The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, Volume 9William Oldys, John Malham R. Dutton, 1810 Chronologically arranged with the original Samuel Johnson introduction, this collection offers rare and entertaining tracts and pamphlets in manuscript and printed forms. Interspersed are historical, political and critical notes from the library of Edward Harley, second earl of Oxford. This collection was edited by Harley's secretary, William Oldys, and Samuel Johnson in the original edition, 1744-1746. |
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... Pounds a Year , by , and for the Maintenance of a Corporation of skilful Midwives , & c . By Mrs. Elisabeth Cellier , in the month of June , 1687. Now first published from her own MS . Fo- lie , containing nine pages . 191 The Prophecy ...
... Pounds a Year , by , and for the Maintenance of a Corporation of skilful Midwives , & c . By Mrs. Elisabeth Cellier , in the month of June , 1687. Now first published from her own MS . Fo- lie , containing nine pages . 191 The Prophecy ...
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... pounds , that he should offer him , to stab Mr. Thynn , and talk sometimes of four - hundred , and sometimes of two- hundred pounds , which was a perfect contradiction ; and if , saith he , I had been so base or foolish , as to make you ...
... pounds , that he should offer him , to stab Mr. Thynn , and talk sometimes of four - hundred , and sometimes of two- hundred pounds , which was a perfect contradiction ; and if , saith he , I had been so base or foolish , as to make you ...
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... pounds he expended , what scars of honour he received . Nobbs . You must note , The gentleman was a younger brother ( the scandal of a worthy family , who have long been ashamed of him ) and so far from being able to contribute to the ...
... pounds he expended , what scars of honour he received . Nobbs . You must note , The gentleman was a younger brother ( the scandal of a worthy family , who have long been ashamed of him ) and so far from being able to contribute to the ...
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... pounds , & c . The hair - brained undertaker could think of no other way to reduce it , but by sending for one captain Leamon of Lynn ( one that had taken the covenant , and a known zealot for the rebels cause ) to a papist's house two ...
... pounds , & c . The hair - brained undertaker could think of no other way to reduce it , but by sending for one captain Leamon of Lynn ( one that had taken the covenant , and a known zealot for the rebels cause ) to a papist's house two ...
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... pounds for each of his ne- phews , to either of which if you be married , the possessions set a - part for you are lost ; but , if you chuse Placidus for your husband , he must in all reason receive the half of his father's substance ...
... pounds for each of his ne- phews , to either of which if you be married , the possessions set a - part for you are lost ; but , if you chuse Placidus for your husband , he must in all reason receive the half of his father's substance ...
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Página 248 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks : walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand ; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Página 36 - Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Página 31 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Página 371 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Página 300 - And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land ; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. " And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
Página 33 - Can we hear our Lord saying to us, " This is my command, That ye love one another, as I have loved you ; " and, " Hereby shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another...
Página 163 - After this, I spoke severally to two of the best * bishops we have in England, who both to!d me there were many things in the Roman church, which, it were, very much to be wished we had kept ; as confession, which was, no doubt, commanded by God : that praying for the dead was one of the ancient things in Christianity : that, for their parts, they did it daily, though they would not own it...
Página 221 - I hope the great advantage I enjoy under your majesty, which I can never expect in any other change of government, may reasonably convince your majesty and the world that I am actuated by a higher principle, when I offer that violence to my inclination and interest, as to desert your majesty...
Página 199 - Persecutions. For in the former, the most eminent and spiritual Ministers and Christians did generally suffer most, and were most violently fallen upon, but in this last Persecution these shall be preserved by God as a Seed to...
Página 263 - England ; or that the queen's majesty, with and by the authority of parliament, is not able to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity, to limit and bind the crown of this realm, and the descent, limitation, inheritance, and government thereof...