Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... duke of Devonshire for the lord steward's staff , and gave it to the duke of Buckingham h ; Mr. Boyle was dismissed from being secretary of state , and Mr. St. John had the seals : the earl of Derby was removed from being chan- cellor ...
... duke of Devonshire for the lord steward's staff , and gave it to the duke of Buckingham h ; Mr. Boyle was dismissed from being secretary of state , and Mr. St. John had the seals : the earl of Derby was removed from being chan- cellor ...
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... duke of Somerset al- ways acted more by humour than reason . He had been ex- tremely solicitous and impati- ent to get the duke of Marlbo- rough and lord Godolphin out ; and then insisted to have a packed parliament of theirs meet , to ...
... duke of Somerset al- ways acted more by humour than reason . He had been ex- tremely solicitous and impati- ent to get the duke of Marlbo- rough and lord Godolphin out ; and then insisted to have a packed parliament of theirs meet , to ...
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... duke of Kent , who seemed much sur- prised , and told me he had just before received one in her ma jesty's name by the duke of Somerset , directly the trary . Upon which the queen thought herself obliged , as she was pleased to say , to ...
... duke of Kent , who seemed much sur- prised , and told me he had just before received one in her ma jesty's name by the duke of Somerset , directly the trary . Upon which the queen thought herself obliged , as she was pleased to say , to ...
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... duke of Anjou . He spoke very modestly of his own ability , but obeyed her majesty's commands . He said Spain was of so vast an extent , besides other properties belonging to its situation and fastnesses , that he thought it ...
... duke of Anjou . He spoke very modestly of his own ability , but obeyed her majesty's commands . He said Spain was of so vast an extent , besides other properties belonging to its situation and fastnesses , that he thought it ...
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... duke of and there was a suspicion of some caballing among Celi . them upon which , the duke of Medina Celi , king Philip's chief minister , was sent a close prisoner to the castle of Segovia , and was kept there very strictly , none ...
... duke of and there was a suspicion of some caballing among Celi . them upon which , the duke of Medina Celi , king Philip's chief minister , was sent a close prisoner to the castle of Segovia , and was kept there very strictly , none ...
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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).
Page 15 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
Page 23 - An Elementary Treatise on Quaternions. By PG TAIT, MA, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh ; formerly Fellow of St Peter's College, Cambridge. Second...
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.