 | 1825 - 322 pages
...told them all that the Lord had said unto him, Well done good and faithful servant! BISHOP ANDREWS. " My Lords, cannot I take my subjects' money " when I want it, without the formality of par" Jiament?'1 said James the first to the bishops of Durham and Winchester. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...prelates had with the King, on which Mr. Waller did often reflect. His Majesty asked the hishops, " My Lords, cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality of parliament ?" The Bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forhid, Sir, bat you should... | |
 | 1826 - 368 pages
...toDr. Andrews, Bishop of Winchester, and Dr. Neile, Bishop of Durham. " My lords," said the king, " cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament?" The Bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but you should,... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 702 pages
...extraordinary in the conversation these Prelates had with the King, on which Mr. Waller did often reflect. His Majesty asked the Bishops, ' My Lords, cannot...my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament?' ,The Bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, Sir, but you should... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...Majesty's chair. The Monarch, who possibly had been harassed by some obstinate patriots during the session, asked the Bishops, " My Lords, cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" The Bishop of Durham, a true courtier, readily answered, " God forbid, Sir,... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1820 - 458 pages
...These two prelates, standIng behind the king's chair, his majesty asked them ; " my lords," said he, " cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this ormality in parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, " God forbid, sir, but you should ;... | |
 | George Coventry - 1830 - 232 pages
...independent-minded Andrews was present at the time when King James coolly asked the following question :—' My Lords, cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament 'i' Neale immediately replied, ' God forbid, Sir, but you should; you are the... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1831 - 428 pages
...something in the conversation these prelates had with the King on which Mr. Waller did often reflect. His majesty asked the bishops, ' My lords, cannot...my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?' The Bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, sire, but you should... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1831 - 418 pages
...Majesty, King James the First, once asked Bishop Andrews and Bishop Neale the' following question : — " My Lords, cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in Parliament ?" Bishop Neale readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 pages
...Andrews, were standing behind the king's chair at dinner, when James suddenly turned to them, and said, " My lords, cannot I take my subjects' money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament?" — Bishop Neile quickly replied," God forbid, sir, but you should ; yon... | |
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I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester,... 
