An abridgment of the history of England ... to the death of George the second, continued, by an eminent writer, to the peace of Amiens1803 |
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... hope was lost in defpair . The wifdom and virtues of one man alone were found fufficient to bring back happiness , fecurity , and order ; and all the calami- ties of the times found redrefs from Alfred . This prince feemed born not only ...
... hope was lost in defpair . The wifdom and virtues of one man alone were found fufficient to bring back happiness , fecurity , and order ; and all the calami- ties of the times found redrefs from Alfred . This prince feemed born not only ...
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... hopes of better fortune . It is faid , that one day , being commanded by the herdfman's wife , who was ig norant of his quality , to take care of fome cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , for which the ...
... hopes of better fortune . It is faid , that one day , being commanded by the herdfman's wife , who was ig norant of his quality , to take care of fome cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , for which the ...
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... hopes of extending the au- thority of the church , he immediately pronounced Harold an ufurper . With fuch favourable incentives , William foon found himself at the head of a chofen army of fixty thousand men , all equipped in the moft ...
... hopes of extending the au- thority of the church , he immediately pronounced Harold an ufurper . With fuch favourable incentives , William foon found himself at the head of a chofen army of fixty thousand men , all equipped in the moft ...
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... hope , that he found enemies where he least ex- pected them ; and fuch , too , as ferved to imbitter all the latter part of his life . His laft troubles were excited by his own children , from the oppofing of whom he could expect to ...
... hope , that he found enemies where he least ex- pected them ; and fuch , too , as ferved to imbitter all the latter part of his life . His laft troubles were excited by his own children , from the oppofing of whom he could expect to ...
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... hopes of faving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . Above a hundred and forty young noblemen of the principal families of England and Nor- mandy were loft on this occafion . A butcher of Rouen was the ...
... hopes of faving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . Above a hundred and forty young noblemen of the principal families of England and Nor- mandy were loft on this occafion . A butcher of Rouen was the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 132 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 358 - I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Seite 173 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Seite 37 - Above a hundred and forty young noblemen, of the principal families of England and Normandy, were lost on this occasion. A butcher of Rouen was the only person on board who escaped; he clung to the mast, and was taken up the next morning by some fishermen.
Seite 242 - Lord Churchill had been raised from the rank of a page, and had been invested with a high command in the army ; had been created a peer, and owed his whole fortune to the king's bounty ; even he...
Seite 132 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will, he will endanger the one half of his kingdom.
Seite 203 - At these words, the child looked very steadfastly upon him. "Mark, child! what I say: they will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: but mark what I say: thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head, too they will cut off at last! Therefore I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Seite 211 - Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this conduct; " Sir Harry," cried Cromwell, with a loud voice, " O, Sir Harry Vane! the Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane." Taking hold of Martin by the cloak, " Thou art a whoremaster;" to another, " Thou art an adulterer;" to a third, " Thou art a drunkard;" to a fourth,
Seite 168 - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
Seite 114 - They found- the young princes in bed, and fallen into a profound sleep. After suffocating them with the bolster and pillows, they showed their naked bodies to Tyrrel, who ordered them to be buried at the...