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... thefe Prefents fhall come Greeting : Whereas WILLIAM OWEN , and WILLIAM JOHNSTON , of Our City of London , Bookfellers , have , by their Petition , humbly reprefented unto Us , That , they have , with great Care , Labour and Expence ...
... thefe Prefents fhall come Greeting : Whereas WILLIAM OWEN , and WILLIAM JOHNSTON , of Our City of London , Bookfellers , have , by their Petition , humbly reprefented unto Us , That , they have , with great Care , Labour and Expence ...
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... thefe fcruples till the ' affairs of Spain and Holland forced me to it . All my neighbours call on me to concur in the treaty be- tween Holland and Spain , and the honour of the nation will not suffer the Hollanders to be abandoned ...
... thefe fcruples till the ' affairs of Spain and Holland forced me to it . All my neighbours call on me to concur in the treaty be- tween Holland and Spain , and the honour of the nation will not suffer the Hollanders to be abandoned ...
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... thefe difficul- ties , by having an end put to the caufe by fome other way than by fentence ; but it was to no purpose , for thofe , who drove on this affair , had got too great power to be re- ftrained from bringing it to the con ...
... thefe difficul- ties , by having an end put to the caufe by fome other way than by fentence ; but it was to no purpose , for thofe , who drove on this affair , had got too great power to be re- ftrained from bringing it to the con ...
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... thefe do not expect to " be accounted Papifts , because they speak only against Pu- " ritans ; but because they are indeed Papifts , they speak " nothing against them : or if they do , they beat about the " bufh , and that foftly too ...
... thefe do not expect to " be accounted Papifts , because they speak only against Pu- " ritans ; but because they are indeed Papifts , they speak " nothing against them : or if they do , they beat about the " bufh , and that foftly too ...
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... thefe menaces were not to be defpifed , fled by night into Champagne ; after the abbot's death , he obtained leave to lead a monaftic life wherever he pleased . He now retired to a folitude in the diocefe of Troies ; there he built an ...
... thefe menaces were not to be defpifed , fled by night into Champagne ; after the abbot's death , he obtained leave to lead a monaftic life wherever he pleased . He now retired to a folitude in the diocefe of Troies ; there he built an ...
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Page 87 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 467 - Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Page 484 - His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation ; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage, and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass...
Page 82 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Page 83 - I have only one gentleman, < who will be nameless,' to thank for any frequent assistance to me ; which, indeed, It would have been barbarous in him to have denied to one with whom he has lived in an intimacy from childhood, considering the great ease with which he is able to dispatch the most entertaining pieces of this nature.
Page 42 - The object, I could first distinctly view, Was tall straight trees, which on the waters flew; Wings on their sides, instead of leaves, did grow, Which gathered all the breath the winds could blow : And at their roots grew floating palaces, Whose outblowed bellies cut the yielding seas.
Page 83 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Page 51 - ... but this even balance of opinion is not maintained in the pagan epitaph which was placed on his tomb : — ' Hospes, Achillinum tumulo qui quaeris in isto, Falleris, ille suo iunctus Aristoteli Elysium colit, et quas rerum hie discere causas Vix potuit, plenis nunc videt ille oculis : . Tu modo, per campos dum nohilis umbra beatos Errat, die longum perpftuumque vale.'2 Meanwhile, a decree of the Lateran Council; published on 19 Dec.
Page 80 - Britannia's public pofts retire, Nor longer, her ungrateful fons to pleafe, For their advantage facrifice your eafe ; Me into foreign realms my fate conveys, Through nations fruitful of immortal lays, Where the foft feafon and inviting clime Confpire to trouble your repofe with rhime.
Page 420 - ARUNDEL (THOMAS), archbishop of Canterbury in the reigns of Richard II. Henry IV. and Henry V. was the second son of Robert Fitz-Alan, earl of Arundel and Warren, and brother of Richard earl of Arundel, who was afterwards beheaded.