Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Last and Two Preceding Centuries, Volume 1T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1804 - Anecdotes |
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... FIRST . BRITISH . Date and Duration of Sovereignty . Anecdotes of 1272-1307 Roger Bacon 1327-1377 The King Edward the Black Prince 1377-1399 John Wickliffe 1399-1413 The King Sir William Gaf- coigne } D . 1413-1422 The King Thomas ...
... FIRST . BRITISH . Date and Duration of Sovereignty . Anecdotes of 1272-1307 Roger Bacon 1327-1377 The King Edward the Black Prince 1377-1399 John Wickliffe 1399-1413 The King Sir William Gaf- coigne } D . 1413-1422 The King Thomas ...
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... -1793 The King Voltaire 1694-1778 J. J. Rouffeau 1712-1778 Cardinal de Brienne 1750 M. Turgot 1777 M. Chamfort 1789 Abbé Brotier D. 1789 ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . BRITISH . EDWARD THE FIRST xx GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... -1793 The King Voltaire 1694-1778 J. J. Rouffeau 1712-1778 Cardinal de Brienne 1750 M. Turgot 1777 M. Chamfort 1789 Abbé Brotier D. 1789 ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . BRITISH . EDWARD THE FIRST xx GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... FIRST . [ 1272-1307 . ] ROGER BACON . THIS acute and learned Francifcan Monk was , according to Mr. Selden , of a gentleman's family in Dorsetshire , and was born in 1214. He began his ftudies very early at Oxford , and then went to ...
... FIRST . [ 1272-1307 . ] ROGER BACON . THIS acute and learned Francifcan Monk was , according to Mr. Selden , of a gentleman's family in Dorsetshire , and was born in 1214. He began his ftudies very early at Oxford , and then went to ...
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... first , the folicitation of the Duke of " Burgundy , and the animofity of the English to " the French ; ( which is natural to them , and has " been fo for many ages ) next , to reserve for himself a great part of the money which had ...
... first , the folicitation of the Duke of " Burgundy , and the animofity of the English to " the French ; ( which is natural to them , and has " been fo for many ages ) next , to reserve for himself a great part of the money which had ...
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... first ap- pellation is supposed to have been written by Fisher , Bishop of Rochefter . The immenfe wealth which Henry had procured by the suppression of the monafteries feems to have been lavished with a prodigality as enormous as the ...
... first ap- pellation is supposed to have been written by Fisher , Bishop of Rochefter . The immenfe wealth which Henry had procured by the suppression of the monafteries feems to have been lavished with a prodigality as enormous as the ...
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Page 140 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 140 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 140 - I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Page 141 - ... by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Page 358 - But as for Richard Cromwell, his son, who is he? What are his titles? We have seen that he had a sword by his side; but did he ever draw it? And what is of more importance in this case, is he fit to get obedience from a mighty nation, who could never make a footman obey him?
Page 399 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 339 - House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable,...
Page 339 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Page 327 - In such sessions, ten hours long, there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread ; bottles of beer and wine going thick from mouth to mouth, without cups ; and all this in the King's eye : yea, many but turned their back, and — (Good Heavens!) — through the forms they sat on.
Page 62 - ... flesh whatsoever: for which yet you have cast me into many calamities, and yourself into many troubles. But I forgive you all, and pray God to do so likewise.