The Quarterly Review, Volume 141John Murray, 1876 |
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... question . 6 With these exceptions there is not much in Hatfield to attract the artist or the antiquary . Its chief importance consists in its * Readers of Shakespeare well remember that St. George was a favourite sign in the days of ...
... question . 6 With these exceptions there is not much in Hatfield to attract the artist or the antiquary . Its chief importance consists in its * Readers of Shakespeare well remember that St. George was a favourite sign in the days of ...
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... question that troubled the conscience of bishop or king : it was not one that Tudor sove- reigns suffered to stand in their way when they had a mind to Church property . Henry had already possessed himself of York House , belonging to ...
... question that troubled the conscience of bishop or king : it was not one that Tudor sove- reigns suffered to stand in their way when they had a mind to Church property . Henry had already possessed himself of York House , belonging to ...
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... question in this damp and variable climate - can be compared in our estimation to the old oak wainscot of our ancient houses , with its rich friezes and bold architraves , its festoons and its pilasters , its free and vigorous ...
... question in this damp and variable climate - can be compared in our estimation to the old oak wainscot of our ancient houses , with its rich friezes and bold architraves , its festoons and its pilasters , its free and vigorous ...
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... question , that was marked with a greater tone of moderation than that of any other of the judges , though Egerton was of the number . When , to avoid being tried in the Star Chamber , the Earl , at his own earnest * Hatfield MSS ...
... question , that was marked with a greater tone of moderation than that of any other of the judges , though Egerton was of the number . When , to avoid being tried in the Star Chamber , the Earl , at his own earnest * Hatfield MSS ...
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... question his veracity . My Lord of Essex , ' he says , ' doubting whereupon I should be so well favoured at Court , and especially by her Majesty , hath forced me to declare myself either his only , or friend to Mr. Secretary [ Cecil ] ...
... question his veracity . My Lord of Essex , ' he says , ' doubting whereupon I should be so well favoured at Court , and especially by her Majesty , hath forced me to declare myself either his only , or friend to Mr. Secretary [ Cecil ] ...
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Page 505 - Pale as his shirt ; his knees knocking each other ; And with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loosed out of hell, To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Page 529 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
Page 518 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 541 - And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine, as he shall think sufficient.
Page 7 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Page 529 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 127 - He spake of love, such love as Spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away — no strife to heal — The past unsighed for, and the future sure; 100.
Page 253 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Page 129 - For a multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind; and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident which the rapid communication of intelligence...
Page 49 - I knew her from six years old, and had some share in her education, by directing what books she should read, and perpetually instructing her in the principles of honour and virtue ; from which she never swerved in any one action or moment of her life.