The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 12Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1813 - Biography & Autobiography |
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... respect to the queen's service . In the spring of the succeeding year he came over to England , and did not he- sitate to express his indignation against the all - powerful favourite , for the usage he had met with . But as it was the ...
... respect to the queen's service . In the spring of the succeeding year he came over to England , and did not he- sitate to express his indignation against the all - powerful favourite , for the usage he had met with . But as it was the ...
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... respect , it was shewn by the queen's conferring on him the honour of the garter . So quick an elevation , and to so great an height , unfortu- nately excited an impetuosity of spirit that was natural to the earl of Essex , who , among ...
... respect , it was shewn by the queen's conferring on him the honour of the garter . So quick an elevation , and to so great an height , unfortu- nately excited an impetuosity of spirit that was natural to the earl of Essex , who , among ...
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... respects equal to the performances of the greatest geniuses , is a long letter to the queen from Ireland , stating the situation of that country in a most masterly manner , both as a general and statesman , and concluding with strains ...
... respects equal to the performances of the greatest geniuses , is a long letter to the queen from Ireland , stating the situation of that country in a most masterly manner , both as a general and statesman , and concluding with strains ...
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... respect , until the self - denying ordinance threw him entirely out of the command : he resigned his commission , but not without visible marks of discontent . Unwilling to lose him altogether , the parliament voted that he should be ...
... respect , until the self - denying ordinance threw him entirely out of the command : he resigned his commission , but not without visible marks of discontent . Unwilling to lose him altogether , the parliament voted that he should be ...
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... respect to his life , his family , or his fortune . Upon his commitment to the Tower , he persisted steadily in maintaining his own innocence as to the powder - plot , and refused to discover any who were concerned in it ; but when he ...
... respect to his life , his family , or his fortune . Upon his commitment to the Tower , he persisted steadily in maintaining his own innocence as to the powder - plot , and refused to discover any who were concerned in it ; but when he ...
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Page 162 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 412 - 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; to which rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
Page 261 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.
Page 439 - I find there are many good men among us ; for my own part, I have had full confidence of all in this ship ; and once more beg to express my approbation of your conduct. " May God, who has thus far conducted you, continue to do so ; and may the British navy, the glory and support of our country, be restored to its wonted splendour, and be not only the bulwark of Britain, but the terror of the world. " But this can only be effected by a strict adherence to our duty and obedience ; and let us pray that...
Page 472 - Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Page 363 - I desire to be no longer the Sisyphus of the stage; to roll up a stone with endless labour, which, to follow the proverb, gathers no moss; and which is perpetually falling down again. I never thought myself very fit for an employment, where many of my predecessors have excelled me in all kinds; and some of my contemporaries, even in my own partial judgment, have outdone me in comedy.
Page 426 - A perfect copy of all summons of the nobility to the great councils and parliaments of this realm, from the 49th of king Henry III. until these present times, &c.
Page 124 - Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Page 398 - Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming to themselves there to deal both in pleas of the crown, and controversies civil. Then did they also use to inthral and charge the subjects...
Page 253 - ... to embrace that calling; and though each man may propose to himself both together, yet the first may not be put last without a violation of conscience, which he that searches the heart will judge. And truly my present condition is such, that if I ask my own conscience, whether it be...