Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II, with a Continuation to the Year 1845, with Questions for Examination at the End of Each Section, Besides a Variety of Valuable Information, Added Throughout the Work ...Thomas, Cowperthwait, 1846 - 476 σελίδες |
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... remained in this rude but in- dependent state , when Cæsar , having overrun Gaul with his victories , and willing still further to extend his fame , determined upon the conquest of a country that seemed to promise an easy triumph ...
... remained in this rude but in- dependent state , when Cæsar , having overrun Gaul with his victories , and willing still further to extend his fame , determined upon the conquest of a country that seemed to promise an easy triumph ...
Σελίδα 13
... remained in it were massacred ; and the Romans , with all other strangers , to the number of seventy thousand , were cruelly put to the sword . Flushed with these suc- cesses , the Britons no longer sought to avoid the enemy , but ...
... remained in it were massacred ; and the Romans , with all other strangers , to the number of seventy thousand , were cruelly put to the sword . Flushed with these suc- cesses , the Britons no longer sought to avoid the enemy , but ...
Σελίδα 26
... remained some days . 10. He there remarked the supine security of the Danes , their contempt of the English , their negligence in foraging and plundering , and their dissolute wasting of such ill - gotten booty . Having made his ...
... remained some days . 10. He there remarked the supine security of the Danes , their contempt of the English , their negligence in foraging and plundering , and their dissolute wasting of such ill - gotten booty . Having made his ...
Σελίδα 28
... remained faithful to Alfred conduct themselves ? 4 6. What benevolent act is related of this monarch ? ( See the Note . ) 7. What desperate effort did the earl of Devonshire resolve on ? And what was the consequence ? 8. What was the ...
... remained faithful to Alfred conduct themselves ? 4 6. What benevolent act is related of this monarch ? ( See the Note . ) 7. What desperate effort did the earl of Devonshire resolve on ? And what was the consequence ? 8. What was the ...
Σελίδα 40
... remained undecided from aine in the morning till the close of the day , when the death of the king , who aad slain many Normans with his own hand , finally turned the scale . CHAPTER IV . WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR . Born 1024. Died 40 ...
... remained undecided from aine in the morning till the close of the day , when the death of the king , who aad slain many Normans with his own hand , finally turned the scale . CHAPTER IV . WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR . Born 1024. Died 40 ...
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Σελίδα 241 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Σελίδα 357 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Σελίδα 269 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Σελίδα 219 - Pym, and Strode. The articles were, That they had traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fundamental laws and government of the kingdom, to deprive the king of his regal power, and to impose on his subjects an arbitrary and tyrannical authority...
Σελίδα 156 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but only to my prince.
Σελίδα 202 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Σελίδα 9 - No species of superstition was ever more terrible, than that of the Druids. Besides the severe penalties, which...
Σελίδα 234 - 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.
Σελίδα 269 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies...
Σελίδα 202 - I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow — this parliament, and yet they shall not see...