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2661 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 465.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… other choice soldiers. There came a regiment from Spain; and numerous volunteers from Piedmont, comprising many of the nobility. From 4,000, the original …
2662 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 521.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… , their choice fell on Jean Maqon de la Riviere. He was the son of the king’s attorney at Angers, a rich man, but a bitter enemy of Protestantism. He was so offended …
2663 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 535.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… his choice would never be reversed, and that it had brought a mighty accession of intellectual and moral power to the Protestant cause. They saw in Coligny’s …
2664 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 536.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… her choice, was as resolute as her husband, Anthony de Bourbon, was vacillating. Emulating the noble steadfastness of Coligny, she never repented of her resolution …
2665 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 551.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… . The choice was a happy one. The cardinal was not lacking in ingenuity; he was, moreover, possessed of some little learning, and a master in address. Claude d’Espenee …
2666 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 568.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the choice it had made under Francis I. A second time it takes the downward road — that leading to revolution and the abyss. France is not unanimous, however; it …
2667 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 569.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… 12,000 choice foot-soldiers from Conde’s army, four squadrons of horse, and 2,000 English in the place, with 100 gentlemen who had volunteered to perish in …
2668 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 590.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… his choice, he gave his decided preference to that of inquisitor, “from his ardent desire,” his biographer tells us, “to exterminate heretics, and extend the Roman …
2669 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 603.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their choice. His physician, Ambrose Pare, a Protestant, he kept all night in his cabinet, so selfishly careful was he of his own miserable life at the very moment …
2670 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 609.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… made choice of a creature so paltry, cowardly, and vicious to reign over them. But the occurrence furnished the duke with a pretext of which he was but too glad …
2671 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 618.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… his choice, and his subjects would then know whether they had a Protestant or a Roman Catholic for their sovereign. Henry, doubtless, deemed his policy a masterly …
2672 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 620.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the choice which Henry now made is just the choice which it was to be expected he would make. There is reason to fear that he had never felt the power of the Gospel …
2673 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 20.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… . His choice lay between Christina, Duchess of Lorraine (his cousin), and Margaret, Duchess of Parma, a natural daughter of Charles V. He fixed at last on the latter …
2674 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 128.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the choice having soon afterwards been ratified by Philip II., the duke immediately took upon him the burden of that terrible struggle which had crushed …
2675 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 134.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their choice lighted upon a son of Catherine de Medici. The Duke of Anjou, the elect of the Provinces, inherited all the vices of the family from which he was …
2676 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 142.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the choice of elders and deacons, and it permitted him to interfere in the election of ministers only so far as to approve the choice of the people. The Synod …
2677 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 147.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their choice fell on the former. Henry was nearer them, he could the more easily send them assistance; besides, they hoped that on his death his crown would devolve …
2678 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 350.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the choice band of English scholars with whom Colet had formed so endearing a friendship in the capital of Tuscany. William Lily was appointed to preside …
2679 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 396.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the choice of the chapter was to fall. If no election was made within twelve days, the king was to nominate to the see by letters-patent. After the bishop-elect …
2680 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 434.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… her choice of councilors. She did not dismiss the men who had served under her sister, but she neutralized their influence by joining others with them, favorable …