Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Death of George II., with a Continuation to the Year 1845. With Questions for Examination ...Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1854 - 470 Seiten |
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Seite 269 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies—alas ! how changed from him That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim!
Seite 269 - in the wrongWas every thing by starts, but nothing long; Who in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon." He died in wretchedness. Pope thus describes the miserable end of
Seite 75 - extraordinary oath in all the records of history, befor.e all the people, kneeling upon his knees, and with his hands held up between those of the legate. 11. "I John, by the grace of God, king of England, and lord of Ireland, in order to expiate my sins, from my own free will, and
Seite 146 - ever loved peace more than he ; and much of the ill will of his subjects arose from his attempts to repress their inclinations for war. The usual preface to all his treaties was, " That, when Christ came into the world, peace was sung ; and when he went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.
Seite 176 - alleged that her offence was not the having laid her hand upon the crown, but the not rejecting it with sufficient constancy ; that she had less erred through ambition than filial obedience ; and she willingly accepted death as the only atonement she could make to the injured state ; and was ready by her punishment to
Seite 357 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead
Seite 180 - sacrament It is said, that after some pausing, she thus answered:— Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, That I believe and
Seite 269 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's, epitome : Stiff in opinion—always in the
Seite 316 - horseback, was called, and he also rubbed it with spirits* Soon after the king's tongue began to swell, and he had just strength enough to bid them hasten to Osnaburgh. Then falling insensibly into Fabrice's arms, he never recovered» but expired about- eleven o'clock the next morning, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his
Seite 229 - in a charge against the king; and a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his parliament. A high court of justice was accordingly appointed, to try his majesty for this new-invented treason. 11. Colonel Harrison, the son of a butcher, was com