The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV.Blanchard and Lea, 1851 - Great Britain |
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... tion of Cecil , 91. New Great Seal , 91. Lord Keeper's Speech on opening Parlia- ment , 92. His Advice on Queen's ' Title , 92 Lord Keeper Moderator in Disputa- tion between Roman Catholic and Protestant Divines , 92 , His Partiality ...
... tion of Cecil , 91. New Great Seal , 91. Lord Keeper's Speech on opening Parlia- ment , 92. His Advice on Queen's ' Title , 92 Lord Keeper Moderator in Disputa- tion between Roman Catholic and Protestant Divines , 92 , His Partiality ...
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... tion of Mary Queen of Scots , 164. Answer of Elizabeth , 164. Puckering prose- cutes Secretary Davison , 165. Queen's Serjeant , 165. His Conduct on Trial of Earl of Arundel , 165. Conducts Prosecution of Sir John Perrot , 165 ...
... tion of Mary Queen of Scots , 164. Answer of Elizabeth , 164. Puckering prose- cutes Secretary Davison , 165. Queen's Serjeant , 165. His Conduct on Trial of Earl of Arundel , 165. Conducts Prosecution of Sir John Perrot , 165 ...
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... tion of Essex at York House 266. He writes Report of the Trial for the Queen , 267 . Composes Letters in favour of Essex to be shown to the Queen , 267. Imprudent Conduct of Essex when liberated , 267. Resentment of the Queen , 267 ...
... tion of Essex at York House 266. He writes Report of the Trial for the Queen , 267 . Composes Letters in favour of Essex to be shown to the Queen , 267. Imprudent Conduct of Essex when liberated , 267. Resentment of the Queen , 267 ...
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... tion of Yelverton , the Attorney General , for improperly granting a Charter , 320 . Publication of NOVUM ORGANUM , 320. Bacon's Letter presenting this Work to the King , 321. The King's Answer , 321. Presentation Copy to Sir E. Coke ...
... tion of Yelverton , the Attorney General , for improperly granting a Charter , 320 . Publication of NOVUM ORGANUM , 320. Bacon's Letter presenting this Work to the King , 321. The King's Answer , 321. Presentation Copy to Sir E. Coke ...
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... tion of Somerset as Protector , and concurred in the measures by which Wriothesley was deprived of the office of Chancellor , and banished from the Council . The Protector , having got the Great Seal into his hands , was in great ...
... tion of Somerset as Protector , and concurred in the measures by which Wriothesley was deprived of the office of Chancellor , and banished from the Council . The Protector , having got the Great Seal into his hands , was in great ...
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Page 69 - Give me leave. Here lies the water ; good : here stands the man ; good : If the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes ; mark you that ? but if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life. 2 Clo. But is this law ? 1 Clo. Ay, marry is 't ; crowner's-quest law. 2 Clo. Will you ha...
Page 361 - But farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause...
Page 259 - You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth, either ancient or recent), there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love; which shows that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion.
Page 242 - This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school-men, who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading ; but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator...
Page 75 - With us the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six at afternoon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon as they call it, and sup at seven or eight : but out of term in our universities the scholars dine at ten.
Page 351 - My conceit of his person," says Ben Jonson very finely, "was never increased towards him by his place or honours'; but I have and do reverence him for the greatness that was only proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.
Page 391 - Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat ? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Page 136 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : But I would have you know that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by Cod, I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, ELIZABETH.
Page 278 - Lastly, for this divulged and almost prostituted title of knighthood, I could without charge, by your honour's mean, be content to have it, both because of this late disgrace, and because I have three new knights in my mess in Gray's Inn commons ; and because I have found out an alderman's daughter,* a handsome maiden to my liking.
Page 242 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.