Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Last and Two Preceding Centuries, Volume 1T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1804 - Anecdotes |
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... things , " as fulphur and charcoal powder . Befides this power of combuftion , it poffeffes other won- " derful properties ; for founds like thofe of " thunder and corufcations can be made in the air , more horrid than those occafioned ...
... things , " as fulphur and charcoal powder . Befides this power of combuftion , it poffeffes other won- " derful properties ; for founds like thofe of " thunder and corufcations can be made in the air , more horrid than those occafioned ...
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... things were laid to his charge , when the Lord Marshall defired him to fit down ; telling him , that as he had many things to anfwer to , he had need of a foft feat to be at his ease . The Bishop replied , " that he fhould not fit there ...
... things were laid to his charge , when the Lord Marshall defired him to fit down ; telling him , that as he had many things to anfwer to , he had need of a foft feat to be at his ease . The Bishop replied , " that he fhould not fit there ...
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... thing . Wickliffe died of the palfy , at his parfonage of Lutterworth , in 1382 , and his bones were taken up and burnt by a decree of the Council thirteen years afterwards . The learned and candid Melancthon speaks thus of Wickliffe ...
... thing . Wickliffe died of the palfy , at his parfonage of Lutterworth , in 1382 , and his bones were taken up and burnt by a decree of the Council thirteen years afterwards . The learned and candid Melancthon speaks thus of Wickliffe ...
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... they may not gyve any thing of their " own goods ; and the Kyng there afkyth never fubfydie of his Nobles , for dreade that yf he " s C 2 " chargy'd " chargy'd them fo , they would confedre with the HENRY THE SIXTH . 19 JOHN IV.
... they may not gyve any thing of their " own goods ; and the Kyng there afkyth never fubfydie of his Nobles , for dreade that yf he " s C 2 " chargy'd " chargy'd them fo , they would confedre with the HENRY THE SIXTH . 19 JOHN IV.
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... things that we fhall ufe occupye & exercise . Ryght high & ryght mighty prince , our ful " redouted lorde & fadur , we thanke our bleffed " Lorde not only of yo ' honourable conducte & " good fpede in all your matiers and befyneffe ...
... things that we fhall ufe occupye & exercise . Ryght high & ryght mighty prince , our ful " redouted lorde & fadur , we thanke our bleffed " Lorde not only of yo ' honourable conducte & " good fpede in all your matiers and befyneffe ...
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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.