Hume and Smollett's Celebrated History of England, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1760D.F. Robinson, 1827 - 496 Seiten |
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... head- borough was summoned to answer for him ; and if the headborough was unwilling to be surety for his appear- ance , the criminal was committed to prison till his trial . If the criminal fled , either before or after finding sureties ...
... head- borough was summoned to answer for him ; and if the headborough was unwilling to be surety for his appear- ance , the criminal was committed to prison till his trial . If the criminal fled , either before or after finding sureties ...
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... head of the treasury . Sensible that he owed his advancement to the austerity of his life , he became a partisan of the rigid monastic rules . The celibacy of priests was deemed meritorious by the church of Rome ; and the pope undertook ...
... head of the treasury . Sensible that he owed his advancement to the austerity of his life , he became a partisan of the rigid monastic rules . The celibacy of priests was deemed meritorious by the church of Rome ; and the pope undertook ...
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... head of a great force , was ready to take advantage of the minority of Alfred and Edward , the two sons of Edmond . To cover , however , his injustice under plausible pretences , before he seized the dominions of the English princes ...
... head of a great force , was ready to take advantage of the minority of Alfred and Edward , the two sons of Edmond . To cover , however , his injustice under plausible pretences , before he seized the dominions of the English princes ...
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... head of his infantry , and expressed his resolution to conquer or to die . The first attack of the Normans was desperate , but was re- ceived with equal valour by the English ; and the former began to retreat , when William hastened to ...
... head of his infantry , and expressed his resolution to conquer or to die . The first attack of the Normans was desperate , but was re- ceived with equal valour by the English ; and the former began to retreat , when William hastened to ...
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... head of his men ; and his two brothers shared the same fate . The English , discouraged by the fall of their princes , fled on all sides ; and the darkness of the night contributed to save those who had survived the carnage of the ...
... head of his men ; and his two brothers shared the same fate . The English , discouraged by the fall of their princes , fled on all sides ; and the darkness of the night contributed to save those who had survived the carnage of the ...
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Seite 265 - I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament : for God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement, but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they shall receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Seite 261 - She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor.
Seite 275 - King James was wont to be very earnest with the country gentlemen to go from London to their country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing; but in your country villages you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.
Seite 137 - King-maker, had distinguished himself by his gallantry in the field, by the hospitality of his table, by the magnificence, and still more by the generosity of his expense, and by the spirited and bold manner which attended him in all his actions. The undesigning frankness and openness of his character rendered his conquest over men's affections the more certain and infallible : his presents were regarded as sure testimonies of esteem and friendship, and his professions as the overflowings of his...
Seite 317 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory." "I go," replied the king, "from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown; where no disturbance can have place.
Seite 60 - Richard, struck with the reasonableness of this reply, and humbled by the near approach of death, ordered Gourdon to be set at liberty, and a sum of money to be given him; but Marcadee, unknown to him, seized the unhappy man, flayed him alive, and then hanged him.
Seite 232 - It is not necessary to employ many words in drawing the character of this princess. She possessed few qualities either estimable or amiable ; and her person was as little engaging as her behaviour and address. Obstinacy, bigotry, violence, cruelty, malignity, revenge, tyranny ; every circumstance of her character took a tincture from her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue but...
Seite 316 - On the fourth, the judges having examined some witnesses, by whom it was proved that the king had appeared in arms against the forces commissioned by the Parliament ; they pronounced sentence against him.
Seite 231 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it.
Seite 370 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.