Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1875 - Queens |
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Page 460 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe...
Page 227 - Harris, I am not well . pray get me a glass of brandy." I said :" Sir, had you not better have a glass of water ?" Upon which he, much out of humour, said with an oath : " No. I will go directly to the Queen :
Page 384 - And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Page 387 - O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing : let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them.
Page 238 - I would define in writing the terms upon which we are to live, I shall endeavour to explain myself upon that head with as much clearness, and with as much propriety, as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other.
Page 226 - I, according to the established etiquette, introduced (no one else being in the room) the Princess Caroline to him. She very properly, in consequence of my saying to her that it was the right mode of proceeding, attempted to kneel to him. He raised her, (gracefully enough,) and embraced her, said barely one word, turned round, retired to a distant part of the apartment, and, calling me to him, said — ' Harris, I am not well ; pray, get me a glass of brandy...
Page 164 - Thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 253 - On the other matters produced in the course of the inquiry, the King is advised that none of the facts or allegations stated in preliminary examinations, carried on in the absence of the parties interested, can be considered as legally, or conclusively, established. But in those examinations, and even in the answer drawn in the name of the Princess by her legal advisers, there have appeared circumstances of conduct on the part of the Princess, which his Majesty never could regard but with serious...
Page 290 - No, my good people," she said, " be quite quiet — let me pass, and go home to your beds.
Page 126 - ... principle. The designing would assume modesty as an artifice ; the coquet would adopt it as an allurement ; the pure as her appropriate attraction ; and the voluptuous as the most infallible art of seduction.'— (I.