Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... tion ; he was looked on as the champion of the church ; and he shewed as much insolence on that occasion , as his party did folly . No notice was taken by the government of all these riots ; they were rather favoured and encouraged than ...
... tion ; he was looked on as the champion of the church ; and he shewed as much insolence on that occasion , as his party did folly . No notice was taken by the government of all these riots ; they were rather favoured and encouraged than ...
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... tion ; and they then ordered all their proceedings and votes to be put in an address , and laid before the queen and though they had made no inquiry into the expense of that war , nor into the applica- tion of the money given by the ...
... tion ; and they then ordered all their proceedings and votes to be put in an address , and laid before the queen and though they had made no inquiry into the expense of that war , nor into the applica- tion of the money given by the ...
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... tion , ) they voted that fifty more churches should be built ; and laid the charge of it upon that part of the duty on coals that had been reserved for build- ing of St. Paul's , which was now finished . In the beginning of April , the ...
... tion , ) they voted that fifty more churches should be built ; and laid the charge of it upon that part of the duty on coals that had been reserved for build- ing of St. Paul's , which was now finished . In the beginning of April , the ...
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... tion . He had a thorough con- tempt for all scheme - makers , who , he said , were rogues or fools : either they did not un- derstand its perfections , or had base ends of their own to pur- sue . He thought king Wil- liam's reign after ...
... tion . He had a thorough con- tempt for all scheme - makers , who , he said , were rogues or fools : either they did not un- derstand its perfections , or had base ends of their own to pur- sue . He thought king Wil- liam's reign after ...
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... tion , as was usual in former licenses ; and in these the archbishop's presence and consent alone was made necessary , except in case of sickness , and then the archbishop had named some bishops to preside , as his commissaries and in ...
... tion , as was usual in former licenses ; and in these the archbishop's presence and consent alone was made necessary , except in case of sickness , and then the archbishop had named some bishops to preside , as his commissaries and in ...
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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.