Clavis Calendaria: Or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar; Illustrated with Ecclesiastica, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes, Volume 2author, 1813 - Calendar |
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... person who had been accustomed to nautical af- fairs , and who used , by a whimsical mistake , very excuseable in a sailor , to exhibit it as a curiosity , which formerly belonged to the great ADMIRAL BEDE , upon whose exploits he ...
... person who had been accustomed to nautical af- fairs , and who used , by a whimsical mistake , very excuseable in a sailor , to exhibit it as a curiosity , which formerly belonged to the great ADMIRAL BEDE , upon whose exploits he ...
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... persons of all ranks regarded it as a religious duty to join in the procession . In the evening , the different companies , ac- cording to their abilities and inclinations , made theatrical representations of some parts of sacred ...
... persons of all ranks regarded it as a religious duty to join in the procession . In the evening , the different companies , ac- cording to their abilities and inclinations , made theatrical representations of some parts of sacred ...
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... persons dancing , some rendered frantic by superstitious zeal , others by inebriation ; while JACK PUDDINGS , PUNCH and his Family , MERRY ANDREWS , and MOUNTE- BANKS , display their wit and antics , like our English buffoons at ...
... persons dancing , some rendered frantic by superstitious zeal , others by inebriation ; while JACK PUDDINGS , PUNCH and his Family , MERRY ANDREWS , and MOUNTE- BANKS , display their wit and antics , like our English buffoons at ...
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... person of distinction was ambi- tious of being introduced to his majesty ; all am- bassadors and public ministers of kings , princes , or states , repaired to him , and professed the joy of their masters in his behalf : so that one ...
... person of distinction was ambi- tious of being introduced to his majesty ; all am- bassadors and public ministers of kings , princes , or states , repaired to him , and professed the joy of their masters in his behalf : so that one ...
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... person , and conversant with him , to have discovered who he was . " This celebrated tree , afterwards called the Royal Oak , was situate at Boscobel , in the parish of Don- nington . By some writers it is declared to have been in a ...
... person , and conversant with him , to have discovered who he was . " This celebrated tree , afterwards called the Royal Oak , was situate at Boscobel , in the parish of Don- nington . By some writers it is declared to have been in a ...
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afford afterwards alleged almanacs AMPHIBALUS anecdote Angel antient Apostles appears appellation Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury authors BECKET BEDE Bishop blessed Calendar called canonized cause celebrated CHRIST Christian church Church of Rome circumstance converted coronation Cross crown custom death decease denominated dignity divine DOMITIAN Duke ecclesiastical EDWARD EDWARD the Confessor Emperor England ETHELWULF expression faith father feast festival France Gospel heir HENRY holy honour JAMES JESUS JOHN JOHN THE BAPTIST King king of Scotland King's Latin latter Legend Lord LUKE Majesty Martyr MARY miracles Monarch monastery Monks narch nativity noble oath occasion origin Pagan period persons PETER piety pious Pope prayers priest Prince of Wales Reformers reign religion remembrance ROBERT WINTER Roman Rome Romish Royal sacred Saint Saviour Saxon Scotland Second shew solemn Sovereign styled suffered Sunday superstition Third tion veneration Virgin virtue WILLIAM WILLIAM the Norman word
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Page 251 - I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For, though there be no appearance of any stir, yet I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament ; and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Page 165 - Will you. to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 183 - O Everlasting GOD, Who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; mercifully grant, that as Thy Holy Angels alway do Thee service in Heaven, so by Thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth ; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Page 251 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Page 224 - Tomorrow is Saint Crispian " : Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say " These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 165 - After this the king or queen, laying his or her hand upon the holy gospels, shall say, " The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep : so help me God :" and then shall kiss the book (12).
Page 252 - A terrible blow, and yet the authors concealed ; a danger so sudden, and yet so great: these circumstances seemed all to denote some contrivance by gunpowder; and it was thought advisable to inspect all the vaults below the houses of parliament. This care belonged to the earl of Suffolk, lord chamberlain ; who purposely delayed the search, till the day before the meeting of parliament. He remarked those great piles of wood and...
Page 66 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 66 - As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Page 200 - In the middle aisle there is nothing remarkable : but I remember when its beams were hung with garlands in honour of young women of the parish, reputed to have died virgins ; and recollect to have seen the clerk's wife cutting, in white paper, the resemblances of gloves, and ribbons to be twisted into knots and roses, to decorate these memorials of chastity.