Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... lay so near one another , that king Philip cannonaded the camp of his enemies , but his men were beat off with loss , and drew away to a greater distance ; however , be- fore the end of July , there was an action of great importance ...
... lay so near one another , that king Philip cannonaded the camp of his enemies , but his men were beat off with loss , and drew away to a greater distance ; however , be- fore the end of July , there was an action of great importance ...
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... 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 it from Paris ; which was ...
... 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 it from Paris ; which was ...
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... laid be- fore the house of all their consultations : the queen granted this readily ; and came to the house , which was understood to be on design to favour that which was aimed at . Upon this the duke of Marlborough , the earls of ...
... laid be- fore the house of all their consultations : the queen granted this readily ; and came to the house , which was understood to be on design to favour that which was aimed at . Upon this the duke of Marlborough , the earls of ...
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... laid before the house : in all the hot debates in king Charles the first's reign , in which many reso- lutions taken in council were justly censurable , yet the passing any censure on them was never at - 561 tempted by men who were no ...
... laid before the house : in all the hot debates in king Charles the first's reign , in which many reso- lutions taken in council were justly censurable , yet the passing any censure on them was never at - 561 tempted by men who were no ...
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... laid before the queen and though they had made no inquiry into the expense of that war , nor into the applica- tion ... lay the load there . The ma- nagement of the public treasure was exact and un- exceptionable ; so that the single ...
... laid before the queen and though they had made no inquiry into the expense of that war , nor into the applica- tion ... lay the load there . The ma- nagement of the public treasure was exact and un- exceptionable ; so that the single ...
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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.