Universal history, ancient and modern, Том 20 |
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... friend- ship with her , he had occasion , in the frequent visits which he paid her , to observe the beauty , the youth , the charms of Anne Boleyn . Find- ing the accomplishments of her mind no wise inferior to her exterior graces , and ...
... friend- ship with her , he had occasion , in the frequent visits which he paid her , to observe the beauty , the youth , the charms of Anne Boleyn . Find- ing the accomplishments of her mind no wise inferior to her exterior graces , and ...
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... Friend , help me up , and when I come down again let me shift for my- self . " The executioner asking him forgiveness he granted the request , but told him , you will never get credit by beheading me , my neck is so short . " Then ...
... Friend , help me up , and when I come down again let me shift for my- self . " The executioner asking him forgiveness he granted the request , but told him , you will never get credit by beheading me , my neck is so short . " Then ...
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... friendship . Henry , conscious of the advantages of his situation , at last determined to suppress the mo- nasteries , and to put himself in possession of their ample revenues . He delegated his supre- macy to Cromwel , who was then ...
... friendship . Henry , conscious of the advantages of his situation , at last determined to suppress the mo- nasteries , and to put himself in possession of their ample revenues . He delegated his supre- macy to Cromwel , who was then ...
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... friendship , likewise became objects of suspicion . The king , whose love was already transferred to Jane , daughter of sir John Sey . mour , laid hold of the slightest circumstance which his jealousy could fix on , and vented his fury ...
... friendship , likewise became objects of suspicion . The king , whose love was already transferred to Jane , daughter of sir John Sey . mour , laid hold of the slightest circumstance which his jealousy could fix on , and vented his fury ...
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... friendship for Francis in- duced him to think of a French princess ; and he proposed to that monarch to have a confe rence at Calais , on pretence of business ; and that he should bring along with him the two princesses of Guise ...
... friendship for Francis in- duced him to think of a French princess ; and he proposed to that monarch to have a confe rence at Calais , on pretence of business ; and that he should bring along with him the two princesses of Guise ...
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Страница 239 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Страница 11 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Страница 21 - ... all my other servants a year's pay besides their due, lest otherwise they should be unprovided for. Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.
Страница 289 - That the lords and commons are of opinion, that there hath been, and still is, a damnable and hellish plot, contrived and carried on by the Popish recusants, for assassinating the king, for subverting the government, and for rooting out and destroying the Protestant religion.".
Страница 155 - She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor.
Страница 106 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Страница 240 - from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown; where no disturbance can have place." At one blow was his head severed from his body. A man in a vizor performed the office of executioner: Another, in a like disguise, held up to the spectators the head streaming with blood, and cried aloud. This is the head of a traitor!
Страница 24 - O Father! O Creator! thou who art the way, the truth, and the life, thou knowest that I have not deserved this fate;" and then turning to the judges, made the most pathetic declarations of her innocence.
Страница 103 - Catholics; and having now summoned up all the force of his mind, he bore their scorn, as well as the torture of his punishment, with singular fortitude. He stretched out his hand, and without betraying, either by his countenance or motions, the least sign of weakness, or even of feeling, he held it in the flames till it was entirely consumed. His thoughts seemed wholly occupied with reflections on his former fault; and he called aloud several times, "This hand has offended.