Hume and Smollet's Celebrated History of England from Its First Settlement to the Year 1760: Accurately and Impartially Abridged, and a Continuation from that Period to the Coronation of George IV., July 19, 1821 ...Pratt, Oakley & Company, 1858 - 504 Seiten |
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... earl Ördmer . This 975 prince was anointed and crowned by Dunstan at Kingston , and lived four years after his accession . His death alone was memorable and tragical . Though his step - mother had opposed his succession , and had raised ...
... earl Ördmer . This 975 prince was anointed and crowned by Dunstan at Kingston , and lived four years after his accession . His death alone was memorable and tragical . Though his step - mother had opposed his succession , and had raised ...
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... earl Godwin , who had espoused the daughter of Canute , and whose power , alliances , and abilities , gave him a great influence ; but it was stipulated , that Edward should marry Editha , the daughter of Godwin . To this Edward ...
... earl Godwin , who had espoused the daughter of Canute , and whose power , alliances , and abilities , gave him a great influence ; but it was stipulated , that Edward should marry Editha , the daughter of Godwin . To this Edward ...
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... earl of Gloucester , and a retinue of one hundred and forty knights . She fixed her residence at Arundel castle , the gates of which were opened to her by Adelais , the queen - dowager ; and she excited her par- tisans to take arms in ...
... earl of Gloucester , and a retinue of one hundred and forty knights . She fixed her residence at Arundel castle , the gates of which were opened to her by Adelais , the queen - dowager ; and she excited her par- tisans to take arms in ...
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... earl of Strigul , challenging the performance of his promise , and displaying the mighty advantages which might now be reaped by a reinforcement of warlike troops from England . Strongbow first sent over Raymond , one of his retinue ...
... earl of Strigul , challenging the performance of his promise , and displaying the mighty advantages which might now be reaped by a reinforcement of warlike troops from England . Strongbow first sent over Raymond , one of his retinue ...
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... earl of Pembroke was , at the time of John's A. D. death , mareschal of England , and at the head of 1216 the armies . This nobleman , who had maintained his loyalty to John , was chosen protector of the realm , during the king's ...
... earl of Pembroke was , at the time of John's A. D. death , mareschal of England , and at the head of 1216 the armies . This nobleman , who had maintained his loyalty to John , was chosen protector of the realm , during the king's ...
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Hume and Smollet's Celebrated History of England, from Its First Settlement ... David Hume,Tobias George Smollett,John Robinson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
HUME & SMOLLETS CELEBRATED HIS David 1711-1776 Hume,John 1774-1840 Robinson,T. (Tobias) 1721-1771 Smollett Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 229 - 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 315 - 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 269 - He acknowledged twenty-eight articles; and was sentenced to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in Parliament, or come within the verge of the court.
Seite 43 - He died in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and the thirty-fifth of his reign ; leaving by will his daughter, Matilda, heir of all his dominions, without making any mention of her husband Geoffrey, who had given him several causes of displeasure.
Seite 314 - 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 396 - 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 reign Questions for Examination, \ What was the conduct of the South Sea scheme ? 2 Explain the nature of it, 3.
Seite 98 - Return, said he, to my son, and tell him that I reserve the honour of the day to him : I am confident that he will show himself worthy of the honour of knighthood which I so lately conferred upon him : he will be able, without my assistance, to repel the enemy®.
Seite 269 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 272 - No prince, so little enterprising and so inoffensive, was ever so much exposed to the opposite extremes of calumny and flattery, of satire and panegyric. And the factions, which began in his time, being still continued, have made his character be as much disputed to this day, as is commonly that of princes who are our contemporaries.
Seite 131 - Armagnac ; but had not credit to effect his purpose. The cardinal and his friends had cast their eye on Margaret of Anjou, daughter of Regnier, titular king of Sicily, Naples, and Jerusalem, descended from the count of Anjou, brother of Charles V.