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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... first who seemed willing , by a vigorous effort , to rescue his country and repel its infulting and rapacious conquerors . This rude fol- dier , though with inferior forces , continued , for above nine years , to oppofe and harrass the ...
... first who seemed willing , by a vigorous effort , to rescue his country and repel its infulting and rapacious conquerors . This rude fol- dier , though with inferior forces , continued , for above nine years , to oppofe and harrass the ...
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... first to take arms ; all the other ftates foon followed the ex- ample ; and Boadicea , a woman of great beauty and mafculine fpirit , was appointed to head the common forces , which amounted to two hundred and thirty thousand fighting ...
... first to take arms ; all the other ftates foon followed the ex- ample ; and Boadicea , a woman of great beauty and mafculine fpirit , was appointed to head the common forces , which amounted to two hundred and thirty thousand fighting ...
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... first wife had been carried off by Melnas , king of Somer- fetfhire , who detained her a whole year at Glafton- bury , until Arthur , difcovering the place of her re- treat , advanced with an army against the ravifher , and obliged him ...
... first wife had been carried off by Melnas , king of Somer- fetfhire , who detained her a whole year at Glafton- bury , until Arthur , difcovering the place of her re- treat , advanced with an army against the ravifher , and obliged him ...
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... first ar- rival of the Saxons in Britain , all the petty fettle- ments were united into one great ftate , and nothing offered but projects of peace , fecurity , and increaf- ing refinement . It was about this period that St. Gregory ...
... first ar- rival of the Saxons in Britain , all the petty fettle- ments were united into one great ftate , and nothing offered but projects of peace , fecurity , and increaf- ing refinement . It was about this period that St. Gregory ...
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... first neglected . He had attained the age of twelve before he was made acquainted with the loweft ele- ments of literature ; but hearing fome Saxon poems read , which recounted the praife of heroes , his whole mind was roufed , not only ...
... first neglected . He had attained the age of twelve before he was made acquainted with the loweft ele- ments of literature ; but hearing fome Saxon poems read , which recounted the praife of heroes , his whole mind was roufed , not only ...
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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...