Cameos from English History: Forty years of Stewart rule (1603-1643). 1887Macmillan, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... Archbishop Whitgift , now very old and infirm , left the chief debate to Bancroft , Bishop of London , and there were six more Bishops , all men of considerable learning and ability , also seven Deans , of whom the most noted were the ...
... Archbishop Whitgift , now very old and infirm , left the chief debate to Bancroft , Bishop of London , and there were six more Bishops , all men of considerable learning and ability , also seven Deans , of whom the most noted were the ...
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... Archbishop denied that the English Church held Baptism incom- plete without Confirmation and referred to Apostolic practice , which Bancroft followed up with a reference to Hebrew vi . 2 , observing further that " Mr. Calvin " had so ...
... Archbishop denied that the English Church held Baptism incom- plete without Confirmation and referred to Apostolic practice , which Bancroft followed up with a reference to Hebrew vi . 2 , observing further that " Mr. Calvin " had so ...
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... Archbishop would have replied , but the King took the word out of his mouth , and refused to regard " the credits of a few private men above the peace of the Church . " Cecil , Puritan though he was , objected strongly to " the ...
... Archbishop would have replied , but the King took the word out of his mouth , and refused to regard " the credits of a few private men above the peace of the Church . " Cecil , Puritan though he was , objected strongly to " the ...
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... Archbishop Parker's revision in 1568 of the translation set on foot by Tyndale and carried on by Coverdale , and the rhythm and general turn of the sentences had been fixed as it were by these two original translators ; but there were ...
... Archbishop Parker's revision in 1568 of the translation set on foot by Tyndale and carried on by Coverdale , and the rhythm and general turn of the sentences had been fixed as it were by these two original translators ; but there were ...
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... Archbishop Cranmer , Lord Bacon , and Shakespeare , all perfect masters of the powers of the language . Every modern tongue has at some time or other been fixed to a standard generally formed by some great work . Dante made the " lingua ...
... Archbishop Cranmer , Lord Bacon , and Shakespeare , all perfect masters of the powers of the language . Every modern tongue has at some time or other been fixed to a standard generally formed by some great work . Dante made the " lingua ...
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