The history of the reigns of Edward the Sixth, Mary, and Elizabeth, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, Paternoster-Row [London: Printed, 1835 - Great Britain |
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... the obscuring or disfiguring veil is removed , and the real form and features displayed to the general eye , displeasure of those , to whom the recollections may be the writer must not hope to escape the hostility or PREFACE . ix.
... the obscuring or disfiguring veil is removed , and the real form and features displayed to the general eye , displeasure of those , to whom the recollections may be the writer must not hope to escape the hostility or PREFACE . ix.
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... hope of all literary emulation . With these feelings the Author respectfully pre- sents this volume to the Public , in the hope that it will be found to contain some interesting matter , which , altho by most forgotten and to many un ...
... hope of all literary emulation . With these feelings the Author respectfully pre- sents this volume to the Public , in the hope that it will be found to contain some interesting matter , which , altho by most forgotten and to many un ...
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... hope to be as fortunate in discovering that quintessence , that fifth element of things to which Aristotle had briefly alluded , from which they might be enabled to compound some elixir that would restore age to juvenility , and ...
... hope to be as fortunate in discovering that quintessence , that fifth element of things to which Aristotle had briefly alluded , from which they might be enabled to compound some elixir that would restore age to juvenility , and ...
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... Hope . Following his steps , in the reign of Emanuel the Great , the Greater Vasco de Gama in 1498 , astonished , and delighted all the thinking world by sailing to the East CHAP . I. BOOK II . rewarded their fortitude and sufferings ...
... Hope . Following his steps , in the reign of Emanuel the Great , the Greater Vasco de Gama in 1498 , astonished , and delighted all the thinking world by sailing to the East CHAP . I. BOOK II . rewarded their fortitude and sufferings ...
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... hope , fear and speculation , and to add their augmentation and vicissitudes to the social agitation . The de- struction of the Moorish kingdom in Spain , and depression of its Mahomedan population ; the ex- pulsion of 800,000 Jews from ...
... hope , fear and speculation , and to add their augmentation and vicissitudes to the social agitation . The de- struction of the Moorish kingdom in Spain , and depression of its Mahomedan population ; the ex- pulsion of 800,000 Jews from ...
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Page 328 - I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 257 - Sir, this is a busy day with us. We cannot hear you; it is Robin Hood's Day."' The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood. I pray you let them not.
Page 328 - I will tell you, quoth she, and tell you a Truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest Benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe Parents, and so gentle a Schoolmaster. For when I am in Presence...
Page 416 - And as for the traitor Wyatt, he might, peradventure, write me a letter, but on my faith I never received any from him ; and as for the copy of my letter sent to the French King, I pray God confound me eternally if ever I sent him word, message, token, or letter by any means...
Page 431 - ... to do justice to such as, by learning, would seem to deceive the simple; and the rest so to be used, that the people might well perceive them not to be condemned without just occasion ; by which they shall both understand the truth, and beware not to do the like.
Page 248 - He married my sisters with five pound, or twenty nobles apiece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours, and some alms he gave to the poor. And all this he did...
Page 430 - In the Netherlands alone more than one hundred thousand of the subjects of Charles V are said to have suffered by the hand of the executioner; and this extraordinary number is attested by Grotius.
Page 219 - Papistical superstitions and abuses, as of beads, of lady psalters, and rosaries, of fifteen oes, of St. Bernard's verses, of St. Agathe's letters ; of purgatory, of masses satisfactory, of stations and jubilees, of feigned relics, of hallowed beads, bells, bread, water, palms, candles, fire, and such other...
Page 487 - I thank my Lord Mayor, his Brethren, and you all. And whereas your request is that I should continue your good Lady and Queen, be ye ensured, that I will be as good unto you as ever Queen was to her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves, that for the safety and quietness of you all, I will not spare, if need be, to spend my blood. God thank you all.
Page 245 - ... but strike at the root, and fear not these giants of England, these great men and men of power, these men that are oppressors of the poor; fear them not, but strike at the root of all evil, which is mischievous covetousness. For covetousness is the cause of rebellion.