The Protestant: A Tale of the Reign of Queen Mary, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1829 - Great Britain |
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... innocent people , that the Friar and my father call heretics , that first made me doubt the truth of a Church that could enjoin such savage deeds as acts of duty acceptable to Heaven . " 66 " But you will read the books ? " said Deborah ...
... innocent people , that the Friar and my father call heretics , that first made me doubt the truth of a Church that could enjoin such savage deeds as acts of duty acceptable to Heaven . " 66 " But you will read the books ? " said Deborah ...
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... innocent friends so dear to me , or myself , is an act that must render you for ever hateful in my eyes . And the meanness of spirit which you betray , in showing you could accept the hand of any woman , were she the greatest that ever ...
... innocent friends so dear to me , or myself , is an act that must render you for ever hateful in my eyes . And the meanness of spirit which you betray , in showing you could accept the hand of any woman , were she the greatest that ever ...
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... innocent blood that is spilt to render worldly profit to you , shall call upon you for the payment of an awful debt hereafter the forfeit of eternity . ' " I will meet the demand , and never fear it , " said Mor- gan , with the utmost ...
... innocent blood that is spilt to render worldly profit to you , shall call upon you for the payment of an awful debt hereafter the forfeit of eternity . ' " I will meet the demand , and never fear it , " said Mor- gan , with the utmost ...
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... the present , however , Gammer Plaise was really an innocent sufferer ; and her warm appeal to her stout Kentish neighbours , was as warmly and as gal- lantly answered by them , as any appeal of the THE PROTESTANT . 39.
... the present , however , Gammer Plaise was really an innocent sufferer ; and her warm appeal to her stout Kentish neighbours , was as warmly and as gal- lantly answered by them , as any appeal of the THE PROTESTANT . 39.
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... innocent people should come to harm because they do none . " . The honest widow was something loquacious , and , being in the habit of keeping a watch over her tongue , as she herself declared , when in doubtful company , she held it ...
... innocent people should come to harm because they do none . " . The honest widow was something loquacious , and , being in the habit of keeping a watch over her tongue , as she herself declared , when in doubtful company , she held it ...
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accused answered beseech Bishop Bishop of Dover bless burn Canterbury Canterbury Castle child Church Church of Rome Collins cried Arabella cruel dare daughter dear death Deborah devil discourse door Dover Edward Wilford exclaimed Arabella exclaimed Sir Richard eyes faith father fear feelings Friar John give granny hand Harpsfield head hear heard heart Heaven heresy heretic Holiness hope housekeeper innocent instantly Jenkins justice King Lady Arabella looked Master Edward Master Wilford Mayor mercy mind Mistress Rose mother never offence old Abel Allen old Gammer Plaise Owen Wilford person Pincher poor Pope prison Protestants Queen replied Arabella replied Cluny replied Sir Richard Rome Samuel Collins sight Sir Francis Morgan Sir John Baker Sir Richard Southwell Sir Thomas Wyatt soul speak spirit stake stood suffer Suffragan Bishop sure tell thing Thornton truth turn Wellminster wicked words Worship wretch young
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Page 114 - And white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them , that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 179 - Harpsfield instantly ran to the assistance of Thornton, as did Friar John, and many others who stood near. They raised him from the ground, and tore open the upper part of his dress, so as to give relief to his throat. He still breathed, but was senseless. His eyes were closed, and his hand convulsively yet grasped the lighted torch; it could only be wrested from him by force. Friar John now ordered him to be removed from the spot; and leaving the conduct of the execution to the care of Harpsfield,...
Page 112 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 112 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness ; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Page 129 - ... to take this to be a fox that preacheth, but know well enough the meaning of the matter, which is to paint out unto us, what hypocrisy, craft, and subtle dissimulation, lieth hid many times in these friars' cowls, willing us thereby to beware of them.
Page 178 - tolls to the tune of the queen's justice. Oh! sweet Mary, how melodiously dost thou sound in my ears!" "Thornton!" cried Gammer Plaise, "do you hear that bell?" "Woman I do hear it," answered the Suffragan of Dover; " in another minute your time is gone.
Page 123 - ... excommunicate, and anathematize, and curse, and banish, and expel, from the children of the holy Mother Church, and from all Christian society, Owen Wilford, and all consenting to him, whose wicked rage and violence directed against us and the Church of God, we have so often sustained. Let him be accursed in the town and in the field, in entering and going out ; let him be accursed in his house, eating or drinking, sleeping or waking; let him be accursed in sitting or standing, in working or...
Page 112 - ... shew you certain passages in the Revelation of St. John, touching the Antichrist ; ' And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet-colour, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornications ; and upon her forehead was written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and of the...
Page 179 - I will hear no more of this," cried Thornton; "give me the brand, I will fire the fagots myself." He advanced to do so, with the utmost fury, although his cheek was livid, and every nerve in the body of the strong bad man shook with the terror of his mind. He raised the torch, he uttered horrid imprecations on the heretic who, even at the stake itself, could thus agonise his conscience, when suddenly he staggered, and fell backwards on the ground. Gammer Plaise saw him fall, and exclaimed aloud,...
Page 155 - ... (according to the usual custom) to wish her joy on her happiness. Whoever has received in the course of their lives the congratulations of joy when their heart has been sinking under the dead burthen of secret sorrow, may possibly conceive in what manner such congratulations fall upon the ear, whilst the soul sickens at the thought. It seemed as if this compliment struck, like the steel upon the flint, on the mind of Arabella, and aroused her, by a single spark, from the torpor of her feelings;...