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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... tion , and formed the chief object of ambition among the people . The religion of the Britons was one of the most consi- derable parts of their government ; and the Druids , who were their priests , possessed great authority . They en ...
... tion , and formed the chief object of ambition among the people . The religion of the Britons was one of the most consi- derable parts of their government ; and the Druids , who were their priests , possessed great authority . They en ...
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... tion . But the Britons , headed by Boadicea , queen of the Icena , who had been treated in the most ignominious manner by the Roman tribunes , attacked with success several settlements of their insulting conquerors . London , which was ...
... tion . But the Britons , headed by Boadicea , queen of the Icena , who had been treated in the most ignominious manner by the Roman tribunes , attacked with success several settlements of their insulting conquerors . London , which was ...
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... tion ; and he gave preferment , both in church and state , to such only as had made some proficiency in knowledge . However , the most effectual expedient employed by Alfred for the encouragement of learning , was his own example . He ...
... tion ; and he gave preferment , both in church and state , to such only as had made some proficiency in knowledge . However , the most effectual expedient employed by Alfred for the encouragement of learning , was his own example . He ...
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... tion the kingdom . Canute reserved to himself the northern part , and relinquished the southern to Edmond . This prince survived the treaty about a month ; he was mur- dered at Oxford by two of his chamberlains , accomplices of Edric ...
... tion the kingdom . Canute reserved to himself the northern part , and relinquished the southern to Edmond . This prince survived the treaty about a month ; he was mur- dered at Oxford by two of his chamberlains , accomplices of Edric ...
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... mind , whether satiated by prosperity , or disgusted with adversity , to make the object of its atten- tion . Instead , however , of endeavouring to atone for the crimes which he had committed by compensation to the injured CANUTE . 31.
... mind , whether satiated by prosperity , or disgusted with adversity , to make the object of its atten- tion . Instead , however , of endeavouring to atone for the crimes which he had committed by compensation to the injured CANUTE . 31.
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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.