The Protestant: A Tale of the Reign of Queen Mary, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1829 - Great Britain |
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Abel Allen Alice better Bishop Bonner Bishop of Dover bless Bonner Canterbury Castle Cardinal Pole catchpole child Church Collins comfort continued countenance Cranmer cried Cluny dare daughter dear door Edward Wilford endeavoured exclaimed Wilford eyes faith father favour feeling fellow Friar John give hand Harpsfield head hear heart heresy heretic holy honour hope inquired Lady looked manner Master Attorney Master Thornton Master Wilford mind Mistress Deborah Mistress Rose mother never obey old Abel once Owen Wilford passed person Pincher poor prison Queen Ralph Miller recantation replied Arabella replied Cluny replied Rose replied Thornton replied Wilford sake Samuel Collins Sir Francis Morgan Sir John Baker Sir John Mordaunt Sir Richard Southwell Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Wyatt sister spare speak spoke stood suffered Suffragan Bishop tell thing thou thought truth Wellminster wife word young
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Page 124 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him. Let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his ways, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins...
Page 49 - ... confusion still visible from the ransacking and rummaging so lately made by Cluny and Miller. An empty flagon and a couple of tankards were seen upon the table, and a stool or two lay overturned upon the ground. A couple of large oak and carved arm-chairs stood, the one on this, the other on that side the chimney. In one of these, a dog, with its nose resting upon its hind-legs, lay sleeping; but as the stranger approached, the dog started, and set up a fierce bark ; in another moment, as if...
Page 59 - Pincher seemed conscious of the eulogium Abel bestowed upon him, for he looked up in his master's face, and wagged his tail, as if he assented to the proposition. Edward Wilford now summoned up all his fortitude, and prepared to conduct his sister to Canterbury. " I will see my father; I will see him to-night: so, be of good cheer, Rose, and let us trust in God, and endeavour to practise the duty of submission.
Page 151 - Marian persecution, which he divides according to Dioceses ; and after stating what occurred in several of them he proceeds : — " Cross we the Thames to come into Middlesex, and Essex, the Diocese of London under Bishop Bonner, whom all generations shall call Bloody.
Page 200 - ... silence, enduring the burning flame. Not a nerve in her body appeared to be shaken ; for, though the pitcher of water that she held in her left hand was full, not a drop of it fell to the ground. Cluny, even Cluny, turned aside his head, as if ashamed to witness the scene ; and Harpsfield, who had gone through the whole catalogue of tortures as an executioner, was astonished at such firmness of spirit. At length the sinews of her hand, that were withered by the flame, cracked, and burst asunder....
Page 199 - I will worship no graven image," replied Rose, "and I will acknowledge no power on earth that has not its warrant in the written Word of God." "I see she will burn," said Cluny, who was still present; "that's a clear case — her own words are evidence.
Page 199 - I will make thee cry out then, and that lustily," said Harpsfield; "I will prove the harlot;" and he took the candle out of her hand. "Holy Virgin — surely you would not," ejaculated Cluny. "Peace, you knave," said Harpsfield; "I will prove the heretic by a fiery test!" And with these words, he seized Rose by the arm, and, holding her fast by the wrist in his inhuman grasp, with his other hand he held the flaming candle under her little palm, and let the fire do its work. Rose stood perfectly still,...
Page 198 - May God be with my poor father!" said Rose, "as He has promised to be with those who trust in Him. May He give him strength to bear the burthen He has suffered to be laid on His faithful servant!
Page 7 - Abel departed, to obey the instructions of his master ; whilst Wilford, who appeared extremely affected by the very mention of Thornton's name, paced up and down the room with an agitation of manner that was rarely seen in a man of so mild and patient a temper. He then descended to the oak parlour, where he found his wife (who had been warned by Abel of Thornton's approach) busily engaged in putting several things away in a closet. "Alice," said Wilford, "you have removed it; bring the book back...
Page 30 - how can you speak so to Master Attorney ? Do not let them take you from me. Give up the book; for my sake do it, only for my sake." "Well," replied Abel, "for your sake, my dear young mistress, I will do it. But as for the attorney, Cluny there, before I would give it up to him, I would " "Hush, hush!" said Rose, " do not speak your mind ; you will but provoke him. Give up the book quietly.