 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 834 pages
...which the duke of Lancaster, the king's uncle, is reported to have spoken to this effect: ' We will not be the dregs of all, seeing other nations have...law of our faith, written in their own language.' At the same time he declared in а тегу solemn manner, ' That he would maintain our having this... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - Great Britain - 1829 - 452 pages
...remonstrance of John of Gaunt, who concluded by saying, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language." CONV.] RICHARD II. CONVERSATION ON CHAPTER XIX. Tilting at the Ring. Richard. There is no pleasure... | |
 | 1831 - 544 pages
...have interfered on this occasion, boldly declaring, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language." He added that he would maintain our having the divine law in our own tongue, against those, whoever... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Great Britain - 1834 - 414 pages
...remonstrance of John of Gaunt, who concluded by saying, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language." Wickliffe was not the first who gave the English a translation of the Bible. The old Saxon bishop Adhelm... | |
 | John Francis Cleaver - 1835 - 208 pages
...of Lords, in 1390, for suppressing it, the Duke of Lancaster, the King's uncle, said — " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing other nations have...the law of our faith, written in their own language ;" at the same time, declaring in a very solemn manner, " That he would maintain our having this law... | |
 | Richard Parkinson (D.D.) - 1835 - 448 pages
...Lancaster, and uncle to King Richard II., who said, on the occasion, " We will not be the dregs of all men, seeing other nations have the law of God, which is...the law of our faith, written in their own language ;'' and boldly and solemnly declared, that he would " maintain our having the law in our own tongue,... | |
 | Baptists - 1848 - 668 pages
...it. This was the occasion on which the duke of Lancaster, the king's uncle, nobly declared: " We will not be the dregs of all ; seeing other nations have...law of our faith, written in their own language." The duke was seconded by others, and the bill was thrown out of the house. Encouraged by this suecess,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1839 - 456 pages
...the Duke of Lancaster, the king's uncle, is reported to have spoken to this effect : — " We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have...law of our faith, written in their own language." At the same time he declared in a very solemn manner, " That he would maintain our having this law... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - Booksellers and bookselling - 1839 - 1266 pages
...Duke of Lancaster, Wiclif's firm patron, was rejected. The Duke is related to have said, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of faith, written.in their own language." Declaring at the same time, '• that he would maintain our... | |
 | Margaret Coxe - Reformation - 1840 - 282 pages
...measure was opposed by John of Gaunt, who boldly declared, " We will not be the dregs of all, seeing that other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith written in their own language." He continued to maintain his determination to support this claim, whoever might oppose it, and by his... | |
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We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language. 
