An Abridgment of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the SecondPat. Wogan, 1797 - 406 Seiten |
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... French Prince and the English entered into the moft folemn engagement of mutual fupport ; and having determined to conduct their armies to the Holy Land by fea , they were obliged , however , by ftrefs of weather , to take fhelter in ...
... French Prince and the English entered into the moft folemn engagement of mutual fupport ; and having determined to conduct their armies to the Holy Land by fea , they were obliged , however , by ftrefs of weather , to take fhelter in ...
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... French arrived long before the English .. • Upon the arrival of the English army in Palef- tine , however , fortune was feen to declare more openly in favour of the common caufe . The French and English princes feemed to forget their ...
... French arrived long before the English .. • Upon the arrival of the English army in Palef- tine , however , fortune was feen to declare more openly in favour of the common caufe . The French and English princes feemed to forget their ...
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... French minstrel , who play- ing upon his harp near the fortress in which Richard was confined , a tune which he knew that unhappy monarch was fond of , he was answered by the king from within , who with his harp played the fame tune ...
... French minstrel , who play- ing upon his harp near the fortress in which Richard was confined , a tune which he knew that unhappy monarch was fond of , he was answered by the king from within , who with his harp played the fame tune ...
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... French and the English , the name of king , which he still re- tained , and fome remaining power , put him at the head of fixty thousand men , a fufficient number in-- deed , but not to be relied on , and with these he ad- vanced to ...
... French and the English , the name of king , which he still re- tained , and fome remaining power , put him at the head of fixty thousand men , a fufficient number in-- deed , but not to be relied on , and with these he ad- vanced to ...
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... French king fhould prevail , the country was ever after to fubmit to a more power- ful monarchy , and was to become a province of France . What neither human prudence could forefee , nor policy fuggeft , was brought about by a happy and ...
... French king fhould prevail , the country was ever after to fubmit to a more power- ful monarchy , and was to become a province of France . What neither human prudence could forefee , nor policy fuggeft , was brought about by a happy and ...
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Seite 146 - ... them is unknown ; the chief evidence, it is said, amounted to no more than that Rochford had been seen to lean on her bed before some company.
Seite 97 - The Duke of Hereford appeared in parliament, and accused the Duke of Norfolk of having spoken seditious words against his majesty in a private conversation.
Seite 228 - It is you, continued he to the mem" bers, that have forced me upon this. I " have fought the Lord night and day that he " would rather flay me than put me upon this k " work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take
Seite 262 - ... the petition. On their refusal to give bail, an order was immediately drawn for their commitment to the Tower ; and the crown lawyers received directions to prosecute them for the seditious libel which, it was pretended, they had composed and uttered.
Seite 221 - Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head too they will cut off at last! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Seite 346 - ... line, he had been aimed at by the enemy's marksmen, and received a shot in the wrist, which, however, did not oblige him to quit the field. Having wrapped a handkerchief round his hand, he continued giving orders without the least emotion, and advanced at the head of the grenadiers with their bayonets fixed...
Seite 47 - These councils seem at that time convened rather to give authenticity to the king's decrees, than to enact laws that were to bind their posterity.
Seite 143 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will, he will endanger the one half of his kingdom. "I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite; but could not prevail...
Seite 60 - What have you done to me?" replied coolly the prisoner: "you killed with your own hands my father, and my two brothers; and you intended to have hanged myself: I am now in your power, and you may take revenge by inflicting...
Seite 101 - Thus died the unfortunate Richard, in the thirty-fourth year of his age, and the twenty-third of his reign. Though his conduct was blameable, yet the...