Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 111847 |
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... a faction - howl , like Titus Oates . In their distrust of all that was good and true , they deemed that the 1 MSS . of Anstis , Garter King at Arms . primate of the church of England had some secret interest 10 MARY II .
... a faction - howl , like Titus Oates . In their distrust of all that was good and true , they deemed that the 1 MSS . of Anstis , Garter King at Arms . primate of the church of England had some secret interest 10 MARY II .
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Agnes Strickland. primate of the church of England had some secret interest to carry , which had not been fathomed by William of Orange , on account of his want of familiarity with the tech- nicalities of English ecclesiastical affairs ...
Agnes Strickland. primate of the church of England had some secret interest to carry , which had not been fathomed by William of Orange , on account of his want of familiarity with the tech- nicalities of English ecclesiastical affairs ...
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... interest . ' She moreover 66 1 Two contemporaries , who certainly never saw each other's historical re- miniscences , relate this remarkable incident , but without marking the day when it occurred ; these authorities are the duke of ...
... interest . ' She moreover 66 1 Two contemporaries , who certainly never saw each other's historical re- miniscences , relate this remarkable incident , but without marking the day when it occurred ; these authorities are the duke of ...
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... mind , it usually is so in meanness ; it was not probable that Tre- lawney would sacrifice his interest to any scruple of obligation when he obtained were infinitely reverenced ; but from the triumphant party they MARY II . 15.
... mind , it usually is so in meanness ; it was not probable that Tre- lawney would sacrifice his interest to any scruple of obligation when he obtained were infinitely reverenced ; but from the triumphant party they MARY II . 15.
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... interest . 991 The mere ceremonial of the coronation of Mary II . and William III . sinks into flat and vapid verbiage , after its introductory scenes of stormy passion . Who , after the awful malediction and the agonizing bewailment ...
... interest . 991 The mere ceremonial of the coronation of Mary II . and William III . sinks into flat and vapid verbiage , after its introductory scenes of stormy passion . Who , after the awful malediction and the agonizing bewailment ...
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Page 22 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 332 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Page 201 - We, your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lords spiritual and temporal, in parliament assembled...
Page 5 - She rose early the next morning, and in her undress, as it was reported, before her women were up, went about from room to room to see the convenience of Whitehall ; lay in the same bed and apartment where the late Queen lay, and within a night or two sat down to play at basset, as the Queen her predecessor used to do.
Page 28 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 346 - ... tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable magnificence, which made her look as big again as usual ; and I should have thought her one of the largest things of God's making if my Lady St.
Page 311 - The day before she died she received the Sacrament; all the bishops who were attending, being admitted to receive it with her. We were, God knows, a sorrowful company, for we were losing her who was our chief hope and glory on earth ; she followed the whole office...
Page 80 - Marlborough, which methinks is unaccountable. Lord Nottingham desired I would sign letters to the governors of Berwick and Carlisle, not to let any persons go by who had not a pass, and that they should stop all the mails. This I have done, and the express is to be immediately sent away.
Page 22 - The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Page 321 - The gardenage," that had airs in it " freer than those that were more stiff," was, at the close of the seventeenth century, completely on a par with the Dutch architecture perpetrated by Mary and her spouse. Neither was worth placing in the list of a queen-regnant's virtues.