The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV, Volume 3J. Murray, 1845 - Judges |
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... Person , 377. His Descendants , 377 . CHAPTER XCI . LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR NOTTINGHAM FROM HIS BIRTH TILL HE WAS CREATED LORD CHANCELLOR , His Birth , 378. His Family , 378. His Steadiness at School and College , 378 . Entered at the ...
... Person , 377. His Descendants , 377 . CHAPTER XCI . LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR NOTTINGHAM FROM HIS BIRTH TILL HE WAS CREATED LORD CHANCELLOR , His Birth , 378. His Family , 378. His Steadiness at School and College , 378 . Entered at the ...
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... Person , 493. His Descendants , 493. His early Promotions and early Death , 494. Merits of Roger North as a Biographer , 494 . CHAPTER XCVIII . LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR JEFFREYS FROM HIS BIRTH TILL HE WAS APPOINTED RECORDER OF LONDON ...
... Person , 493. His Descendants , 493. His early Promotions and early Death , 494. Merits of Roger North as a Biographer , 494 . CHAPTER XCVIII . LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR JEFFREYS FROM HIS BIRTH TILL HE WAS APPOINTED RECORDER OF LONDON ...
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... Person to mimic the Judges , 590. His Frolic in the City while Chancellor , 590. Fond of Flattery , 591. Skilled in Music , 591. He gives Judgment on the Organ in the Temple Church , 591 . His Conduct at a contested Election , 591. His ...
... Person to mimic the Judges , 590. His Frolic in the City while Chancellor , 590. Fond of Flattery , 591. Skilled in Music , 591. He gives Judgment on the Organ in the Temple Church , 591 . His Conduct at a contested Election , 591. His ...
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... person , —and that it was much too late to talk prudishly of a regard to law , after they had fought the King at Edgehill , and he had declared , by proclamation , not only that all who had appeared against him in arms , but all who had ...
... person , —and that it was much too late to talk prudishly of a regard to law , after they had fought the King at Edgehill , and he had declared , by proclamation , not only that all who had appeared against him in arms , but all who had ...
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... person of the King . " . Hall . Const . Hist . ii . 222 . - That this Seal might not be carried off to the King , or applied to any im- proper purpose , it was to be kept in the office of the clerk of the House of Peers , sealed up with ...
... person of the King . " . Hall . Const . Hist . ii . 222 . - That this Seal might not be carried off to the King , or applied to any im- proper purpose , it was to be kept in the office of the clerk of the House of Peers , sealed up with ...
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Page 185 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 287 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 534 - ... out of thy writing trade forty years ago it had been happy. Thou pretendest to be a preacher of the gospel of peace, and thou hast one foot in the grave ; it is time for thee to begin to think what account thou intendest to give; but leave thee to thyself and I see thou wilt go on as thou hast begun ; but, by the grace of God , I'll look after thee.
Page 539 - Lisle, be conveyed from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, where your body is to be burnt alive till you be dead And the Lord have mercy on your soul...
Page 296 - Thing," as you will find there, is a bit of Parchment with these words engrossed on it: " I do hereby freely promise, and engage myself, to be true and faithful to the Lord Protector and the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ; and shall not [according to the tenor of the Indenture whereby I am returned to serve in this present Parliament) propose, or give my consent, to alter the Government as it is settled in a Single Person and a Parliament."^ Sign that, or go home again to your countries.
Page 367 - One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it.
Page 528 - THE terms of our recognizances were, that we should appear in the Court of King's Bench, on the first day of the ensuing Easter term, and not depart therefrom without the permission of the court.
Page 519 - Jack.pudding than with that gravity which beseems a Judge : he was mighty witty upon the prisoners at the bar ; he was very full of his jokes upon people that came to give evidence, not suffering them to declare what they had to say in their own way and method...
Page 215 - ... thereunto, through scruple and tenderness of misguided conscience, but modestly and without scandal perform their devotions in their own way...
Page 512 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.