Lives of Northern Worthies: Lady Anne Clifford. Roger Ascham. John Fisher. The Rev. William Mason. Sir Richard ArkwrightE. Moxon, 1852 - Lancashire (England) |
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... honours and possessions conferred upon him from time to time by this Edward , the wisest of English kings , so he retained the like favour with his son Edward of Carnarvon , who , in the first year of his reign , granted him the office ...
... honours and possessions conferred upon him from time to time by this Edward , the wisest of English kings , so he retained the like favour with his son Edward of Carnarvon , who , in the first year of his reign , granted him the office ...
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... honour of Skipton . " So far for a sample of Sir Matthew's style , which is neither elegant nor particularly lucid . Robert de Clifford married Matilda , one of the daughters and co - heirs of Thomas de Clare . He was concerned in ...
... honour of Skipton . " So far for a sample of Sir Matthew's style , which is neither elegant nor particularly lucid . Robert de Clifford married Matilda , one of the daughters and co - heirs of Thomas de Clare . He was concerned in ...
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... honours and greatness . He was employed upon all occasions , in offices of the highest trust , both military and civil , having the advantage of a most close education in his youth , under a Prince most eminent for both . He lived an ...
... honours and greatness . He was employed upon all occasions , in offices of the highest trust , both military and civil , having the advantage of a most close education in his youth , under a Prince most eminent for both . He lived an ...
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... honour upon this kind of traffic to make themselves an advantage ; indeed it was in those martial times the trade of the nobility and great men . " This trade indicated a gradual decay of the genuine feudal system , and prepared the way ...
... honour upon this kind of traffic to make themselves an advantage ; indeed it was in those martial times the trade of the nobility and great men . " This trade indicated a gradual decay of the genuine feudal system , and prepared the way ...
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... honours . He is said , however , to have reformed like his namesake Henry the Fifth , whom he probably made his pattern . We hope his father lived to see his reformation . * * The Rev. Rector of Whalley seems to have almost forgotten ...
... honours . He is said , however , to have reformed like his namesake Henry the Fifth , whom he probably made his pattern . We hope his father lived to see his reformation . * * The Rev. Rector of Whalley seems to have almost forgotten ...
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Page 119 - ... else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world ; or else 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 mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 48 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Page 49 - Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws...
Page 118 - I wist, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 36 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 342 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve...
Page 384 - Which by the thinking Mind have been compelled To serve the Will of feeble-bodied Man. For with the sense of admiration blends The animating hope that time may come When strengthened, yet not dazzled, by the might Of this dominion over Nature gained, Men of all lands shall exercise the same In due proportion to their Country's need; Learning, though late, that all true glory rests, All praise, all safety, and all happiness, Upon the Moral law.
Page 75 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 80 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 114 - Amongst all the benefits that God hath blessed me withal, next the knowledge of Christ's true religion, I count this the greatest, that it pleased God to call me to be one poor minister in setting forward these excellent gifts of learning...