Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Volume 6University Press, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... zeal and success , insomuch , that the adminis- tration of all affairs at home and abroad , in their 554 hands , was not only without exception , but had raised the admiration of all Europe . All this rose purely from the great credit ...
... zeal and success , insomuch , that the adminis- tration of all affairs at home and abroad , in their 554 hands , was not only without exception , but had raised the admiration of all Europe . All this rose purely from the great credit ...
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... 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 her from the power the late ministry ...
... 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 her from the power the late ministry ...
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... zeal , and a seeming discovery of fraudulent practices , by which the nation was deceived . the war . The money did not come into the treasury So Supplies readily as formerly , neither upon the act of four given for shillings in the ...
... zeal , and a seeming discovery of fraudulent practices , by which the nation was deceived . the war . The money did not come into the treasury So Supplies readily as formerly , neither upon the act of four given for shillings in the ...
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... zeal and influence of the clergy should have done nothing for the good of the church ; so it be- ing apparent , that in the suburbs of London there were about 200,000 people more than could possibly worship God in the churches built ...
... zeal and influence of the clergy should have done nothing for the good of the church ; so it be- ing apparent , that in the suburbs of London there were about 200,000 people more than could possibly worship God in the churches built ...
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... zeal for the interest of his country , or less for his own . His great- est fault was vanity ; and his friendship was never to be de- pended upon , if it interfered with his other designs , though the sacrifice was to an enemy . D. • Mr ...
... zeal for the interest of his country , or less for his own . His great- est fault was vanity ; and his friendship was never to be de- pended upon , if it interfered with his other designs , though the sacrifice was to an enemy . D. • Mr ...
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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.