The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Band 4United Company of bookseller, 1775 |
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... Somerset to Foreign promote the reformation at home , led him to carry his Affairs . attention to foreign countries ; where the interests of the proteftants were now expofed to the most imminent dan- ger . The Roman pontiff , with much ...
... Somerset to Foreign promote the reformation at home , led him to carry his Affairs . attention to foreign countries ; where the interests of the proteftants were now expofed to the most imminent dan- ger . The Roman pontiff , with much ...
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... SOMERSET foon perceived , that thefe remonftrances would have no influence ; and that the queen dowager's attachment to France and to the catholic religion would render ineffectual all negociations for the intended mar- riage . He found ...
... SOMERSET foon perceived , that thefe remonftrances would have no influence ; and that the queen dowager's attachment to France and to the catholic religion would render ineffectual all negociations for the intended mar- riage . He found ...
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... SOMERSET was pleased when he saw this movement of the Scots army ; and as the English had ufually been fuperior in pitched battles , he conceived great hopes of fuccefs . He arranged his van on the left , farthest from the fea ; and ...
... SOMERSET was pleased when he saw this movement of the Scots army ; and as the English had ufually been fuperior in pitched battles , he conceived great hopes of fuccefs . He arranged his van on the left , farthest from the fea ; and ...
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... SOMERSET , preffed by many difficulties at home , and defpairing of fuccefs in his enterprize against Scotland , was defirous of compofing the differences with that king- dom , and he offered the Scots a ten years truce ; but as they ...
... SOMERSET , preffed by many difficulties at home , and defpairing of fuccefs in his enterprize against Scotland , was defirous of compofing the differences with that king- dom , and he offered the Scots a ten years truce ; but as they ...
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... Somerset made him willing to forget these enterprizes of the admiral ; but the ambition of that turbulent ipirit could not be to eafily appeafed . His fpoufe , the queen - dowager , died in child - bed ; but fo far from regarding this ...
... Somerset made him willing to forget these enterprizes of the admiral ; but the ambition of that turbulent ipirit could not be to eafily appeafed . His fpoufe , the queen - dowager , died in child - bed ; but fo far from regarding this ...
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Seite 138 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Seite 137 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Seite 138 - Try me, good king; but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges...
Seite 138 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the...
Seite 27 - ... by some novelty, to excite the languid devotion of his audience. No regard will be paid to truth, morals, or decency, in the doctrines inculcated.
Seite 139 - The queen and her brother were tried by a jury of peers, consisting of the Duke of Suffolk, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Arundel, and twenty-three more : their uncle the Duke of Norfolk presided as high steward. Upon what proof or pretence the crime of incest was imputed to them is unknown : the chief evidence, it is said, amounted to no more than that Rocheford had been seen to lean on her bed before some company.
Seite 383 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. ; but now sallow, &c., are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Seite 92 - 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. "I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite; but could not prevail...
Seite 157 - A miraculous crucifix had been kept at Boxley, in Kent, and bore the appellation of the "rood of grace." The lips, and eyes, and head of the image moved on the approach of its votaries. Hilsey, bishop of Rochester, broke the crucifix at St. Paul's Cross, and showed to the whole people the springs and wheels by which it had been secretly moved.
Seite 228 - But news being carried to the Tower that the king himself had expired that night, the lieutenant deferred obeying the warrant; and it was not thought advisable by the council to begin a new reign by the death of the greatest nobleman in the kingdom, who had been condemned by a sentence so unjust and tyrannical.