Eminent British Statesmen: Sir Thomas More [by Sir J. Mackintosh] Cardinal Wolsey. Archbishop Cranmer. William Cecil, Lord Burleigh [by J. Macdiarmid1831 |
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Side 3
... parliament by political rights , yet formed with them in the order of society one body , cor- responding to those called noble in the other countries of Europe . Though the political power of the barons was on the wane , the social ...
... parliament by political rights , yet formed with them in the order of society one body , cor- responding to those called noble in the other countries of Europe . Though the political power of the barons was on the wane , the social ...
Side 19
... parliament against a lavish grant of money to the crown . The circumstances of a fact thus doubly memorable are related by his son - in- law as follows : " In the latter time of king Henry VII . he was made a burgess of the parliament ...
... parliament against a lavish grant of money to the crown . The circumstances of a fact thus doubly memorable are related by his son - in- law as follows : " In the latter time of king Henry VII . he was made a burgess of the parliament ...
Side 20
... parliament house , that a beardless boy had disappointed all his purpose . Whereupon the king , conceiving great indignation towards him , could not be satisfied until he had some way revenged it . And forasmuch as he , nothing having ...
... parliament house , that a beardless boy had disappointed all his purpose . Whereupon the king , conceiving great indignation towards him , could not be satisfied until he had some way revenged it . And forasmuch as he , nothing having ...
Side 21
... parliamentary champions of liberty . But it is lamentable that we have so little information respecting sir Thomas More's oratory , which alone could have armed him for the noble conflict . He may be said to hold the same station among ...
... parliamentary champions of liberty . But it is lamentable that we have so little information respecting sir Thomas More's oratory , which alone could have armed him for the noble conflict . He may be said to hold the same station among ...
Side 40
... parliament was held in the middle of April at Westminster , in which More took a part honour- able to his memory , which has been already mentioned as one of the remaining fragments of his eloquence , but which cannot be so shortly ...
... parliament was held in the middle of April at Westminster , in which More took a part honour- able to his memory , which has been already mentioned as one of the remaining fragments of his eloquence , but which cannot be so shortly ...
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affairs ambition Anne Boleyn answer appears appointed archbishop archbishop of Canterbury authority bishop Burleigh Burnet Calais cardinal cardinal's catholic cause Cecil chancellor character church circumstances clergy common conduct conscience considered council court Cranmer Cromwell crown danger death declared dignity doctrines duke duke of Norfolk earl ecclesiastical effect Elizabeth enemies England English Erasmus father favour fortune France grace hand hath Henry VIII Henry's heresy honour Ibid Jane Colt king king's labour learning letter London Lyddington majesty Margaret Roper marriage Mary matter means ment mind minister monarch More's nation nature ness never Northumberland occasion opinion papal parliament person pleasure pope prelates present prince privy privy council procured protestants punishment queen of Scots quoth realm received reformation reign religion rendered Rome Roper royal says Scotland seemed sir Thomas Somerset sovereign subjects things tion unto Utopia William Lord Burghley Wolsey Wolsey's zeal
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Side 172 - Well, well, Master Kingston,' quoth he, ' I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Side 92 - I do nobody no harm, I say none harm, I think none harm, but wish everybody good. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith I long not to live.
Side 192 - After I had written this letter unto your grace, my lord chancellor, &c. sent for me to come unto the starchamber; and there declared unto me such things as your grace's pleasure was they should make me privy unto. For the which I am most bounden unto your grace. And what communication we had therein, I doubt not but they will make the true report thereof to your grace. I am exceedingly sorry that such faults can be proved by the queen as I heard of their relation. But I am, and ever shall be, your...
Side 9 - And albeit his mind most served him to the second daughter, for that he thought her the fairest and best favoured, yet when he considered that it would be both great grief and some shame also to the eldest to see her younger sister preferred before her in marriage, he then, of a certain pity, framed his fancy toward her, and soon after married her...
Side 221 - It is a goodly matter," she said, " to consider your ignorance. It was not long ago since you burned Anne Askew for a piece of bread, and yet came yourselves soon after to believe and profess the same doctrine for which you burned her. And now, forsooth, you will needs burn me for a piece of flesh, and in the end you will come to believe this also, when you have read the Scriptures and understand them.
Side 185 - Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Side 130 - There wanted no dames, or damsels, meet or apt to dance with the maskers, or to garnish the place for the time, with other goodly disports. Then was there all kind of music and harmony set forth, with excellent voices both of men and children. I have seen the king suddenly come in thither in a mask, with a dozen of other maskers, all in garments like shepherds...
Side 32 - And other whiles, in the night, would he have him up into the leads, there to consider with him the diversities, courses, motions, and operations of the stars and planets. And because he was of a pleasant disposition, it pleased the king and queen, after the council had supped, at the time of their supper, for their pleasure commonly to call for him to be merry with them.
Side 43 - Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr More, when I made you Speaker.
Side 129 - And when it pleased the King's Majesty, for his recreation, to repair unto the Cardinal's house, as he did divers times in the year( at which time there wanted no preparations, or goodly furniture, with viands of the finest sort that might be provided for money or friendship...