The Aristocracy of England: A History for the PeopleE. Wilson, 1846 - Всего страниц: 336 |
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... amount of literary and scientific pensions . - Who are the families found chiefly on the pension list . - The different description of pen- sioners and their services . - A catalogue of such . - Offices , pensions , & c . , converted ...
... amount of literary and scientific pensions . - Who are the families found chiefly on the pension list . - The different description of pen- sioners and their services . - A catalogue of such . - Offices , pensions , & c . , converted ...
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... amount of other riches was distributed amongst the monasteries and churches . This was sufficient to spread the fire of emulation through the whole of the Continent , and insure him as great a crop of adven- turers as the measures which ...
... amount of other riches was distributed amongst the monasteries and churches . This was sufficient to spread the fire of emulation through the whole of the Continent , and insure him as great a crop of adven- turers as the measures which ...
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... amount , according to Holinshed , of 15,000 men . So daring and flagrant a piece of hypocrisy and faithlessness was not , and could not be the work of a boy of fifteen ; it was that of his nobles , whom he had openly consulted as to the ...
... amount , according to Holinshed , of 15,000 men . So daring and flagrant a piece of hypocrisy and faithlessness was not , and could not be the work of a boy of fifteen ; it was that of his nobles , whom he had openly consulted as to the ...
Стр. 73
... amount , and of a still more valuable kind was * See State Papers , especially Saddler's Papers ; Tytler's Hist . Scotland . + State Papers : Hall . destroyed for ever . The glorious painted windows of the THE ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND . 73.
... amount , and of a still more valuable kind was * See State Papers , especially Saddler's Papers ; Tytler's Hist . Scotland . + State Papers : Hall . destroyed for ever . The glorious painted windows of the THE ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND . 73.
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... amount of 10,0007 . , married him to the daughter of the great Earl of Sussex , and afterwards made him Earl of Holderness . The next was Sir James Hay , successively created Lord Hay , Viscount Doncaster , and Earl of Carlisle . Then ...
... amount of 10,0007 . , married him to the daughter of the great Earl of Sussex , and afterwards made him Earl of Holderness . The next was Sir James Hay , successively created Lord Hay , Viscount Doncaster , and Earl of Carlisle . Then ...
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Стр. 153 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Стр. 157 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Стр. 60 - King-maker, had distinguished himself by his gallantry in the field, by the hospitality of his table, by the magnificence, and still more by the generosity of his expense, and by the spirited and bold manner which attended him in all his actions. The undesigning frankness and openness of his character rendered his conquest over men's affections the more certain and infallible : his presents were regarded as sure testimonies of esteem and friendship, and his professions as the overflowings of his...
Стр. 115 - God, you shall see how they agree in the person of a king. God hath power to create or destroy, make or unmake at his pleasure, to give life or send death, to judge all and to be judged...
Стр. 73 - How presumptuous then are ye, the rude commons of one shire, and that one of the most brute and beastly of the whole realm...
Стр. 103 - Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Стр. 142 - A statute, which was a greater acquisition to the civil property of this kingdom than even magna carta itself: since that only pruned the luxuriances that had grown out of the military tenures, and thereby preserved them in vigour ; but the statute of king Charles extirpated the whole, and demolished both root and branches.
Стр. 17 - ... by bringing a stranger into the realm, did now see themselves trodden under foot, to be despised, and to be mocked on all sides ; insomuch, that many of them were constrained (as it were, for a further testimony of servitude and bondage) to shave their beards, to round their hair, and to frame themselves, as well in apparel as in service and diet at their tables, after the Norman manner, very strange and far differing from the ancient customs and old usages of their country. Others, utterly refusing...
Стр. 180 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so. crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...