The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.T. Davies, 1771 |
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... friends and partizans , among whom was Cecil , afterwards earl of Salisbury . Mean while the council ordered fix lords to act as governors to the king , two at a time officiating alternate- ly . It was then , for the firft time , that ...
... friends and partizans , among whom was Cecil , afterwards earl of Salisbury . Mean while the council ordered fix lords to act as governors to the king , two at a time officiating alternate- ly . It was then , for the firft time , that ...
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... friends , while the prince was kept from reflection by a series of occupations and amusements . At laft the prisoner was brought to the scaffold ' on Tower - hill , where he appeared , without the least emotion , in the midst of a vast ...
... friends , while the prince was kept from reflection by a series of occupations and amusements . At laft the prisoner was brought to the scaffold ' on Tower - hill , where he appeared , without the least emotion , in the midst of a vast ...
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... ableft champions for the reformation ; his piety , learning , and foli- dity of judgment , were admired by his friends , and dreaded by his enemies . The night be- fore E 4 fore his execution , he invited the mayor of Ox- MARY . 55.
... ableft champions for the reformation ; his piety , learning , and foli- dity of judgment , were admired by his friends , and dreaded by his enemies . The night be- fore E 4 fore his execution , he invited the mayor of Ox- MARY . 55.
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... friends , that if he found the torture fupportable , he would - make them a fignal for that purpose in the midft of the flames . His zeal for the cause in which he suffered was fo ftrong , that when the spectators thought him near ...
... friends , that if he found the torture fupportable , he would - make them a fignal for that purpose in the midft of the flames . His zeal for the cause in which he suffered was fo ftrong , that when the spectators thought him near ...
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... friends that she could fafely rely on . In this fituation , therefore , she could hope for no other refource but what pro- ceeded from the affection of her own fubjets , her own infight into her affairs , and the wif dom of her ...
... friends that she could fafely rely on . In this fituation , therefore , she could hope for no other refource but what pro- ceeded from the affection of her own fubjets , her own infight into her affairs , and the wif dom of her ...
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Seite 312 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Seite 251 - Pym, and Strode. The articles were, That they had traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fundamental laws and government of the kingdom, to deprive the...
Seite 283 - Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour.
Seite 311 - Though innocent towards his people, he acknowledged the equity of his execution in the eyes of his Maker; and observed, that an unjust sentence which he had suffered to take effect, was now punished by an unjust sentence upon himself.
Seite 165 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Seite 166 - A terrible blow, and yet the authors concealed; a danger so sudden, and yet so great ; these circumstances seemed all to denote some contrivance by gunpowder ; and it was thought advisable to inspect all the vaults below the Houses of Parliament. This care belonged to the Earl of Suffolk, lord chamberlain, who purposely delayed the search till the day before the meeting of Parliament. He remarked those great piles of wood and...
Seite 309 - At these words, the child looked very steadfastly upon him. "Mark, child! what I say: they will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: but mark what I say: thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head, too they will cut off at last! Therefore I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Seite 123 - Towards the end of supper, she called in all her servants, and drank to them. They pledged her, in order, on their knees, and craved her pardon for any past neglect of their duty. She deigned, in return, to...
Seite 406 - Tongue came next to the treasurer and told him that a packet of letters, written by Jesuits concerned in the plot, was that night to be put into the post-house for Windsor, directed to Bennifield, a Jesuit confessor to the duke.
Seite 126 - ... the executioner also lent his hand to assist them. She smiled, and said that she was not accustomed to undress herself before so large a company, nor to be served by such valets. Her servants, seeing her in this condition ready to lay her head upon the block, burst into tears and lamentations. She turned about to them, put her finger upon her lips as a sign of imposing silence upon them, and, having given them her blessing, desired them to pray for her.