Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... conduct , the queen was advised to lay Spain cen- hold on it ; so , without staying till she heard from the lords . her own ministers or her allies , as was usual , she laid the matter before the parliament , as the public news brought ...
... conduct , the queen was advised to lay Spain cen- hold on it ; so , without staying till she heard from the lords . her own ministers or her allies , as was usual , she laid the matter before the parliament , as the public news brought ...
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... conduct of the war in Spain , to see if there had been any mismanagement in any part of it : and they entered immediately into that inquiry . They began it with an address to the queen , to delay the despatch of the earl of Peterborough ...
... conduct of the war in Spain , to see if there had been any mismanagement in any part of it : and they entered immediately into that inquiry . They began it with an address to the queen , to delay the despatch of the earl of Peterborough ...
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... one related to his own conduct in Spain ; the other was an answer to the relation given in writing by the 560 1711. disposed , that the majority believed every thing earl of Peterborough . The house of lords was so OF QUEEN ANNE . 25.
... one related to his own conduct in Spain ; the other was an answer to the relation given in writing by the 560 1711. disposed , that the majority believed every thing earl of Peterborough . The house of lords was so OF QUEEN ANNE . 25.
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... conducted as to be above all cen- sure : so the misfortune of Almanza being a visible thing , they resolved to lay the load there . The ma- nagement of the public treasure was exact and un- exceptionable ; so that the single misfortune ...
... conducted as to be above all cen- sure : so the misfortune of Almanza being a visible thing , they resolved to lay the load there . The ma- nagement of the public treasure was exact and un- exceptionable ; so that the single misfortune ...
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... conduct that could be ex- pected from a great general , and had made a good retreat , and secured Catalonia with inexpressible di- ligence . They also censured him for not insisting on the point of honour , in the precedence to be given ...
... conduct that could be ex- pected from a great general , and had made a good retreat , and secured Catalonia with inexpressible di- ligence . They also censured him for not insisting on the point of honour , in the precedence to be given ...
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Page 243 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 286 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Page 242 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 242 - Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; Seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open unto their cry.
Page 354 - truth ; or the true state of the primitive church, by an " humble moderator,
Page 312 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
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Page 240 - I understand somewhat more than the receiving some doctrines, though ever so true, or the professing them, and engaging to support them, not without zeal and eagerness. What signify the best doctrines, if men do not live suitably to them ; if they have not a due influence upon their thoughts, their principles, and their lives ? Men of bad lives, with sound opinions, are selfcondemned, and lie under a highly aggravated guilt...
Page 94 - It was said that the queen could not send a message to any one House to adjourn, when the like message was not sent to both Houses. The pleasure of the prince in convening, dissolving, proroguing or ordering the adjournment of Parliaments was always directed to both Houses, but never to any one House without the same intimation was made at the same time to the other.