| Edmund Burke - 1768 - 642 pages
...revived the praflice of them, efpecially his fucceilbr, Richard ; whoie ardour for them was vio^ent ; becaufe no perfon excelled in them more than himfelf...fixteenth century: for, in the year fifteen hundred and feveiity two, among other pomps for the entertainment of the duke of Anjou, Queen Elizabeth held a... | |
| George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1768 - 710 pages
...oppofe it, moft ftridly forbad them. His ions revived the practice of them, efpecially his fucceflbr, Richard ; whofe ardour for them was violent -, becaufe no perfon excelled in them more than he himfelf : nor did they entirely ceafein England till the latter end of the fixteenth century : for,... | |
| Edward Ledwich - 1777 - 374 pages
...not abfolutely oppofe it, moft ftrictly forbad them. His fons revived them, efpecially his fucceflbr Richard, whofe ardour for them was violent, becaufe no perfon excelled in them more than, himfelf. Befides this reafon fuggefted by the Noble Writer, Mr. Madox gives another of rather more weight, why... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1800 - 600 pages
...oppofe it, rnoft ftriftly forbad them. His fons revived the practice of them, efpecially his fucceflor, Richard ; whofe ardour for them was violent ; becaufe...fixteenth century : for, in the year fifteen hundred and fs»enty-two, among other pomps for the entertainment of the duke of Anjou, Q^een Elizabeth held a... | |
| 1800 - 596 pages
...oppofe it, moil ftriftly forbad them. His fons revived the praftice of them, efpecially his fucceflbr, Richard ; whofe ardour for them was violent ; becaufe no perfon excelled in them more than himfelt i nor did they entirely ceafe in England till the latter end of the fixteenth century : for,... | |
| 1800 - 594 pages
...Richaril ; whofe ardour for them was violent ; becaufe no pcrfon excelled in them more than himfel : nor did they entirely ceafe in England till the latter end of the iixteenth century : for, in the year •fifteen hundred and fevcnty-two, among other pomps for the... | |
| George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1769 - 512 pages
...opppfe it, moft ftrictly forbad them. His fons revived the practice of them, efpecially his fucceflbr, Richard ; whofe ardour for them was violent ; becaufe...entirely ceafe in England till the latter end of the flxteenth century : for, in the year fifteen hundred and feventy two, among other pomps for the entertainment... | |
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