Example sentences of "james [art] first " in BNC.

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1 BY WISELY REINTERPRETING HIS ROYAL COMMAND , JAMES THE FIRST 'S SUBJECTS BEQUEATHED US A LEGACY OF SWEET MULBERRY TREES .
2 This seems to be a deliberate compliment by Shakespeare to James the First ( of England ) and Sixth ( of Scotland ) , who had begun to touch for the ‘ king 's evil ’ or scrofula by 1606 .
3 Although he could trace his ancestors back to the reign of James the first , he had not been able to find a single man on that tree of immoralities — even to the bloodiest root — who had caused , either by his hand or hiring , what he , Estabrook , was out this midnight to contrive : the murder of his wife .
4 The new King of England was James the First .
5 Than the bench of bishops under James the First never
6 James the First .
7 And there was a Dutch historian , Reneer in London , who used to give lectures in which he made a point of not knowing any dates , and he would say ‘ The Armada came in ’ , and then there 'd be a little row of girls who 'd call out ‘ Fifteen eighty-eight ’ , and then he 'd say ‘ James the First came to the throne in ’ , and they would call out ‘ Sixteen oh three . ’
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