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" I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester,... "
An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and ... - Page 192
by Walter Farquhar Hook - 1844
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The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 pages
...cannot I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?' The bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, sir, but...bishop of Winchester, ' Well, my lord, what say you 7 ' Sir,' replied the bishop, ' I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.' The king answered,...
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Facetiæ Cantabrigienses, by Socius

Richard Gooch - 1825 - 248 pages
...money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament?" Bishop Neale quickly replied,—" God forbid, Sir, but you should : you are the breath of our nostrils." On which the king said to the Bishop of Winchester, — • " Well, my Lord, and what say you ?" —...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 384 pages
...without all this formality in Parliament ?" The Bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, hut you should, you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon...Bishop of Winchester, " Well, my lord, what say you ?"" " Six," replied the bishop, " I hare no skill to judge of Parliamentary cases." The king answered,...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 14

1826 - 368 pages
...cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament?" The Bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but you should, you are the breath of our nostrils." Where upon the king turned, and said to the Bishop of Winchester, " Well, my lord, what say you ?"...
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...Winchester, " Wetl, my Lord, what say yon r" --"sir," replied the Bishop, " i have no skill to jndge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, " No put-offs, my Lord ; answer me presently."—" Then, Sir," said he, " I think it is lawful for you to take my brother N tale's Money; for he offers it," Mr. Waller...
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The London Magazine, Volume 6

1826 - 622 pages
...lords, can I take my subjects' money when I want it ? " The Bishop of Durham immediately replied, " God forbid, sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils." Upon which the king turned to the Bishop of Winchester, and added, " My lord, what say you!" " Sir,"...
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The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King ..., Volume 4

John Nichols - 1828 - 702 pages
...cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament?' ,The Bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, Sir, but...put-offs, my Lord ; answer me presently.' 'Then, Sir,' said he, ' I think it's lawfull for you to take my brother Neile's money, for he offers it.' Mr. Waller...
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A Universal Biographical Dictionary, Containing the Lives of the Most ...

Charles N. Baldwin - 1820 - 458 pages
...cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this ormality in parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but...nostrils." Whereupon the king turned, and said to the úshop of Winchester, " well, my lord, what say you1?" " Sir," replied the bishop, lt I have no skill...
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The Encyclopedia of Anecdotes: Illustrative of Character and Events from ...

George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" The Bishop of Durham, a true courtier, readily answered, " God forbid, Sir, but you should...breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned to the Bishop of Winchester — " Well, my Lord, what say you ?" " Sir," replied the Bishop, " I have...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...replied, 'God forbid you should not; your majesty is the breath of our nostrils.' On which the king said to the bishop of Winchester, ' Well, my lord,...you ?' ' Sir,' replied the bishop, ' I have no skill of parliamentary cases.' The king answered, ' No puts-off, my lord ; answer me presently.' ' Then,...
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