State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution ...J. Robson, 1766 - Favorites, Royal |
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... Ireland . King Hen- ry's affection would promote him any where , but his own refolution and spirit commended him to Ireland . He was a man whom all Ireland could not not rule ; therefore ( as the jest goes ) he should rule all England ...
... Ireland . King Hen- ry's affection would promote him any where , but his own refolution and spirit commended him to Ireland . He was a man whom all Ireland could not not rule ; therefore ( as the jest goes ) he should rule all England ...
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... Ireland , which he reduced as speedily to obe- dience ( notwithstanding Defmond's rebellion ) as he had to civility , had it not been for Wolfey's underminings , who endured no publick fervice but what he did himself ; and would chufe ...
... Ireland , which he reduced as speedily to obe- dience ( notwithstanding Defmond's rebellion ) as he had to civility , had it not been for Wolfey's underminings , who endured no publick fervice but what he did himself ; and would chufe ...
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... Ireland under fir William Skeffington , and a thorough fearch into the bottom of the rebellion in the north , by a connivance and delay . But all his fervices could not quit him from fufpicion , nor his popularity from envy : the lord ...
... Ireland under fir William Skeffington , and a thorough fearch into the bottom of the rebellion in the north , by a connivance and delay . But all his fervices could not quit him from fufpicion , nor his popularity from envy : the lord ...
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... Ireland : although his prefence countenanced fome actions his hands could not perform . 1 Three things he was very careful of . 1. Of good pay , left his fouldiers mutined . 2. Of good diet and quarters , left they failed . 13 . 3. Of ...
... Ireland : although his prefence countenanced fome actions his hands could not perform . 1 Three things he was very careful of . 1. Of good pay , left his fouldiers mutined . 2. Of good diet and quarters , left they failed . 13 . 3. Of ...
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... Ireland ; where he dyed a good proteftant , a publick - fpirited patriot , and an honeft man . Obfervations on the Life of Sir Henry Fitz - Alane , earl of Arundel . H Is first appearance in the world * was to adorn Lloyd . the court ...
... Ireland ; where he dyed a good proteftant , a publick - fpirited patriot , and an honeft man . Obfervations on the Life of Sir Henry Fitz - Alane , earl of Arundel . H Is first appearance in the world * was to adorn Lloyd . the court ...
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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.