State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution ...J. Robson, 1766 - Favorites, Royal |
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... HENRY VIII . Lord HERBERT's Character of HENRY the VIII , K XX XXING Henry's life being commonly Hen . 8 . held various and diverfe , from itself , will hardly fuffer any character or description . Howbeit , fince others have fo much ...
... HENRY VIII . Lord HERBERT's Character of HENRY the VIII , K XX XXING Henry's life being commonly Hen . 8 . held various and diverfe , from itself , will hardly fuffer any character or description . Howbeit , fince others have fo much ...
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... means than their revenues then left to defend himself . For certainly , the publick pre- text , taken from their exceffive numbers in pro- B 3 portion Hen . 8.portion to a well compofed ftate , or of King Henry the Eighth . 5.
... means than their revenues then left to defend himself . For certainly , the publick pre- text , taken from their exceffive numbers in pro- B 3 portion Hen . 8.portion to a well compofed ftate , or of King Henry the Eighth . 5.
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... Henry VII is call'd by fome covetoufneffe , was a royall vertue : whereas the exceffive and need- leffe expences of Henry VIII drew after them thofe miferable confequences which the world hath so much reproached . Howbeit , there may ...
... Henry VII is call'd by fome covetoufneffe , was a royall vertue : whereas the exceffive and need- leffe expences of Henry VIII drew after them thofe miferable confequences which the world hath so much reproached . Howbeit , there may ...
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... Henry the eighth's reign , did in great part defend him in an Italian book , printed anno 1552 , it hath not availed . But what this prince was , and whether , and how far forth excufable in point of state , con- science or honour , a ...
... Henry the eighth's reign , did in great part defend him in an Italian book , printed anno 1552 , it hath not availed . But what this prince was , and whether , and how far forth excufable in point of state , con- science or honour , a ...
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... Henry the Eighth , pag . 314 . AND thus concluded that great Cardinal : a man in whom ability of parts and industry were equally eminent ; though , for being employed wholly in ambitious ways , they became dangerous inftruments of power ...
... Henry the Eighth , pag . 314 . AND thus concluded that great Cardinal : a man in whom ability of parts and industry were equally eminent ; though , for being employed wholly in ambitious ways , they became dangerous inftruments of power ...
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Page 37 - ... a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage as with the merchant, but for the lie's sake.
Page 205 - ... self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business: for the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
Page 43 - Instead of art and luxury in food, Let mirth and freedom make thy table good. If any cares into thy day-time creep, At night, without wine's opium, let them sleep. Let rest, which nature does to darkness wed, And not lust, recommend to thee thy bed. Be satisfied and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well the...
Page 264 - that we are commanded to forgive our enemies ; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
Page 504 - Packington was a gentleman of no mean family, and of form and feature nowise disabled, for he was a brave gentleman, and a very fine courtier, and for the time which he stayed there, which was not lasting, very high in her grace; but he came in, and went out...
Page 385 - Armes, he soon attracted the good opinion of all men, and was so highly prized in the good opinion of the Queen, that she thought the Court deficient without him : And whereas (through the fame of his...
Page 211 - he will not die at this time, for this morning I begged his life from God in my prayers, and obtained it : " which accordingly came to pass; and he soon after, against all expectation, wonderfully recovered.
Page 522 - I gave you, and which you should not endure if you have any courage at all in you. If you consent not to meet me hereupon, I will hold you, and cause you to be generally held, for the arrantest coward, and most slanderous slave, that lives in all France. I expect your answer.
Page 399 - To him men's faces spake as much as their tongues, and their countenances were indexes of their hearts. He would so beset men with questions, and draw them on, that they discovered themselves whether they answered or were silent.
Page 43 - And let thy kitchens be a vestal flame. Thee to the town let never suit at law, And rarely, very rarely, business draw. Thy active mind in equal temper keep, In undisturbed peace, yet not in sleep. Let exercise a vigorous health maintain, Without which all the composition's vain.