Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and ReadersElizabeth Kimball Kendall Macmillan, 1900 - 483 pages |
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... wish to visit the residence of the Continent . Compare between Eng- No. 12 . holy apostles , let them go peaceably without any molesta- tion ; but if persons , not seeking the cause of religion , but that of gain , be found amongst them ...
... wish to visit the residence of the Continent . Compare between Eng- No. 12 . holy apostles , let them go peaceably without any molesta- tion ; but if persons , not seeking the cause of religion , but that of gain , be found amongst them ...
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... wishes to the fullest extent . " Be it known therefore to all of you , that I have humbly vowed to the Almighty God himself henceforward to amend my life in all respects , and to rule the kingdoms and the people subject to me with ...
... wishes to the fullest extent . " Be it known therefore to all of you , that I have humbly vowed to the Almighty God himself henceforward to amend my life in all respects , and to rule the kingdoms and the people subject to me with ...
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... wish you further to know , that , returning by the way I went , I am now going to Denmark to conclude a treaty for a solid peace , all the Danes concurring , with those nations and peoples who would have taken my life and crown if it ...
... wish you further to know , that , returning by the way I went , I am now going to Denmark to conclude a treaty for a solid peace , all the Danes concurring , with those nations and peoples who would have taken my life and crown if it ...
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... wish to excel their superiors ; and plunder their subjects , though they defend them from others ; they are faithful to their lords , though a slight offence renders them perfidious . They weigh treachery by its chance of success , and ...
... wish to excel their superiors ; and plunder their subjects , though they defend them from others ; they are faithful to their lords , though a slight offence renders them perfidious . They weigh treachery by its chance of success , and ...
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... wish to give his daughter , his sister , his niece , or other female relative , in marriage , let him ask my ... wishes to give her to an enemy of mine ; and if on the death of a baron or other subject of mine the daughter is left ...
... wish to give his daughter , his sister , his niece , or other female relative , in marriage , let him ask my ... wishes to give her to an enemy of mine ; and if on the death of a baron or other subject of mine the daughter is left ...
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Page 251 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd.
Page 281 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own. Yet fame deserved, no enemy can grudge; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access.
Page 250 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 280 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 445 - Beside this corpse, that bears for winding-sheet The Stars and Stripes he lived to rear anew, Between the mourners at his head and feet, Say, scurrile jester, is there room for you? Yes: he had lived to shame me from my sneer, To lame my pencil, and confute my pen; To make me own this hind of princes peer, This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
Page 446 - How humble, yet how hopeful, he could be ; How, in good fortune and in ill, the same ; Nor bitter in success, nor boastful he, Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
Page 281 - Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state...
Page 272 - Having staid, and in an hour's time seen the fire rage every way ; and nobody, to my sight, endeavouring to quench it, but to remove their goods, and leave all to the Fire...
Page 279 - Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise ; For 'twas their duty, all the learned think, T" espouse his cause by whom they eat and drink.
Page 353 - If the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. 1 will not say that the King is betrayed ; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.