Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... shew her much respect . He was kept a month longer than was designed , upon a dispute who should succeed him ; the queen would not hear of lord Nottingham , nor the whigs of lord Anglesea ; and the scheme at that time went no further ...
... shew her much respect . He was kept a month longer than was designed , upon a dispute who should succeed him ; the queen would not hear of lord Nottingham , nor the whigs of lord Anglesea ; and the scheme at that time went no further ...
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... shew any ; therefore desired he would assure their high mightinesses , that in my own particular , I should be al- ways ready to serve them , as far as was consistent with my duty to the queen , and the in- terest of England ...
... shew any ; therefore desired he would assure their high mightinesses , that in my own particular , I should be al- ways ready to serve them , as far as was consistent with my duty to the queen , and the in- terest of England ...
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... shew the whigs , who kept him in great awe , and by her account were very jealous of him . D. ( Compare Swift's Change in the Queen's Ministry , p . 13 ; but , like the duchess of Marlborough , he appears to have been mistaken in his ac ...
... shew the whigs , who kept him in great awe , and by her account were very jealous of him . D. ( Compare Swift's Change in the Queen's Ministry , p . 13 ; but , like the duchess of Marlborough , he appears to have been mistaken in his ac ...
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... shew , on this great occasion , their zeal for the church , and now or never to save it : they also told them in what ill hands the queen had been kept , as in cap- tivity , and that it was a charity , as well as their duty , to free ...
... shew , on this great occasion , their zeal for the church , and now or never to save it : they also told them in what ill hands the queen had been kept , as in cap- tivity , and that it was a charity , as well as their duty , to free ...
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... " been augmented by strong 66 reinforcements , must have " rendered his quarters there " untenable . " Somerville's Hist . of Queen Anne , ch . xvi . p . 02 . shew of fortifying Toledo ; but for want of provi- 18 THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN.
... " been augmented by strong 66 reinforcements , must have " rendered his quarters there " untenable . " Somerville's Hist . of Queen Anne , ch . xvi . p . 02 . shew of fortifying Toledo ; but for want of provi- 18 THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN.
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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.
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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.
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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.