Eminent British Statesmen: Sir Thomas More [by Sir J. Mackintosh] Cardinal Wolsey. Archbishop Cranmer. William Cecil, Lord Burleigh [by J. Macdiarmid1831 |
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... court of King's Bench to the end of his long life ; and , according to his son's account , well performed the peaceable duties of civil life , being gentle in his deportment , blameless , meek and merciful , an equitable judge , and an ...
... court of King's Bench to the end of his long life ; and , according to his son's account , well performed the peaceable duties of civil life , being gentle in his deportment , blameless , meek and merciful , an equitable judge , and an ...
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... courts . He was a Lancastrian , and the fidelity with which he adhered to Henry VI . , till that unfortu- nate prince's death , recommended him to the confi- dence and patronage of Edward IV . He negotiated the marriage with the ...
... courts . He was a Lancastrian , and the fidelity with which he adhered to Henry VI . , till that unfortu- nate prince's death , recommended him to the confi- dence and patronage of Edward IV . He negotiated the marriage with the ...
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... court . It was not then a metaphor to call them an university : they had professors of law ; they conferred the characters of barrister and ser- jeant , analogous to the degrees of batchelor , master , and doctor , bestowed by ...
... court . It was not then a metaphor to call them an university : they had professors of law ; they conferred the characters of barrister and ser- jeant , analogous to the degrees of batchelor , master , and doctor , bestowed by ...
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... court of law , in which he was not of counsel for one of the parties . It has been already intimated , that about the same time he was appointed to a judicial office in the city of London , which is described by his son - in - law as ...
... court of law , in which he was not of counsel for one of the parties . It has been already intimated , that about the same time he was appointed to a judicial office in the city of London , which is described by his son - in - law as ...
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... court , which , being the county court for London and Middlesex , was , at that time , a station of honour and advantage . For the county courts in general , and indeed all the ancient sub- ordinate jurisdictions of the common law , had ...
... court , which , being the county court for London and Middlesex , was , at that time , a station of honour and advantage . For the county courts in general , and indeed all the ancient sub- ordinate jurisdictions of the common law , had ...
Términos y frases comunes
affairs ambition Anne Boleyn answer appears appointed archbishop archbishop of Canterbury authority bishop Burleigh Burnet Calais cardinal cardinal's catholic cause Cecil chancellor character church circumstances clergy common conduct conscience considered council court Cranmer Cromwell crown danger death declared dignity doctrines duke duke of Norfolk earl ecclesiastical effect Elizabeth enemies England English Erasmus father favour fortune France grace hand hath Henry VIII Henry's heresy honour Ibid Jane Colt king king's labour learning letter London Lyddington majesty Margaret Roper marriage Mary matter means ment mind minister monarch More's nation nature ness never Northumberland occasion opinion papal parliament person pleasure pope prelates present prince privy privy council procured protestants punishment queen of Scots quoth realm received reformation reign religion rendered Rome Roper royal says Scotland seemed sir Thomas Somerset sovereign subjects things tion unto Utopia William Lord Burghley Wolsey Wolsey's zeal
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Página 172 - Well, well, Master Kingston,' quoth he, ' I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Página 92 - I do nobody no harm, I say none harm, I think none harm, but wish everybody good. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith I long not to live.
Página 192 - After I had written this letter unto your grace, my lord chancellor, &c. sent for me to come unto the starchamber; and there declared unto me such things as your grace's pleasure was they should make me privy unto. For the which I am most bounden unto your grace. And what communication we had therein, I doubt not but they will make the true report thereof to your grace. I am exceedingly sorry that such faults can be proved by the queen as I heard of their relation. But I am, and ever shall be, your...
Página 9 - And albeit his mind most served him to the second daughter, for that he thought her the fairest and best favoured, yet when he considered that it would be both great grief and some shame also to the eldest to see her younger sister preferred before her in marriage, he then, of a certain pity, framed his fancy toward her, and soon after married her...
Página 221 - It is a goodly matter," she said, " to consider your ignorance. It was not long ago since you burned Anne Askew for a piece of bread, and yet came yourselves soon after to believe and profess the same doctrine for which you burned her. And now, forsooth, you will needs burn me for a piece of flesh, and in the end you will come to believe this also, when you have read the Scriptures and understand them.
Página 185 - Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Página 130 - There wanted no dames, or damsels, meet or apt to dance with the maskers, or to garnish the place for the time, with other goodly disports. Then was there all kind of music and harmony set forth, with excellent voices both of men and children. I have seen the king suddenly come in thither in a mask, with a dozen of other maskers, all in garments like shepherds...
Página 32 - And other whiles, in the night, would he have him up into the leads, there to consider with him the diversities, courses, motions, and operations of the stars and planets. And because he was of a pleasant disposition, it pleased the king and queen, after the council had supped, at the time of their supper, for their pleasure commonly to call for him to be merry with them.
Página 43 - Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr More, when I made you Speaker.
Página 129 - And when it pleased the King's Majesty, for his recreation, to repair unto the Cardinal's house, as he did divers times in the year( at which time there wanted no preparations, or goodly furniture, with viands of the finest sort that might be provided for money or friendship...