Lives of British Statesmen, Volumen 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 21
Página 19
... pounds . * Nor was Henry of a tem- per to be satisfied with this indirect revenge ; and More , although he dexterously eluded the arts practised to draw from him confessions which might afford a colour for his accusation , yet well knew ...
... pounds . * Nor was Henry of a tem- per to be satisfied with this indirect revenge ; and More , although he dexterously eluded the arts practised to draw from him confessions which might afford a colour for his accusation , yet well knew ...
Página 23
John Macdiarmid. his practice and office he derived an income of four hundred pounds a - year , a sum to which , allowing for the depreciation of money , six times the amount would , in the present day , be scarcely more than equivalent ...
John Macdiarmid. his practice and office he derived an income of four hundred pounds a - year , a sum to which , allowing for the depreciation of money , six times the amount would , in the present day , be scarcely more than equivalent ...
Página 101
... pounds , a sum equal to more than twenty thousand in our times . To show him every pos- sible mark of respect , three bishops , among whom was his particular friend , Tonstall , Bishop of Dur- ham , were deputed to wait upon him in the ...
... pounds , a sum equal to more than twenty thousand in our times . To show him every pos- sible mark of respect , three bishops , among whom was his particular friend , Tonstall , Bishop of Dur- ham , were deputed to wait upon him in the ...
Página 108
... pounds ; * while the payment of his debts almost entirely exhausted his money and valuable effects . † As he could not , after having held the highest legal station in the kingdom , retrace his steps to wealth by resorting again to his ...
... pounds ; * while the payment of his debts almost entirely exhausted his money and valuable effects . † As he could not , after having held the highest legal station in the kingdom , retrace his steps to wealth by resorting again to his ...
Página 113
... pounds to purchase a gown for the occasion . Amused with this gift , prudently adapted as it was to a poverty which he might have avoided by accepting the former magnificent tenders of the clergy , he returned for answer , " That he ...
... pounds to purchase a gown for the occasion . Amused with this gift , prudently adapted as it was to a poverty which he might have avoided by accepting the former magnificent tenders of the clergy , he returned for answer , " That he ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Términos y frases comunes
acquired affairs afterwards Anne Boleyn appear attention authority aversion Burleigh Camden Catholics cause Cecil church Commons conduct council court crown danger daughter defence desirous Duke Duke of Alva Earl effectual Elizabeth employed endeavoured enemies England English Epist Erasmus execution expence father favour favourite foreign fortune France friends hands Henry Henry VIII Hoddesdon honour house of Guise Ibid king king's labour learning length less letter Lord High Treasurer Lyddington majesty manner marriage Mary means measures ment mind ministers monarch More's nation never Northumberland occasion opinion parliament passions period person political pope pounds present prince procured Protestants proved Queen of Scots received Reformation refused reign religion religious rendered replied Rome Roper Scotland seemed sentiments sion Somerset sovereign Spain Stapleton statesman subjects successful talents throne tion transactions Utopia virtue wards William Lord Burghley Wolsey
Pasajes populares
Página 189 - And I find them so curiously penned, so full of branches and circumstances, that I think the inquisition of Spain used not so many questions to comprehend and to trap their priests.
Página 55 - I find His Grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this Realm; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us), it should not fail to go.
Página 317 - Neither, by my consent, shalt thou train them up in wars; for he that sets up his rest to live by that profession, can hardly be an honest man, or a good Christian. Besides it is a science no longer in request than use. For soldiers in peace, are like chimneys in summer.
Página 136 - I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.
Página 316 - And suffer not thy sons to pass the Alps, for they shall learn nothing there but pride, blasphemy, and atheism. And if by travel they get a few broken languages, that shall profit them nothing more than to have one meat served in divers dishes. Neither, by my consent, shalt thou train them up in wars; for he that sets up his rest to live by that profession can hardly be an honest man or a good Christian; besides...
Página 314 - Son ROBERT, THE virtuous inclinations of thy matchless mother, by whose tender and godly care thy infancy was governed ; together with thy education under so zealous and excellent a tutor; puts me in rather assurance than hope, that thou art not ignorant of that...
Página 137 - His death was of a piece with his life. There was nothing in it new, forced, or affected. He did not look upon the severing...
Página 249 - Cecil's despatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, " The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once...
Página 315 - Enquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth. Let her not be poor, how generous soever. For a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. Nor chuse a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth; for it will cause contempt in others, and loathing in thee.
Página 315 - Nor chuse a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause contempt in others and loathing in thee. Neither make choice of a dwarf or a fool ; for by the one thou shalt beget a race of pigmies ; the other will be thy continual disgrace ; and it will yirke f thee to hear her talk. For thou shalt find it to thy great grief, that there is nothing more fulsome £ than a shefool.