A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 2A. Fullarton, 1853 - Great Britain |
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... Catharine , daughter of Ferdinand of Arragon . A few months after this marriage , Arthur died ; but Henry , the king's second son , afterwards Henry VIII . was forthwith espoused to the widow of his brother , a measure for which a papal ...
... Catharine , daughter of Ferdinand of Arragon . A few months after this marriage , Arthur died ; but Henry , the king's second son , afterwards Henry VIII . was forthwith espoused to the widow of his brother , a measure for which a papal ...
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... at Northampton , on the 1st of October . Stow informs us that the king was inclined to pardon them , and that a rumour prevailed , that Queen Catharine had effectually interceded for Dudley . It is certain PERIOD . ] 19 EDMUND DUDLEY .
... at Northampton , on the 1st of October . Stow informs us that the king was inclined to pardon them , and that a rumour prevailed , that Queen Catharine had effectually interceded for Dudley . It is certain PERIOD . ] 19 EDMUND DUDLEY .
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George Godfrey Cunningham. Catharine had effectually interceded for Dudley . It is certain that the delinquents were suffered to remain in jail till the month of August in the following year , when the king , yielding to the general ...
George Godfrey Cunningham. Catharine had effectually interceded for Dudley . It is certain that the delinquents were suffered to remain in jail till the month of August in the following year , when the king , yielding to the general ...
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... Catharine herself , about this time attracted the fancy of the king . For his marriage with Catharine a papal dispensation had been formerly obtained . In this , however , it is alleged , there were flaws of such a kind that , by the ...
... Catharine herself , about this time attracted the fancy of the king . For his marriage with Catharine a papal dispensation had been formerly obtained . In this , however , it is alleged , there were flaws of such a kind that , by the ...
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... Catharine , declared the latter to be invalid , and who now , at the desire of the king , stood godfather to the ... Catharine's brother , should be excluded . his written promise on the subject being detained beyond the time pre ...
... Catharine , declared the latter to be invalid , and who now , at the desire of the king , stood godfather to the ... Catharine's brother , should be excluded . his written promise on the subject being detained beyond the time pre ...
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Page 299 - And yet. on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
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Page 300 - Ye cannot make us now less capable, less knowing, less eagerly pursuing of the truth, unless ye first make yourselves, that made us so, less the lovers, less the founders of our true liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formal, and slavish, as ye found us; but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary, and tyrannous, as they were from whom ye have freed us.
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