Peerage of England. ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812 |
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... received his quietus from the council board , the appointment of Paulet is spoken of as a rumour , and Drury's name is not mentioned . " It is well remarked , that Mr. LODGE in this work " has brought to light several events of this ...
... received his quietus from the council board , the appointment of Paulet is spoken of as a rumour , and Drury's name is not mentioned . " It is well remarked , that Mr. LODGE in this work " has brought to light several events of this ...
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... received the honour of knighthood in his father's lifetime , as before observed ; and being elected Knight of the shire for the county of Somerset to that Parliament , which met on Nov. 3d , 1640 , he eminently manifested his loyalty to ...
... received the honour of knighthood in his father's lifetime , as before observed ; and being elected Knight of the shire for the county of Somerset to that Parliament , which met on Nov. 3d , 1640 , he eminently manifested his loyalty to ...
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... received the honour of knight- hood at Leith . In the reign of King Philip and Queen Mary , he raised , at his own expense , 100 men , to march under the Earl of Derby , who in September , 1557 , was sent to oppose the Scots on their ...
... received the honour of knight- hood at Leith . In the reign of King Philip and Queen Mary , he raised , at his own expense , 100 men , to march under the Earl of Derby , who in September , 1557 , was sent to oppose the Scots on their ...
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... received the honour of knighthood ; and was a person of such eminence , that Edward the Black Prince re- commended him to his father , Edw . III . to be chosen a Knight of the Garter ; but he died before his election . Het married Ele ...
... received the honour of knighthood ; and was a person of such eminence , that Edward the Black Prince re- commended him to his father , Edw . III . to be chosen a Knight of the Garter ; but he died before his election . Het married Ele ...
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... received his first in- structions in literature from his uncle , Richard Harley , a man of noted wit and learning ; by whom being accomplished for the University , his father sent him to Oriel - college , in Oxford . He continued there ...
... received his first in- structions in literature from his uncle , Richard Harley , a man of noted wit and learning ; by whom being accomplished for the University , his father sent him to Oriel - college , in Oxford . He continued there ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards ancestor Anne appointed April arms Ashburnham August Baron Bart born Brampton brother buried castle Catharine Chancellor Charles Charles II Cholmondeley church coheir Colonel court Custos Rotulorum daugh daughter and heir daughter of Sir decease died unmarried Duke eldest Eliz Elizabeth England Essex father February France George Harcourt Harley heir of Sir Henry VIII Henry Wallop Hertfordshire Hervey honour Hugh Ibid Ireland James January John Wallop July June King King's kingdom of Ireland Knight Lady lands letters patent London Lord Hervey Lordship married Majesty Majesty's manor March Margaret married to Sir Mary Norfolk November October Oxfordshire Parliament Philip præd present Earl Prince Privy-council Queen regiment reign Robert Harley seat second Earl September Sir Edward Sir Edward Harley Sir Henry Sir John Sir Richard Sir Robert Sir Thomas Sir William sister Southampton Staffordshire succeeded thereof Viscount Warwick Warwickshire Wroxton Wyndham
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 424 - ATTERBURY'S softer hour! How shin'd the Soul, unconquer'd in the Tow'r ! How can I PULT'NEY, CHESTERFIELD forget, While Roman Spirit charms, and Attic Wit: 85 ARGYLL, the State's whole Thunder born to wield, And shake alike the Senate and the Field: Or WYNDHAM, just to Freedom and the Throne, The Master of our Passions, and his own.
Seite 156 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 156 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Seite 447 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most lov'd, the son most dear: Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he dv'd.
Seite 356 - He writing of Episcopacy and by the way treating of sects and schisms, left ye his vote, or rather now the...
Seite 68 - Contrary in any wise notwithstanding although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the premises or any of them or of any other gifts or grants by Us or by any of Our progenitors or predecessors...
Seite 79 - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Seite 62 - CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Seite 156 - What? that Thing of silk, "Sporus, that mere white Curd of Ass's milk? "Satire or Sense alas ! can Sporus feel ? "Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?" Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings, This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings; Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys, Yet Wit ne'er tastes, and Beauty ne'er enjoys, So well-bred Spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the Game they dare not bite.
Seite 7 - I should make so foul a shipwreck of my conscience, or leave so great a blot to my poor posterity...