Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, 2. köide1836 |
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... Oxford . But the influence of persons of higher rank has been supposed to have been at work in this conspiracy ; and from the circumstance that Henry , on this occasion , committed his mother - in - law to custody , though under another ...
... Oxford . But the influence of persons of higher rank has been supposed to have been at work in this conspiracy ; and from the circumstance that Henry , on this occasion , committed his mother - in - law to custody , though under another ...
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... Oxford , the retainers of that nobleman were drawn up in two lines , and presented a magnificent ap- pearance . The king exalted the earl's hospitality , suggesting , that the gentlemen and yeomen who appeared before him were , of ...
... Oxford , the retainers of that nobleman were drawn up in two lines , and presented a magnificent ap- pearance . The king exalted the earl's hospitality , suggesting , that the gentlemen and yeomen who appeared before him were , of ...
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... Oxford , as lord - high- steward , which was carried into execution a few days afterwards . Thus perished the last male of the Plantagenets , who had reigned over England for nearly four hundred years . The public voice , as we have ...
... Oxford , as lord - high- steward , which was carried into execution a few days afterwards . Thus perished the last male of the Plantagenets , who had reigned over England for nearly four hundred years . The public voice , as we have ...
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... Oxford , and afterwards removed to Gray's inn , where he attained to such distinguished professional emi- nence and general reputation that he was introduced to the king's privy council in his 23d year . In 1492 , he was employed in ...
... Oxford , and afterwards removed to Gray's inn , where he attained to such distinguished professional emi- nence and general reputation that he was introduced to the king's privy council in his 23d year . In 1492 , he was employed in ...
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... Oxford , where he obtained the degree of bachelor - in - arts at the early age of fifteen . To quickness of apprehension , the young Wolsey added considerable per- sonal qualifications . Shakspeare says of him , that " he was fashioned ...
... Oxford , where he obtained the degree of bachelor - in - arts at the early age of fifteen . To quickness of apprehension , the young Wolsey added considerable per- sonal qualifications . Shakspeare says of him , that " he was fashioned ...
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Page 137 - 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 32 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Page 77 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Page 165 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 213 - Cole had, according to a promise made to the bishop, provided for him both a tutor, which was said to be the learned Dr.
Page 146 - BOURCHIER, archbishop of Canterbury in the successive reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., Edward V., Richard III., and Henry VII., was descended from an illustrious family, being the son of William Bourchier, earl of Ewe in Normandy.
Page 17 - Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming to themselves there to deal both in pleas of the crown, and controversies civil. Then did they also use to inthral and charge the subjects...
Page 214 - To whom the good man replied, ' My dear George, if saints have usually a double share in the miseries of this life, I that am none, ought not to repine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me, but labour, (as indeed I do daily) to submit mine to His will, and possess my soul in patience, and peace.
Page 215 - My Lord, When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my College, 'yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage : but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place; and indeed, God and Nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Page 27 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart ; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will he will endanger the one half of his kingdom.