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Upon the eastern face of the promontory of Hope's Nose, and just below Babbicombe Bay, another pretty cove has been hollowed out by the action of the waves, its sides being densely clothed with foliage, while a pebbly beach fringes the shore. This is Anstis Cove, its northern border guarded by limestone cliffs that have been broken at their outer verge into pointed reefs.
John Rackam, and Captain Anstis, Captain Worley, and Evans, and Philips, and others a score or more of wild fellows whose very names made ship captains tremble in their shoes in those good old times. And such is that black chapter of history of the past an evil chapter, lurid with cruelty and suffering, stained with blood and smoke. Yet it is a written chapter, and it must be read.
John Rackam, and Captain Anstis, Captain Worley, and Evans, and Philips, and others a score or more of wild fellows whose very names made ship captains tremble in their shoes in those good old times. And such is that black chapter of history of the past an evil chapter, lurid with cruelty and suffering, stained with blood and smoke. Yet it is a written chapter, and it must be read.
This preposterous request was naturally refused by the duchess, who replied, "that the car which had borne the Duke of Marlborough's dead body should never be profaned by another." On her own deathbed, she declared her wish to be buried beside her father James the Second. She sent for Anstis, the herald, and arranged the whole funeral ceremony with him.
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Harvey and Anstis were immediately secured. Forster, with the assistance of some popish lords, assembled a body of men in Northumberland' sir John Packington being examined before the council, was dismissed for want of evidence: Mr.
The king desired the consent of the lower house to seize and detain sir William Wyndham, sir John Packington, Mr. Edward Harvey of Combe, Mr. Thos. Forster, Mr. John Anstis, and Mr. Corbet Kynaston, who were members of the house, and suspected of favouring the invasion. The commons unanimously agreed to the proposal, and presented an address signifying their approbation.
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