The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 4H. Milford, 1922 |
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Pagina 14
... force . Their shape was obviously suggested by that of the human hand slightly flexed . Some of the old in- struments had approached the same shape , and it is fair to conjecture that it was while using such a lever in his right hand ...
... force . Their shape was obviously suggested by that of the human hand slightly flexed . Some of the old in- struments had approached the same shape , and it is fair to conjecture that it was while using such a lever in his right hand ...
Pagina 25
... force and effect . Chambers was twice married , but both his wives predeceased him . He was survived by three sons and six daughters . prejudice , and in thus preparing the ground for the reception of analogous views . ' When the ...
... force and effect . Chambers was twice married , but both his wives predeceased him . He was survived by three sons and six daughters . prejudice , and in thus preparing the ground for the reception of analogous views . ' When the ...
Pagina 69
... force , and that he would try to obtain the consent of parliament to an alteration in the law . Charles not only confirmed his father's promise , but engaged that the existing law should be altered within three years , that the ...
... force , and that he would try to obtain the consent of parliament to an alteration in the law . Charles not only confirmed his father's promise , but engaged that the existing law should be altered within three years , that the ...
Pagina 77
... force on his side long enough to beat down a resistance which he underestimated . On 27 Feb. 1639 he issued a proclamation de- claring the religion of Scotland to be safe in his hands , and asserting that the Scots were aiming at the ...
... force on his side long enough to beat down a resistance which he underestimated . On 27 Feb. 1639 he issued a proclamation de- claring the religion of Scotland to be safe in his hands , and asserting that the Scots were aiming at the ...
Pagina 78
the Earl of Arundel with an armed force to read it . On 28 May he arrived at Berwick , and on 5 June the Scottish ... force . Charles weakly listened to all kinds of schemes , probably without absolutely adopt- ing any , especially to ...
the Earl of Arundel with an armed force to read it . On 28 May he arrived at Berwick , and on 5 June the Scottish ... force . Charles weakly listened to all kinds of schemes , probably without absolutely adopt- ing any , especially to ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 207 - For the Church of England, I am persuaded that the constant doctrine of it is so pure and orthodox, that whosoever believes it and lives according to it, undoubtedly he shall be saved; and that there is no error in it which may necessitate or warrant any man to disturb the peace or renounce the communion of it.
Pagina 292 - Divi Britannici, being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660, fol.
Pagina 31 - The whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysses, translated according to the Greeke, by George Chapman.
Pagina 109 - Paint me an angel, with wings and a trumpet, to trumpet my name over the world.
Pagina 202 - England, which were a heap of nonsense, compiled by a few ignorant country gentlemen, who hardly knew how to make laws for the good of their own private families, much less for the regulating of companies, and foreign commerce " (Hamilton's New Account of India, i.232).
Pagina 371 - The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus, brought from Alexandria, and now in the British Museum.
Pagina 54 - Charta, and the other six statutes insisted upon for the subjects' liberty, to be all in force, and assures you that he will maintain all his subjects in the just freedom of their persons and safety of their estates, and that he will govern according to the laws and statutes of this realm, and that you shall find as much security in his Majesty's royal word and promise as in the strength of any law ye can make, so that hereafter ye shall never have cause to complain.
Pagina 64 - For the people. And truly I desire their liberty and freedom as much as anybody whomsoever. But I must tell you that their liberty and freedom consists in having of government: those laws by which their life and their goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in government, sir, that is nothing pertaining to them.
Pagina 106 - Oh blameless Bethel ! to relieve thy breast ? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Pagina 113 - Enquiry into the authenticity of the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley, in which the arguments of the Dean of Exeter and Mr. Bryant are examined, by Thomas Warton,