The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Volumen4United Company of bookseller, 1775 |
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... seemed to be no end of his acquifitions . His farther advancement in ecclefiaftical dignity served him as a pretence for en- groffing ftill more revenues : The pope , obferving his great influence over the king , was defirous of ...
... seemed to be no end of his acquifitions . His farther advancement in ecclefiaftical dignity served him as a pretence for en- groffing ftill more revenues : The pope , obferving his great influence over the king , was defirous of ...
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... seemed to give himself no con- cern with regard to the affairs of the continent . In vain did Maximilian endeavour to allure him into some ex- pence , by offering to make a refignation of the imperial crown in his favour . That artifice ...
... seemed to give himself no con- cern with regard to the affairs of the continent . In vain did Maximilian endeavour to allure him into some ex- pence , by offering to make a refignation of the imperial crown in his favour . That artifice ...
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... seemed now expofed to danger from this powerful invafion which threatened it . Charles befieged Fontarabia , which had fallen a few years before into Francis's hands ; and when he had drawn thither Lautrec , the French general , he ...
... seemed now expofed to danger from this powerful invafion which threatened it . Charles befieged Fontarabia , which had fallen a few years before into Francis's hands ; and when he had drawn thither Lautrec , the French general , he ...
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... whofe behaviour contained always fo much duplicity , and who was at prefent fo little at his own dif- R Father Paul , lib . i . s Father Paul . pofal i 1528 . pofal . The fafest measure seemed to confift 94 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... whofe behaviour contained always fo much duplicity , and who was at prefent fo little at his own dif- R Father Paul , lib . i . s Father Paul . pofal i 1528 . pofal . The fafest measure seemed to confift 94 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... seemed to confift in previously CHA P. engaging him so far , that he could not afterwards recede , XXX . and in making use of his present ambiguity and uncertain- ty , to extort the most important conceffions from him . For this purpose ...
... seemed to confift in previously CHA P. engaging him so far , that he could not afterwards recede , XXX . and in making use of his present ambiguity and uncertain- ty , to extort the most important conceffions from him . For this purpose ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 138 - Try me, good king; but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges...
Página 138 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.