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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... ships , and were encountered by Egbert at Charmouth , where the Danes were defeated with great loss . They afterwards entered into an alliance with the Britons of Cornwall , and , in conjunction with their allies , made an inroad into ...
... ships , and were encountered by Egbert at Charmouth , where the Danes were defeated with great loss . They afterwards entered into an alliance with the Britons of Cornwall , and , in conjunction with their allies , made an inroad into ...
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... ships either before or after they had landed their troops ; and by this means he repelled several inroads of the Danes . At length Hastings , the celebrated Danish chief , having ravaged all the provinces of France , along the Loire and ...
... ships either before or after they had landed their troops ; and by this means he repelled several inroads of the Danes . At length Hastings , the celebrated Danish chief , having ravaged all the provinces of France , along the Loire and ...
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... ships with great slaughter . In another attempt on the coast of Sussex , they were again repulsed , and some of their ships taken . Discouraged by these difficulties , they embarked , and returned to their settlements in Northumberland ...
... ships with great slaughter . In another attempt on the coast of Sussex , they were again repulsed , and some of their ships taken . Discouraged by these difficulties , they embarked , and returned to their settlements in Northumberland ...
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... ship on a rock , where she immediately foundered . William was instantly put into the long - boat and had got clear of the ship ; when hearing the cries of his natural sister , the countess of Perche , he ordered the seamen to row back ...
... ship on a rock , where she immediately foundered . William was instantly put into the long - boat and had got clear of the ship ; when hearing the cries of his natural sister , the countess of Perche , he ordered the seamen to row back ...
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... ships , he listened to terms of accommodation , and granted the barons a pardon of all offences . Immediately after Edward's retreat from Scotland , Ro- bert Bruce left his fastnesses ; and , in a short time , nearly the whole kingdom ...
... ships , he listened to terms of accommodation , and granted the barons a pardon of all offences . Immediately after Edward's retreat from Scotland , Ro- bert Bruce left his fastnesses ; and , in a short time , nearly the whole kingdom ...
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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 |
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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.