| Gibson (historical writer.) - 1729 - 348 trang
...againft him. Upon the whole, the Do&or #»*<»was voted guilty by a great Majority? his two Sermons were ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common Hangman, and liimfelf forbid to preach for three Years. The Lords alfo, to fhew their juft Indignation againft... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1759 - 478 trang
...a majority of feventeen voices ; and four and thirty peers entered a proteft againft this decifion. He was prohibited from preaching for the term of three years: his two fermons were ordered to be burned by the hands of the common hangman, in. prefence of the lord-niayor and the two meriffs of London... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1769 - 264 trang
...extend her prerogative. T 'he Lords were divided ; they continued undetermined for fbrae time ; bur, at length, after much obftinate difpute and virulent...to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman. The lenity of this ientmce was confidered, by the Tories, as a victory ; and in fad, their faction took... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1778 - 590 trang
...to be a fcaudalous and villainous libel, which tended to the fubverfion of monarchy ; as fuch it was ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman. The nonfenfical doctrine of a divine and undcfeafible right was canted in the pulpits, and founded in the... | |
| Catharine Macaulay - 1778 - 476 trang
...to be a fcandalous and villainous libel, which tended to the fubverfion of monarchy ; as fuch it was ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman. The nonfenfical doctrine of a divine and indefeafible right was canted in the pulpits, and founded in the... | |
| 1783 - 458 trang
...decifion by no lefs than thirty-four peers. He was prohibited from preaching for three years ; and his two fermons were ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman, in the pre-* fence of the lord-mayor and the two fherifFs. The lenity of this fentence, which was chiefly... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1786 - 298 trang
...doctrines which contributed to extend her prerogative. The lords were divided; they continued undetermined for fome time ; but at length, after much obftinate...to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman. The lenity of this fentence was confidered, by the tories, as a victory ; and, in fact, their faction took... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1789 - 330 trang
...entered a proteft again ft this decifion. He was prohibited from preaching for three years ; . and his two fermons were ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman, -In prefence of -the lord mayor and two fheriffs. The lenity of this fentence, which was, in a . great... | |
| 1791 - 634 trang
...but, upon re-confidering the matter, that was omitted : I. nL it was, like the other, una-nimoufly ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman. The principles of thefe offeniive publications were diametrically oppofite to each other. The pamphlet... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1793 - 440 trang
...majority of feventeen voices; and four -and- thirty peers entered a proteft againft this decifion. He was prohibited from preaching for the term of three...years: his two fermons were ordered to be burnt by the c HA P. hands of the common hangman , in prefence of the x. Lord - Mayor and the two fheriffs of London... | |
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