The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes, Band 3J. M'Creery, 1807 |
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... less at his devotion . The king foresaw the tem- pest preparing against him and his ministers . After attempting in vain to rouse the Londoners to his defence , he withdrew from parliament , and retired with his court to Eltham . The ...
... less at his devotion . The king foresaw the tem- pest preparing against him and his ministers . After attempting in vain to rouse the Londoners to his defence , he withdrew from parliament , and retired with his court to Eltham . The ...
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... less than a twelve- month , Richard , who was in his twenty - third year , declared in council , that , as he had now attained the full age which entitled him to govern by his own authority his kingdom and household , he resolved to ...
... less than a twelve- month , Richard , who was in his twenty - third year , declared in council , that , as he had now attained the full age which entitled him to govern by his own authority his kingdom and household , he resolved to ...
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... less absolute authority in those of his grand- son . This is a point which it would be rash for us to decide positively on either side ; but it is certain , that a charge drawn up by the duke of Lancaster , and assented to by a ...
... less absolute authority in those of his grand- son . This is a point which it would be rash for us to decide positively on either side ; but it is certain , that a charge drawn up by the duke of Lancaster , and assented to by a ...
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... less for want of natural parts and capacity , than of solid judgment and a good education . He was vio- lent in his temper ; profuse in his expence ; fond of idle show and magnificence ; devoted to favourites ; and addicted to pleasure ...
... less for want of natural parts and capacity , than of solid judgment and a good education . He was vio- lent in his temper ; profuse in his expence ; fond of idle show and magnificence ; devoted to favourites ; and addicted to pleasure ...
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... less from a settled design of establishing arbitrary power , than from the insolence of victory , and the necessities of the king's situation . The manners indeed of the age were the chief source of such violence : Laws , which were ...
... less from a settled design of establishing arbitrary power , than from the insolence of victory , and the necessities of the king's situation . The manners indeed of the age were the chief source of such violence : Laws , which were ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 261 - His reign: a prince more splendid and showy, than either prudent or virtuous; brave, though cruel; addicted to pleasure, though capable of activity in great emergencies; and less fitted to prevent ills by wise precautions, than to remedy them after they took place, by his vigour and enterprise.
Seite 178 - No less than thirty thousand persons are said to have daily lived at his board in the different manors and castles which he possessed in England...
Seite 149 - Rheims lay in a distant quarter of the kingdom ; was then in the hands of a victorious enemy ; the whole road which led to it was occupied by their garrisons : and no man could be so sanguine as to imagine that such an attempt could so soon come within the bounds of possibility.
Seite 146 - ... preparations. As the convoy approached the river, a sally was made by the garrison on the side of Beausse, to prevent the English general from sending any detachment to the other side. The provisions were peaceably embarked in boats, which the inhabitants of Orleans had sent to receive them.
Seite 110 - That France and England should for ever be united under one king ; but should still retain their several usages, customs, and privileges...
Seite 99 - Normandy under the constable d'Albret; a force which, if prudently conducted, was sufficient either to trample down the English in the open field, or to harass and reduce to nothing their small army, before they could finish so long and difficult a march. Henry, therefore, cautiously offered to sacrifice his conquest of Harfleur for a safe passage to Calais ; but his proposal being rejected, he determined to make his way by valour and conduct through all the opposition of the enemy.
Seite 72 - ... chose rather to throw himself upon the king's mercy than lead a precarious and indigent life in exile. Upon his appearing before Henry at York, he pretended that his sole intention in arming was to mediate between the two parties ; and this, though but a very weak apology, seemed to satisfy the king.
Seite 176 - Richard duke of York. This prince, thus descended by his mother from Philippa, only daughter of the duke of Clarence, second son of Edward III. stood plainly in the order of succession before the king, who derived his descent from the duke of Lancaster, third son of that monarch...
Seite 457 - These seem to be reserved for my lord's table, or that of the upper servants, called the knight's table. The other servants, as they eat salted meat.almost through the whole year, and with few or no vegetables, had a very bad and unhealthy diet : So that there cannot be any thing more erroneous than the magnificent ideas formed of the Roast Beef of old England...
Seite 223 - Woodeville, a private gentleman, to whom she bore several children, and among the rest Elizabeth, who was remarkable for the grace and beauty of her person, as well as for other amiable accomplishments. This young lady had married Sir John Gray of Groby, by whom she had children; and her husband being slain in the second battle of St. Albans, fighting on the side of Lancaster, and...