The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, 1. köideJ. Mawman, 1816 |
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... occasion , to protect the Memoirs of those illustrious Sons of Britain , who have emulated the Worthies of Greece and Rome , I have experienced as little difficulty . For - with- out adverting more particularly to the splendid cha ...
... occasion , to protect the Memoirs of those illustrious Sons of Britain , who have emulated the Worthies of Greece and Rome , I have experienced as little difficulty . For - with- out adverting more particularly to the splendid cha ...
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... occasion dedicated to him his two books , De Copia Verborum ac Rerum , ' commending his piety and judgement in having thus consulted the good of his country . To these he added Lactantius , Prudentius , Juvencus , Proba , Sedulius , and ...
... occasion dedicated to him his two books , De Copia Verborum ac Rerum , ' commending his piety and judgement in having thus consulted the good of his country . To these he added Lactantius , Prudentius , Juvencus , Proba , Sedulius , and ...
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... occasion of evil heresies and ill - christendom in the people . ' Let the canons be rehearsed , which concern the lives of you fathers , and the honesty of us priests ; which forbid a clergyman to meddle in merchandise , that he be no ...
... occasion of evil heresies and ill - christendom in the people . ' Let the canons be rehearsed , which concern the lives of you fathers , and the honesty of us priests ; which forbid a clergyman to meddle in merchandise , that he be no ...
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... occasion which gave him ample opportu nity of displaying his political abilities , and thus laid the basis of his future promotions . In the year 1508 , his Majesty having resolved to enter into a secret negotiation with the Emperor ...
... occasion which gave him ample opportu nity of displaying his political abilities , and thus laid the basis of his future promotions . In the year 1508 , his Majesty having resolved to enter into a secret negotiation with the Emperor ...
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... occasion ; and Wolsey , though the task to him was new , and to any one must have been difficult , instantly undertook it , to show that he would not in any thing scruple to do his utmost in obeying his sovereign's commands . The ...
... occasion ; and Wolsey , though the task to him was new , and to any one must have been difficult , instantly undertook it , to show that he would not in any thing scruple to do his utmost in obeying his sovereign's commands . The ...
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Page 287 - 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 279 - God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.
Page 154 - Upon this I, who took the boldness to speak freely before the Cardinal, said, There was no reason to wonder at the matter, since this way of punishing thieves was neither just in itself nor good for the public ; for as the severity was too great, so the remedy was not effectual, simple theft not being so great a crime that it ought to cost a man his life...
Page 72 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 294 - Well then, quoth Master More, how say you in this matter ? What think ye to be the cause of these shelves and flats that stop up Sandwich haven ? Forsooth, Sir, quoth he, I am an old man ; I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of Goodwin sands. For I am an old man, Sir...
Page 416 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Page 91 - that some of us, as high as we seem to sit upon the mountains treading heretics under our feet like ants, live not the day that we gladly would wish to be at league and composition with them to let them have their churches quietly to themselves, so that they would be contented to let us have ours quietly to ourselves.
Page 261 - Wherefore, gracious king, remember yourself, have pity upon your soul ; and think that the day is even at hand, when you shall give account of your office, and of the blood that hath been shed with your sword.
Page 154 - One day when I was dining with him there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who took occasion to run out in a high commendation of the severe execution of justice upon thieves, who...
Page 416 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.