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... some time Rector of Acton , and published soon after restoration , probably
with a view to justify or filliate the “ Bartholoma Act . ” The dates of Roger Ascham
' s degrees , were 1534 , and 1536 , not , as given in his life , 1538 , and 1544 .
... some time Rector of Acton , and published soon after restoration , probably
with a view to justify or filliate the “ Bartholoma Act . ” The dates of Roger Ascham
' s degrees , were 1534 , and 1536 , not , as given in his life , 1538 , and 1544 .
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... exact point , in relation to general objects , in which his subject was placed ,
and to see things as he saw them - not , indeed , neglecting to avail himself of the
vantage - ground which time or circumstances may have given him to correct
what ...
... exact point , in relation to general objects , in which his subject was placed ,
and to see things as he saw them - not , indeed , neglecting to avail himself of the
vantage - ground which time or circumstances may have given him to correct
what ...
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Moreover , the Catholics , and the Catholic priesthood in particular , were at that
time the objects of mob fury and legal pillage ; sometimes timidly protected , and
sometimes nearly given up by the Court . It is not the least evil of intolerance , that
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Moreover , the Catholics , and the Catholic priesthood in particular , were at that
time the objects of mob fury and legal pillage ; sometimes timidly protected , and
sometimes nearly given up by the Court . It is not the least evil of intolerance , that
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I undertake this voyage with the order and good liking of his Majesty , and by
leave given me from the House , and entered in the journall ; and having
received , moreover , your approbation , I go , therefore , with more ease and
satisfaction of ...
I undertake this voyage with the order and good liking of his Majesty , and by
leave given me from the House , and entered in the journall ; and having
received , moreover , your approbation , I go , therefore , with more ease and
satisfaction of ...
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The prospect of public affairs was then sufficiently bad ; for Charles , who , like all
men whose amiable qualities are not grounded in sound principles , grew worse
as he grew old , had now given himself up to the notorious Cabal , and to a set ...
The prospect of public affairs was then sufficiently bad ; for Charles , who , like all
men whose amiable qualities are not grounded in sound principles , grew worse
as he grew old , had now given himself up to the notorious Cabal , and to a set ...
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| Title | The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire: Being Lives of the Most Distinguished Persons that Have Been Born In, Or Connected With, Those Provinces ... |
| Author | Hartley Coleridge |
| Publisher | Simpkin and Marshall, 1836 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 May 2007 |
| ISBN | 0827437714, 9780827437715 |
| Length | 732 pages |
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