The Life of William Lord Russell;: With Some Account of the Times in which He Lived, Томове 1–2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, ... and James Ridgway, 1820 - 275 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 58.
Страница xi
... ministers in England ; besides which , every reader must feel that his partiality to the house of Stuart greatly lessens the value of what he has written . even with these defects , such is his depth of thought , and beauty of style ...
... ministers in England ; besides which , every reader must feel that his partiality to the house of Stuart greatly lessens the value of what he has written . even with these defects , such is his depth of thought , and beauty of style ...
Страница 20
... Minister who shewed us the College and Librarie said it had happened in his time . Sir , I thought to have given you some account of Augsburgh , but I see I have husbanded neither time nor paper , wherefore I must break off thus ...
... Minister who shewed us the College and Librarie said it had happened in his time . Sir , I thought to have given you some account of Augsburgh , but I see I have husbanded neither time nor paper , wherefore I must break off thus ...
Страница 38
... minister did not entirely abstain from acts of vengeance , no sympathy could be excited in favour of those who were looked upon as the authors of the late troubles . Yet in the joy of new power , the professions of the sove- reign were ...
... minister did not entirely abstain from acts of vengeance , no sympathy could be excited in favour of those who were looked upon as the authors of the late troubles . Yet in the joy of new power , the professions of the sove- reign were ...
Страница 39
... minister , gave free scope to the favourites and the inclinations of the king . Charles II . , in the station of a private gen- tleman , would have been universally liked . Few men had such captivating manners , and no man ever united ...
... minister , gave free scope to the favourites and the inclinations of the king . Charles II . , in the station of a private gen- tleman , would have been universally liked . Few men had such captivating manners , and no man ever united ...
Страница 46
... ministers . After this , he became the decided enemy of Lord Claren- don , and did his utmost to stimulate the king against him . When he obtained power , he en- deavoured to retain it by flattering the king's taste . He invited Louise ...
... ministers . After this , he became the decided enemy of Lord Claren- don , and did his utmost to stimulate the king against him . When he obtained power , he en- deavoured to retain it by flattering the king's taste . He invited Louise ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
afterwards Algernon Sydney answer appear asked Barillon brother brought Burnet Charles confession council Court crown Dalrymple danger death debate declared desired discourse Duke of Monmouth Duke of York Earl of Bedford endeavoured England Exclusion Bill execution favour fear Flanders France French friends gave give hand hath heard honour hope House of Commons impeachment insurrection James judges jury King King's Lady Russell letter Lewis liament liberty Lord Chief Justice Lord Danby Lord Essex Lord Halifax Lord Howard Lord Russell Lord Shaftesbury lordship Majesty Majesty's means ment ministers never obtained opinion paper pardon Parlia Parliament party peace person petition Popery Popish plot pray Prince of Orange proposed prorogued reason refused resolved Rouvigny Rumsey Russell's Scroggs sent sheriffs Sir William speech Sydney Temple thing thought Tillotson tion told treaty trial voted Whigs wished witnesses
Популярни откъси
Страница 208 - And seemed as he were only born for love. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please; His motions all accompanied with grace, And Paradise was opened in his face.
Страница 252 - He appeared very ambitious to learn to write ; and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on the top of a staircase ; and that was his desk, where he sat and wrote after copies of court and other hands the clerks gave him. He made himself so expert a writer that he took in business, and earned some pence by hackney-writing. And thus by degrees he pushed his faculties, and fell to forms, and, by books that were lent him, became an exquisite entering clerk ; and, by the Same course...
Страница 62 - Majesty that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament.
Страница 79 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
Страница 64 - Queen or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Страница 11 - We will still believe and maintain that our Kings derive not their title from the people but from God; that to Him only they are accountable; that it belongs not to subjects, either to create or censure, but to honour and obey their sovereign, who comes to be so by a fundamental hereditary right of succession, which no religion, no law, no fault or forfeiture can alter or diminish1.
Страница 257 - When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys, and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty.
Страница 218 - I am of opinion, that the kings of England have their right from God alone, and that no power on earth can deprive them of it...
Страница 254 - I have seen him for hours and halfhours together, before the court sat, stand at the bar, with an audience of students over against him, putting of cases and debating so as suited their capacities, and encouraged their industry. And so in the Temple, he seldom moved without a parcel of youths hanging about him, and he merry and jesting with them.
Страница 126 - I have written nothing in this that will displease your majesty. If I have, I humbly beg of you to consider it as coming from a woman amazed with grief, and that you will pardon the daughter of a person who served your majesty's father in his greatest extremities (and your majesty in your greatest posts,) and one that is not conscious of having ever done any thing to offend you (before.) I shall ever pray for your majesty's long life, and happy reign, who am, with all humility, may it please your...