Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee). [With] Suppl. 3 vols.;Index and epitome [and] Errata, Volume 21885 |
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... court interest , he moved that the question of passing the king's declaration concerning ecclesiastical affairs into a law should be referred to a committee of the whole house . At the abolition of the court of wards he strenuously but ...
... court interest , he moved that the question of passing the king's declaration concerning ecclesiastical affairs into a law should be referred to a committee of the whole house . At the abolition of the court of wards he strenuously but ...
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... court contrived his promotion two months later to the important post of vice - treasurer and receiver - general of Ireland , which gave him full control of Irish finance ( RYMER's Fodera ( 2nd edition ) , xviii . 148 ) , and in 1628 ...
... court contrived his promotion two months later to the important post of vice - treasurer and receiver - general of Ireland , which gave him full control of Irish finance ( RYMER's Fodera ( 2nd edition ) , xviii . 148 ) , and in 1628 ...
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... court on the grounds of cruelty and adultery , with a view to obtaining permanent alimony , he set up by way of defence that he was lawfully married to Ann Prest at the time when he was alleged to have gone through the ceremony of ...
... court on the grounds of cruelty and adultery , with a view to obtaining permanent alimony , he set up by way of defence that he was lawfully married to Ann Prest at the time when he was alleged to have gone through the ceremony of ...
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... court wherein all matters relating to wills , marriage contracts , & c . , were decided . ' The parishioners were devoted to their ejected clergyman , and were disposed to show their esteem by rude and rough misconduct to- wards his ...
... court wherein all matters relating to wills , marriage contracts , & c . , were decided . ' The parishioners were devoted to their ejected clergyman , and were disposed to show their esteem by rude and rough misconduct to- wards his ...
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... court in order that this arrangement might be made permanent . But Anselm refused ; it would involve , he thought , a wrong to the church which the king , as advocate , had no right to inflict , and which he himself , as trustee , had ...
... court in order that this arrangement might be made permanent . But Anselm refused ; it would involve , he thought , a wrong to the church which the king , as advocate , had no right to inflict , and which he himself , as trustee , had ...
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Page 348 - I do again confess, that in the points charged upon me, although they should be taken as myself have declared them, there is a great deal of corruption and neglect, for which I am heartily and penitently sorry, and submit myself to the judgment, grace, and mercy of the court.
Page 128 - ... hand above the water, and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished away the hand with the sword in the water. So Sir Bedivere came again to the king, and told him what he saw. Alas, said the king, help me hence, for I dread me I have tarried over long.
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Page 95 - With him was sometimes join'd, in silent walk, (Profoundly silent, for they never spoke) One* shyer still, who quite detested talk : Oft, stung by spleen, at once away he broke, To groves of pine, and broad o'ershadowing oak ; There, inly thrill'd, he wander'd all alone, And on himself his pensive fury wroke, Ne ever utter'd word, save when first shone The glittering star of eve — ' Thank heaven ! the , day is done.
Page 212 - ... to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow-subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were for that reason only inhumanly murdered by the king's troops at or near Lexington and Concord...