Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... favour , never put to the rack any person from whom it did not seem probable that useful infor- mation might be ... favoured and promoted by the Duke of Somerset . He not only contrived to escape unhurt when his patron fell , but became ...
... favour , never put to the rack any person from whom it did not seem probable that useful infor- mation might be ... favoured and promoted by the Duke of Somerset . He not only contrived to escape unhurt when his patron fell , but became ...
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... favour of Protestantism . " another place , the Doctor tells us , that Cecil went to mass " with no idolatrous intention . " Nobody , we believe , ever accused him of idolatrous intentions . The very ground of the charge against him is ...
... favour of Protestantism . " another place , the Doctor tells us , that Cecil went to mass " with no idolatrous intention . " Nobody , we believe , ever accused him of idolatrous intentions . The very ground of the charge against him is ...
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... at which Cecil attained the highest point of power and favour , an Act of Parliament was passed by which the penalties of high treason were denounced against persons who should do in sincerity what he had BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 7.
... at which Cecil attained the highest point of power and favour , an Act of Parliament was passed by which the penalties of high treason were denounced against persons who should do in sincerity what he had BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 7.
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... favour from the Queen . In the House of Commons , he put himself at the head of the party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council ...
... favour from the Queen . In the House of Commons , he put himself at the head of the party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council ...
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... favour of the Queen . She some- times chid him sharply ; but he was the man whom she delighted to honour . For Burleigh , she forgot her usual parsimony both of wealth and of dignities . For Burleigh , she relaxed that severe etiquette ...
... favour of the Queen . She some- times chid him sharply ; but he was the man whom she delighted to honour . For Burleigh , she forgot her usual parsimony both of wealth and of dignities . For Burleigh , she relaxed that severe etiquette ...
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