The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 2George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... minister readily fell into the plan for the sake of pleasing the court of France . The intrigue however terminated ... ministry . It formed in their view a fearful omen of the spirit by which the king's counsels would be influenced at ...
... minister readily fell into the plan for the sake of pleasing the court of France . The intrigue however terminated ... ministry . It formed in their view a fearful omen of the spirit by which the king's counsels would be influenced at ...
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... minister , whom the parliament and the nation equally regarded as the chief in- strument of that misrule under which ... ministry . The reluctance of the commons to grant supplies , induced the king now to adopt the dangerous expedient ...
... minister , whom the parliament and the nation equally regarded as the chief in- strument of that misrule under which ... ministry . The reluctance of the commons to grant supplies , induced the king now to adopt the dangerous expedient ...
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... minister to its termination . His end made no material alteration in the counsels of the king , or in the rela- tive situation of the conflicting parties . The meeting of parliament was , however , again the signal for renewing the ...
... minister to its termination . His end made no material alteration in the counsels of the king , or in the rela- tive situation of the conflicting parties . The meeting of parliament was , however , again the signal for renewing the ...
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... minister the marquis de Rosni , afterwards duke de Sully , on the first mission to the new sovereign of England . It is interesting to know what was the state of parties at the English court , as they ap- peared to so acute an observer ...
... minister the marquis de Rosni , afterwards duke de Sully , on the first mission to the new sovereign of England . It is interesting to know what was the state of parties at the English court , as they ap- peared to so acute an observer ...
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... minister , who sought by this means one of two ends , -to cast upon his opponents the imputation of having bewitched innocent persons , —or to acquire for himself the reputation of successful exorcism ; a gift which all parties believed ...
... minister , who sought by this means one of two ends , -to cast upon his opponents the imputation of having bewitched innocent persons , —or to acquire for himself the reputation of successful exorcism ; a gift which all parties believed ...
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Page 8 - ... be pens and heads there sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people,...
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Page 356 - I showed them others, that I might see whether They would condemn them, or them justify ; And some said, Let them live ; some, Let them die, Some said, John print it ; others said, Not so : Some said, It might do good ; others said, No.
Page 460 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Page 461 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Page 697 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.