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Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: To 1726 - Page 272
edited by - 1824
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The British review and London critical journal

1820 - 524 pages
...Gill, BD, at Oxford, and usher in St. Paul's school under his own father, for saying in Trinity Coll. that our King was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop, with an apron before him, and say What lack you? than to governe the kingdome — 2. That the duke was gone down to hell to meet King James there...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 5

Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 334 pages
...charges, one of which arose from drinking a health to Felton. At Trinity college, Gill said that the king was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop, with an apron before him, and say What lack ye ? than to govern a kingdom ; that the duke was gone down to hell to see king James ; and drinking...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 5

Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 342 pages
...charges, one of which arose from drinking a health to Felton. At Trinity college, Gill said that the king was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop, with an apron before him, and say What lack ye ? than to govern a kingdom ; that the duke was gone down to hell to see king James ; and drinking...
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Original letters, illustrative of English history; with notes and ..., Volume 3

sir Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1824 - 428 pages
...the Fleet to Westminster Palace, where he stood in the pillory, had one ear nailed and cutt of rlose to his head, and as our latest Letters say, his nostrils...before him and say 'What lack yee' ! than to govern a kingdome]1 2. That the Duke was gone downe to Hell to meet King James there. 3. For drinking a health...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 41

1825 - 588 pages
...divinity at Oxford, and Usher in Paule's Schoolc under his own father, and one Mr Grimkin, an Qxonian also, of his acquaintance. Gill, for saying in Trinity...shop, with an apron before him and say ' What lack yce" ! than to govern a kingdome] 2. That the Duke was gone downe to Hell to meet King James there....
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Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of ..., Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - Great Britain - 1828 - 362 pages
...Duke had gone down to Hell to see King James — and of bad to give the worse, that the King (Charles) was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop, with an apron before him, and say " what lack ye ?" than to govern a kingdom. In the manuscript letter which gives, this account, 1 find that the...
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London, Volume 1

Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 478 pages
...to lose his ears and to be degraded from the ministry, for giving his opinion of Charles I., that he was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop with an apron before him, and say "what lack ye?" than to govern a kingdom-^ With unpaved streets, and no noise of * See 'The Silent Highway,' page...
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A Volume of Varieties

Charles Knight - 1844 - 246 pages
...to lose his ears and to be degraded from the ministry, for giving his opinion of Charles I., that he was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop with an apron before him, and say " what lack ye ? " than to govern a kingdom.* With unpaved streets, and no noise of coaches to drown any particular...
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Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character Illustrated

Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1846 - 530 pages
...charges, one of which arose from drinking a health to Felton. At Trinity College, Gill said that the king was fitter to stand in a Cheapside shop, with an apron before him, and say, What lack ye? than to govern a kimdom; that the duke was gone down to hell to see king James ; and drinking a...
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The court and times of Charles the first; illustrated by letters ..., Volume 1

Thomas Birch, Robert Folkestone Williams - 1848 - 576 pages
...one Mr. Grimkin, an Oxonian also of his acquaintance ; Gill, for saying in Trinity College cellar at Oxford, [that our king was fitter to stand in a Cheapside...shop, with an apron before him, and say, " What lack ye?" than to govern a kingdom.1 ] 2. That the duke was gone down to hell to meet King James there....
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