A History of CambridgeshireE. Stock, 1897 - 306 pages |
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... . , Book IV . , chap . xix . Ibid . , Book IV . , chap . xix . 7 Ibid . , Book IV . , chap . iii . • Ibid . 10 " Liber Eliensis , " i . 4 . peacefully - minded souls might work out their lives in 48 History of Cambridgeshire .
... . , Book IV . , chap . xix . Ibid . , Book IV . , chap . xix . 7 Ibid . , Book IV . , chap . iii . • Ibid . 10 " Liber Eliensis , " i . 4 . peacefully - minded souls might work out their lives in 48 History of Cambridgeshire .
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John William Edward Conybeare. peacefully - minded souls might work out their lives in peace , sheltered from the everlasting ... live as anchorites [ i.e. , hermits ] , knew they but where . And here is an island which is called Ancarig ...
John William Edward Conybeare. peacefully - minded souls might work out their lives in peace , sheltered from the everlasting ... live as anchorites [ i.e. , hermits ] , knew they but where . And here is an island which is called Ancarig ...
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... live idle , as some do , but to labour ; " and how , while thus employed in handiwork , " as he was less capable of meditating on the Scriptures , " he heard the angels ' carol which sang to his rest the saintly Bishop.1 Afterwards he ...
... live idle , as some do , but to labour ; " and how , while thus employed in handiwork , " as he was less capable of meditating on the Scriptures , " he heard the angels ' carol which sang to his rest the saintly Bishop.1 Afterwards he ...
Page 108
... live with- out it ; fierce in their onset against the foe , and , when force availeth not , prompt to use craft , or corrupt by bribes . As I have said , they live with frugality while building lavishly ; they envy their equals , would ...
... live with- out it ; fierce in their onset against the foe , and , when force availeth not , prompt to use craft , or corrupt by bribes . As I have said , they live with frugality while building lavishly ; they envy their equals , would ...
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... live and die for this Faith . " They add that they do indeed acknowledge " obedience to the Church of Rome , as the Head of all Christendom , but not to the avarice and tyranny of those who mis- govern it . " They complain that " the ...
... live and die for this Faith . " They add that they do indeed acknowledge " obedience to the Church of Rome , as the Head of all Christendom , but not to the avarice and tyranny of those who mis- govern it . " They complain that " the ...
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Page 175 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Page 175 - Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed scholars only, this immense And glorious work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more.
Page 63 - Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one Supreme Head and King having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial Crown of the same...
Page 289 - God's people in other nations, after mature deliberation, resolved and determined to enter into a mutual and solemn league and covenant, wherein we all subscribe, and each one of us for himself, with our hands lifted up to the most high God, do swear, I.
Page 290 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 191 - He married my sisters with five pound or twenty nobles a-piece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours; and some alms he gave to the poor, and all this he did of the said farm.
Page 191 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 247 - The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.
Page 20 - Vansittart, with fair intentions, was a feeble and inefficient ruler. The master caste, as was natural, broke loose from all restraint ; and then was seen what we believe to be the most frightful of all spectacles, the strength of civilization without its mercy. To all other despotism there is a check : imperfect indeed, and liable to gross abuse, but still sufficient to preserve society from the last extreme of misery. A time comes when the evils of submission are obviously greater than those of...