An abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii1777 |
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... English pages , he is faid to have cried out , in the Latin language , Non Angli , fed Angeli forent , fi effent Chriftiani ; They would not be English , but Angels , had they been Chriftians . From that time he was . ftruck with an ...
... English pages , he is faid to have cried out , in the Latin language , Non Angli , fed Angeli forent , fi effent Chriftiani ; They would not be English , but Angels , had they been Chriftians . From that time he was . ftruck with an ...
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... English , whom they confidered as totally fubdued , made but a faint refiftance . Notwithstanding the fu- periority of their number , they were routed with great flaughter ; and , though fuch as efcaped fled for refuge into a fortified ...
... English , whom they confidered as totally fubdued , made but a faint refiftance . Notwithstanding the fu- periority of their number , they were routed with great flaughter ; and , though fuch as efcaped fled for refuge into a fortified ...
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... vice and folly as the English , were daily gaining ground . The weakness and the inexperience of Ethelred appeared to give a favour able opportunity for renewing their depredations ; and , accordingly 24 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... vice and folly as the English , were daily gaining ground . The weakness and the inexperience of Ethelred appeared to give a favour able opportunity for renewing their depredations ; and , accordingly 24 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... English , a refolution was taken for a general maffacre ; and Ethelred , by a policy incident to weak princes , em- braced the cruel resolution of putting them all to the fword . This plot was carried on with fuch fecrecy , that it was ...
... English , a refolution was taken for a general maffacre ; and Ethelred , by a policy incident to weak princes , em- braced the cruel resolution of putting them all to the fword . This plot was carried on with fuch fecrecy , that it was ...
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... English to place a monarch of the Sax- on line upon the throne , and accordingly Edward , furnamed the Confeffor , was by the general confent crowned king . The English , who had long groaned under a fo- reign yoke , now fet no bounds ...
... English to place a monarch of the Sax- on line upon the throne , and accordingly Edward , furnamed the Confeffor , was by the general confent crowned king . The English , who had long groaned under a fo- reign yoke , now fet no bounds ...
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Seite 224 - 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.
Seite 183 - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
Seite 178 - Dunkirk, in order to intercept the Duke of Parma. This was the preparation made by the English ; while all the protestant powers...
Seite 78 - ... was betrayed into Edward's hands, by sir John Monteith, his friend, whom he had made acquainted with the place of his concealment.
Seite 189 - 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 230 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Seite 33 - The popular character of the prince, and a similarity of manners, engaged all the young nobility of Normandy and Maine, as well as of Anjou...
Seite 86 - Nottingham for the place of their residence ; it was strictly guarded, the gates locked every evening, and the keys carried to the queen. It was therefore agreed between the king and some of...
Seite 146 - ... them is unknown ; the chief evidence, it is said, amounted to no more than that Rochford had been seen to lean on her bed before some company.
Seite 41 - Henry entertained hopes for three days, that his son had put into some distant port of England ; but when certain intelligence of the calamity was brought him, he fainted away; and it was remarked, that he never after was seen to smile, nor ever recovered his wonted cheerfulness.