Dr. Goldsmith's abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii; with a continuation till 1828, and questions for examination for the use of schools, to which is added a chapter on the British constitution, by R. Simpson. With a continuation to the accession of queen Victoria1840 |
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... principles of their government , and that the Druids , who were their priests , possessed great authority among them . No species of super- stition was ever more terrible than that of the pagan Britons ; for besides the severe penalties ...
... principles of their government , and that the Druids , who were their priests , possessed great authority among them . No species of super- stition was ever more terrible than that of the pagan Britons ; for besides the severe penalties ...
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... principle , a weaker state always fell a victim to the ambition of its more warlike neighbour . The Britons were regarded by the civilized Romans as quarrelsome , rapacious and vindictive ; every separate tribe was disturbed by ...
... principle , a weaker state always fell a victim to the ambition of its more warlike neighbour . The Britons were regarded by the civilized Romans as quarrelsome , rapacious and vindictive ; every separate tribe was disturbed by ...
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... principle apply to states as well as to individuals ? What was the opinion entertained of the Britons by their Roman conquerors ? Repeat the observation of Tacitus the historian . What was the intention of Augustus relative to Britain ...
... principle apply to states as well as to individuals ? What was the opinion entertained of the Britons by their Roman conquerors ? Repeat the observation of Tacitus the historian . What was the intention of Augustus relative to Britain ...
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... principle did the Saxons engage in war ? For what pur- pose had the Armoricans availed themselves of their aid ? Name the Saxon chiefs whom Vortigern invited to his aid . State the result . CHAPTER III . SECTION I. The Anglo - Saxon ...
... principle did the Saxons engage in war ? For what pur- pose had the Armoricans availed themselves of their aid ? Name the Saxon chiefs whom Vortigern invited to his aid . State the result . CHAPTER III . SECTION I. The Anglo - Saxon ...
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... principle of connexion , we shall briefly delineate the reigns of a few among the most powerful of the provincial sovereigns . In their number there was usually one whose authority was recognised by his contempo- raries , and who is ...
... principle of connexion , we shall briefly delineate the reigns of a few among the most powerful of the provincial sovereigns . In their number there was usually one whose authority was recognised by his contempo- raries , and who is ...
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Seite 129 - 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 160 - My Lord, Out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore 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.
Seite 190 - 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 284 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Seite 190 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 433 - Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by Law ? and will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm, and to the Churches committed to their Charge, all such Rights and Privileges as by Law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? King and Queen : All this I promise to do.
Seite 432 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Seite 137 - He expressed his resignation, and desired that Cranmer might be sent for ; but before the prelate arrived, he was speechless, though he still seemed to retain his senses. Cranmer desired him to give some sign of his dying in the faith of Christ. He squeezed the prelate's hand, and immediately expired, after a reign of thirty-seven years and nine months ; and in the fifty-sixth year of his age.
Seite 156 - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
Seite 432 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them...