The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688C. Corrall, 1811 - 418 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xxii
... ment ... King's return to Normandy ... Discon- tents of the English ... Their insurrections ... Rigours of the Norman government ... New insurrections ... New rigours of the government ... Introduction of the feudal law ... Innovation ...
... ment ... King's return to Normandy ... Discon- tents of the English ... Their insurrections ... Rigours of the Norman government ... New insurrections ... New rigours of the government ... Introduction of the feudal law ... Innovation ...
Σελίδα 16
... ment of the present interval of peace , made no provision for resisting the enemy , who , invited by their former timid behaviour , soon threatened them with a new invasion . We are not exactly informed what species of civil government ...
... ment of the present interval of peace , made no provision for resisting the enemy , who , invited by their former timid behaviour , soon threatened them with a new invasion . We are not exactly informed what species of civil government ...
Σελίδα 29
... ment to a writer , arising from the uncertainty , at least barrenness , of the accounts transmitted to us . The monks , who were the only annalists during those ages , lived remote from public af- fairs , considered the civil ...
... ment to a writer , arising from the uncertainty , at least barrenness , of the accounts transmitted to us . The monks , who were the only annalists during those ages , lived remote from public af- fairs , considered the civil ...
Σελίδα 41
... ment , who fell upon them , and did such execu- tion , that only fifty escaped with their lives . The Britons , astonished at this event , received a total defeat . Chester was obliged to surrender . And Adelfrid , pursuing his victory ...
... ment , who fell upon them , and did such execu- tion , that only fifty escaped with their lives . The Britons , astonished at this event , received a total defeat . Chester was obliged to surrender . And Adelfrid , pursuing his victory ...
Σελίδα 63
... ment for the ills attending it ; but besides the usual avidity of men for power and riches , fri- volous controversies in theology were engen- dered by it , which were so much the more fatal , as they admitted not , like the others , of ...
... ment for the ills attending it ; but besides the usual avidity of men for power and riches , fri- volous controversies in theology were engen- dered by it , which were so much the more fatal , as they admitted not , like the others , of ...
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The history of England: from the invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ... David Hume Πλήρης προβολή - 1811 |
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