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... noble families , and the purchase of great estates , showed the rapid growth of the merchant class in wealth and social importance . London above all was profiting by the general advance . The rapidity of its growth awoke the jealousy ...
... noble families , and the purchase of great estates , showed the rapid growth of the merchant class in wealth and social importance . London above all was profiting by the general advance . The rapidity of its growth awoke the jealousy ...
Side 7
... nobles no longer swayed the State , the spoil of the Church lands , and the general growth of national wealth , were raising the lesser landowners into a new social power . An influence which was to play a growing part in our history ...
... nobles no longer swayed the State , the spoil of the Church lands , and the general growth of national wealth , were raising the lesser landowners into a new social power . An influence which was to play a growing part in our history ...
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... noble to society at large in its con- ception of social equality . Their common calling , their common brotherhood in Christ , annihilated in the mind of the Puritans that overpowering sense of social distinc- tions which characterized ...
... noble to society at large in its con- ception of social equality . Their common calling , their common brotherhood in Christ , annihilated in the mind of the Puritans that overpowering sense of social distinc- tions which characterized ...
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... Nobles and scholars alike forsook the cause of heresy , and though Calvinism remained dominant south of the Loire , it lost all hope of winning France as a whole to its side . Puritan At Elizabeth's death therefore the temper of every ...
... Nobles and scholars alike forsook the cause of heresy , and though Calvinism remained dominant south of the Loire , it lost all hope of winning France as a whole to its side . Puritan At Elizabeth's death therefore the temper of every ...
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... of European realms , and his actual power had been less than that of many an English peer . For years he had been the mere sport of warring nobles who governed in his name . Their rule was 38 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . [ BOOK.
... of European realms , and his actual power had been less than that of many an English peer . For years he had been the mere sport of warring nobles who governed in his name . Their rule was 38 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . [ BOOK.
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Side 378 - ... to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out His seraphim, with the hallowed fire of His altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Side 171 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Side 40 - WORDS AND PLACES ; or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography. By the Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR. Third Edition, revised and compressed. With Maps. Globe 8vo. 6s.
Side 306 - ... as now they are ; with other things appertaining to what hath been called the New Philosophy, which from the times of Galileo at Florence, and Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) in England, hath been much cultivated in Italy, France, Germany, and other parts abroad, as well as with us in England.
Side 38 - HALES— LONGER ENGLISH POEMS, with Notes, Philological and Explanatory, and an Introduction on the Teaching of English. Chiefly for Use in Schools. Edited by JW HALES, MA, Professor of English Literature at King's College, London.
Side 18 - Macmillan (Rev. Hugh).— For other Works by same Author, see THEOLOGICAL and SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUES. HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS; or, Rambles and Incidents in search of Alpine Plants. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Globe 8vo.
Side 135 - ... and that your Majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings to the prejudice of your people, in any of the premises, shall not be drawn hereafter into consequence or example : and that your Majesty would be also graciously pleased, for the further comfort and safety of your people, to declare your royal will and pleasure, that in the things aforesaid all your officers and ministers shall serve you, according to the laws and statutes of this realm, as they tender...
Side 22 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Side 321 - that according to the ancient and fundamental laws of this Kingdom, the government is, and ought to be, by King, Lords, and Commons.
Side 242 - Naseby," he wrote soon after, " that when I saw the enemy draw up and march in gallant order towards us, and we a company of poor ignorant men, to seek to order our battle, the general having commanded me to order all the horse, I could not, riding alone about my business, but smile out to God in praises, in assurance of victory, because God would by things that are not bring to nought things that are. Of which I had great assurance, and God did it.