Cameos from English History: Forty years of Stewart rule (1603-1643). 1887Macmillan, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... person educated beyond seas incapable of inheriting property , and to prevent the introduction of priests as tutors , insisting that all teachers of grammar should be licensed by the diocesan . Convocation met at the same time , and ...
... person educated beyond seas incapable of inheriting property , and to prevent the introduction of priests as tutors , insisting that all teachers of grammar should be licensed by the diocesan . Convocation met at the same time , and ...
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... persons of the slightest religious training , the second to all of any culture . With these models , some words may be added , some forms dropped , but never entirely disused or forgotten . And there is a rhythm , a poetic taste , an ...
... persons of the slightest religious training , the second to all of any culture . With these models , some words may be added , some forms dropped , but never entirely disused or forgotten . And there is a rhythm , a poetic taste , an ...
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... persons thus fined was Robert Catesby , of Ashby St. Legers , in Northamptonshire . His father , Sir William , had been a staunch Roman Catholic , who had undergone more than one imprison- ment under Queen Elizabeth , but he himself had ...
... persons thus fined was Robert Catesby , of Ashby St. Legers , in Northamptonshire . His father , Sir William , had been a staunch Roman Catholic , who had undergone more than one imprison- ment under Queen Elizabeth , but he himself had ...
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... persons of the young prince and princess , their numbers would not have sufficed to protect them from the fury of the whole country , and they would have been annihilated before Spanish aid could reach them . However , Catesby ...
... persons of the young prince and princess , their numbers would not have sufficed to protect them from the fury of the whole country , and they would have been annihilated before Spanish aid could reach them . However , Catesby ...
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... persons not yet arraigned , and the Lords refused to pass it without evidence against them . Thereupon the Council set themselves to obtain evidence from the captives in the Tower , and put the servants on the rack . Garnet , who was an ...
... persons not yet arraigned , and the Lords refused to pass it without evidence against them . Thereupon the Council set themselves to obtain evidence from the captives in the Tower , and put the servants on the rack . Garnet , who was an ...
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