The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV.Blanchard and Lea, 1851 |
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... given to him by Lords , 465. Plans of opposite Parties with re- spect to Finch , 495. The Lord Keeper in the House of Commons , 466. His Speech , 466. Effect produced by it , 466. Analysis of this Speech , 466 . turns to House of Lords ...
... given to him by Lords , 465. Plans of opposite Parties with re- spect to Finch , 495. The Lord Keeper in the House of Commons , 466. His Speech , 466. Effect produced by it , 466. Analysis of this Speech , 466 . turns to House of Lords ...
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... given an opinion upon his guilt in the Star Chamber , he managed to throw the odious and unprofitable task of trying him upon Pau- let , who , having been before made Earl of Wiltshire , was now gratified with the title of Marquess of ...
... given an opinion upon his guilt in the Star Chamber , he managed to throw the odious and unprofitable task of trying him upon Pau- let , who , having been before made Earl of Wiltshire , was now gratified with the title of Marquess of ...
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... given their days and nights to Bracton , Glanville , and the Year Books . In the 21st of Henry VIII . , he was appointed " Autumn Reader " in his house , and ac- quitted himself with applause . He was still in bad odour with his ...
... given their days and nights to Bracton , Glanville , and the Year Books . In the 21st of Henry VIII . , he was appointed " Autumn Reader " in his house , and ac- quitted himself with applause . He was still in bad odour with his ...
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... given , " that some of them amounted to treason , " and the bill proceeded . The principal evidence consisted of Sharington's conviction , on his own confession ; and several Peers , rising in their places , -to please the Protector ...
... given , " that some of them amounted to treason , " and the bill proceeded . The principal evidence consisted of Sharington's conviction , on his own confession ; and several Peers , rising in their places , -to please the Protector ...
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... given of his high favour with Henry than that , in this embassy , he wrote him private letters not to be seen by Wolsey , whose good faith in the negotiation began to be suspected . He fail- ed in the object of his mission , but he ...
... given of his high favour with Henry than that , in this embassy , he wrote him private letters not to be seen by Wolsey , whose good faith in the negotiation began to be suspected . He fail- ed in the object of his mission , but he ...
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Página 69 - Give me leave. Here lies the water ; good : here stands the man ; good : If the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes ; mark you that ? but if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life. 2 Clo. But is this law ? 1 Clo. Ay, marry is 't ; crowner's-quest law. 2 Clo. Will you ha...
Página 361 - But farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause...
Página 259 - You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth, either ancient or recent), there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love; which shows that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion.
Página 242 - This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school-men, who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading ; but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator...
Página 75 - With us the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six at afternoon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon as they call it, and sup at seven or eight : but out of term in our universities the scholars dine at ten.
Página 351 - My conceit of his person," says Ben Jonson very finely, "was never increased towards him by his place or honours'; but I have and do reverence him for the greatness that was only proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.
Página 391 - Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat ? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Página 136 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : But I would have you know that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by Cod, I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, ELIZABETH.
Página 278 - Lastly, for this divulged and almost prostituted title of knighthood, I could without charge, by your honour's mean, be content to have it, both because of this late disgrace, and because I have three new knights in my mess in Gray's Inn commons ; and because I have found out an alderman's daughter,* a handsome maiden to my liking.
Página 242 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.