... feemed to be lofing apace all thofe poffeffions , which , with fo much valour and good fortune , they had acquired in Germany . ABOUT the beginning of winter , the congrefs of Nimeguen was pretty full , and the plenipotentiaries of the ...
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... feemed to proceed with temper . They granted the fum of 586,000 pounds , for building thirty fhips ; though they ftrictly appro- priated the money to that fervice . Eftimates were given in of the expence ; but it was afterwards found ...
... feemed to proceed with temper . They granted the fum of 586,000 pounds , for building thirty fhips ; though they ftrictly appro- priated the money to that fervice . Eftimates were given in of the expence ; but it was afterwards found ...
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Page 309 - ... writers of this age, Sir William Temple is almost the only one that kept himself altogether unpolluted by that inundation of vice and licentiousness which overwhelmed the "nation. The style of this author, though extremely negligent, and even infected with foreign idioms, is agreeable and interesting. That mixture of vanity which appears in his works, is rather a recommendation to them. By means of it, we enter into acquaintance with the character of the author, full of honour and humanity ;...
Page 284 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 244 - ... court lawyers, it had still been allowed, that the statutes which regard private property, could not legally be infringed by that prerogative. Yet in this instance it appeared, that even these were not now secure from invasion. The privileges of a college are attacked : men are illegally dispossessed of their property, for adhering to their duty, to their oaths, and to their religion...
Page 247 - ... the petition. On their refusal to give bail, an order was immediately drawn for their commitment to the Tower ; and the crown lawyers received directions to prosecute them for the seditious libel which, it was pretended, they had composed and uttered.
Page 207 - Oates's sentence was, to be fined a thousand marks on each indictment, to be whipped on two different days from Aldgate to Newgate, and from Newgate to Tyburn, to be imprisoned during life, and to be pilloried five times every year. The impudence of the man supported itself under the conviction, and his courage under the punishment.
Page 213 - ... said, were involved with the guilty. And on the whole, besides those who were butchered by the military commanders, two hundred and fifty-one are computed to have fallen by the hand of justice.
Page 205 - ... with my demand : men may think that by feeding me from time to time with such supplies as they* think convenient, they will better secure frequent meetings of Parliament ; but as this is the first time I speak to you from the throne, I must plainly tell you that such an expedient would be very improper to employ with me, and that the best way to engage me to meet you often is always to use me well.
Page 115 - Far from being distant stately, or reserved, he had not a grain of pride or vanity in his whole composition;** but was the most affable, best bred man alive.
Page 251 - Holloway, who had appeared to favor the bishops: he issued orders to prosecute all those clergymen who had not read his declaration; that is, the whole church of England, two hundred excepted: he sent a mandate to the new fellows whom he had obtruded on Magdalen College, to elect for president, in the room of Parker, lately deceased, one Gifford, a doctor of the Sorbonne, and titular bishop of Madura: and he is even said to have nominated the same person to the see of Oxford.
Page 66 - God has given us a prince," meaning the duke, "who is become (may I say a miracle) zealous of being the author and instrument of so glorious a work; but the opposition we are sure to meet with is also like to be great: so that it imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.