The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and tracts ... in the late earl of Oxford's library, Volume 8 |
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... thousand pounds kept at home , which now every year goes out of the kingdom for linnen , whereby our wealth becomes a prey to other nations . 3 . Much land improved in every county to great advantage of landlord and tenant . Humbly ...
... thousand pounds kept at home , which now every year goes out of the kingdom for linnen , whereby our wealth becomes a prey to other nations . 3 . Much land improved in every county to great advantage of landlord and tenant . Humbly ...
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... thousand knights and esquires ) by the victorious Edward the Black Prince , son to Edward the Third . Wherein is given an Account of several great battles fought , and wonderful victories ob- tained over the French , when they had six ...
... thousand knights and esquires ) by the victorious Edward the Black Prince , son to Edward the Third . Wherein is given an Account of several great battles fought , and wonderful victories ob- tained over the French , when they had six ...
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... thousand rumours to and fro ; With stale reports some list'ning ears do fill , Some coin fresh tales in words that vary still ; Lyes mixt with truth , all in the telling grows , And each relator adds to what he knows : Here dwells rash ...
... thousand rumours to and fro ; With stale reports some list'ning ears do fill , Some coin fresh tales in words that vary still ; Lyes mixt with truth , all in the telling grows , And each relator adds to what he knows : Here dwells rash ...
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... a terrible design hatched by the college of Doway , to drain the narrow seas , and bring Popery over • Vide Justin . Lib . ii , de Cynęgiro . dry shod ; besides , he has a thousand inventions 10 THE CHARACTER OF A COFFEE - HOUSE , & c .
... a terrible design hatched by the college of Doway , to drain the narrow seas , and bring Popery over • Vide Justin . Lib . ii , de Cynęgiro . dry shod ; besides , he has a thousand inventions 10 THE CHARACTER OF A COFFEE - HOUSE , & c .
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... thousand inventions dancing in his brain- pan ; an advice - boat on the stocks , that shall go to the East Indies and come back again , in a fortnight ; a trick to march under water , and bore holes through the Dutch ships keels with ...
... thousand inventions dancing in his brain- pan ; an advice - boat on the stocks , that shall go to the East Indies and come back again , in a fortnight ; a trick to march under water , and bore holes through the Dutch ships keels with ...
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Page 317 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 149 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 313 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 326 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 321 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 295 - The punishing of wits enhances their authority, saith the Viscount St. Albans, and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.
Page 441 - The Lord liveth," in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness ; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Page 485 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 154 - My Lord, Out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 335 - Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like — all this is but a sheep in a lion's skin except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike. Nay, number (itself) in armies importeth not much where the people is of weak courage, for (as Virgil saith) It never troubles a wolf how many the sheep be.