"Stephen (by the grace of God), king of the English, to the justices, sheriffs, barons, and all his servants and liege…"

"When the traitors understood that he was a mild man, and gentle and good, and did not exact the full penalties of the…"

"She became most fervent, continually risking her life by harbouring and maintaining priests, was frequently imprisone…"

"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"

"His bright spirits and kindly genial ways, the outward expression of a soul which combined with its deep sense of rel…"

"It is in cases of litigation that Rome is slow, and that is owing to deep solicitude lest justice should suffer a def…"

"What more serious question can there be, than to enter upon an inquiry into the various stages of the vast system of …"

"The goods and evils of this life make a deeper impression on the minds of Christians in general, than the prospect of…"

"Politicians walk through mysterious paths, and the springs they move by are concealed from the eyes of the world. The…"

"What! shall Saxon bonds be sundered By the sordid lust of gain? Shall the realms of peace be ravaged By the Rulers of…"