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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... hope was loft in defpair . The wifdom and virtues of one man alone were found fufficient to bring back happinefs , fecurity , and order ; and all the calami- ties of the times found redrefs from Alfred . This prince feemed born not only ...
... hope was loft in defpair . The wifdom and virtues of one man alone were found fufficient to bring back happinefs , fecurity , and order ; and all the calami- ties of the times found redrefs from Alfred . This prince feemed born not only ...
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... hopes of better fortune . It is faid , that one day , being commanded by the herdsman's wife , who was ignorant of his quality , to take care of fome cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , for which the ...
... hopes of better fortune . It is faid , that one day , being commanded by the herdsman's wife , who was ignorant of his quality , to take care of fome cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , for which the ...
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... hopes of extending the authority of the church , he immediately pronounced Harold an ufurper . With fuch favourable incentives , William foon found himfelf at the head of a chofen army of fixty thousand men , all equipped in the most ...
... hopes of extending the authority of the church , he immediately pronounced Harold an ufurper . With fuch favourable incentives , William foon found himfelf at the head of a chofen army of fixty thousand men , all equipped in the most ...
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... hope , that he found enemies where he leaft expected them , and fuch too as ferved to imbitter all the latter part of his life . His laft troubles were excited by his own children , from the oppofing of whom he could ex- pect to reap ...
... hope , that he found enemies where he leaft expected them , and fuch too as ferved to imbitter all the latter part of his life . His laft troubles were excited by his own children , from the oppofing of whom he could ex- pect to reap ...
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... hopes of faving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . Above a hundred and forty young noble- men of the principal families of England and Nor- mandy were loft on this occafion . A butcher of Rouen was the ...
... hopes of faving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . Above a hundred and forty young noble- men of the principal families of England and Nor- mandy were loft on this occafion . A butcher of Rouen was the ...
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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...