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1761 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 142.3 (John Foxe)
Hunter, then nineteen years of age, refusing to receive the communion at Mass, was threatened to be brought before the bishop; to whom this valiant young martyr was conducted by a constable.
1762 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 148.4 (John Foxe)
… the place, fell flat on the ground, and putting off his clothes unto the shirt, he went to the stake, and there suffered with a young man of twenty years of age, whose …
1763 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 151.5 (John Foxe)
… the common schools of his own country, that at the age of fourteen years, he was sent to the University of Cambridge; where he entered into the study of the school …
1764 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 152.4 (John Foxe)
… in the convocation house, and before the young king; indeed he lectured twice every Sunday, regardless of his great age (then above sixty-seven years,) and his …
1765 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 164.1 (John Foxe)
… to the Gospel’s parable, to call me at the third hour of the day, even in my flowers, at the age of four and twenty years, even so I trust He hath called, and will call …
1766 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 171.3 (John Foxe)
… of the truth; for which reason the earl sent him to preach in the freedom of Ayr, where he remained four years; but finding danger there from the religious complexion …
1767 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 176.5 (John Foxe)
… in the fields. He was a man of sixty-six years of age, a weaver by occupation, well learned in the holy Scriptures, steadfast in his confession of the true doctrines …
1768 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 179.7 (John Foxe)
… -four years of age; but her countenance was cheerful and lively, as if prepared for the day of her marriage with the Lamb. To mock at her form was an indirect accusation …
1769 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 181.5 (John Foxe)
… the pope, and parson of the parish, received the information of this wedded Delilah, in consequence of which the poor man was apprehended. But here the awful …
1770 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 182.2 (John Foxe)
… ?” said the chaplain. “John Fetty,” returned the boy, at the same time pointing to the place where he was confined. The interrogating miscreant on this said, “Why, thy …
1771 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 197.5 (John Foxe)
… , as the season was cold, (it being in the month of December) and the building in which they were confined open at the top, they suffered the most severe hardships …
1772 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 199.12 (John Foxe)
… , cut the throat of his wife, and after having dashed out the brains of their child, an infant, threw it to the swine, who greedily devoured it.
1773 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 205.5 (John Foxe)
… since the year 1680; in London, the jail of Newgate has been crowded, within these two years sometimes with near twenty in a room, whereby several have been suffocated …
1774 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.4 (John Foxe)
… exhibited the greatest calmness. He was kind and very liberal. His industry has been named already. In the last fifty-two years of his life, it is estimated that …
1775 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 214.2 (John Foxe)
… , especially the toleration exercised by Napoleon Bonaparte, kept them down completely until the year 1814, when the unexpected return of the ancient government …
1776 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 222.2 (John Foxe)
… of the church to favor the retreat of the Protestants. The door was opened, and many of them escaped among the ranks of the soldiers, who had driven the mob before …
1777 Antiquities of the Jews, p. i.2 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… eighteen years later. This Epaphroditus was certainly alive in the third year of Trajan, A.D. 100. See the note on the First Book Against Apion, sect. 1. Who he was …
1778 Antiquities of the Jews, p. i.3 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… years ago; at which vast distance of ages the poets themselves have not been so hardy as to fix even the generations of their gods, much less the actions …
1779 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 1.17 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… year of Noah's government, [age,] in the second month, called by the Macedonians Dius, but by the Hebrews Marchesuan: for so did they order their year in Egypt …
1780 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 1.18 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… -two years old, and retained the government nine hundred and fifty years These years collected together make up the sum before set down But let no one inquire …