Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... parliament , were resolved on . rel's pro- Wales . In the mean while Sacheverel , being presented to Sacheve- a benefice in North Wales , went down to take pos - gress to session of it ; as he passed through the countries , both going ...
... parliament , were resolved on . rel's pro- Wales . In the mean while Sacheverel , being presented to Sacheve- a benefice in North Wales , went down to take pos - gress to session of it ; as he passed through the countries , both going ...
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... parliament , which Harcourt ( now made attorney - general in the room of Montague , who had quitted that post ) had prepared : when it was read , the lord chancellor offered to speak ; but the queen rose up , and would admit of no ...
... parliament , which Harcourt ( now made attorney - general in the room of Montague , who had quitted that post ) had prepared : when it was read , the lord chancellor offered to speak ; but the queen rose up , and would admit of no ...
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... parliament and the war , with the duke of Marlbo- rough in the command of it . For this he proposed a meeting with the lords Somers , Halifax , and Cowper . They met him , and did not dislike the overture , but desired some days to con ...
... parliament and the war , with the duke of Marlbo- rough in the command of it . For this he proposed a meeting with the lords Somers , Halifax , and Cowper . They met him , and did not dislike the overture , but desired some days to con ...
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... parliament , and the new model of the ministry , that though he con- tinued some time master of the horse , he refused to sit any more in council , and complained openly of the artifices had been used , to make him instrumen- tal to ...
... parliament , and the new model of the ministry , that though he con- tinued some time master of the horse , he refused to sit any more in council , and complained openly of the artifices had been used , to make him instrumen- tal to ...
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... parliament . Unheard - of methods were used to tions of par- secure them ; in London , and in all the parts of men . England , but more remarkably in the great cities , there was a vast concourse of rude multitudes brought together ...
... parliament . Unheard - of methods were used to tions of par- secure them ; in London , and in all the parts of men . England , but more remarkably in the great cities , there was a vast concourse of rude multitudes brought together ...
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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.