Goldsmith's History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II, with a Continuation to the Present TimeBaudry's European Library, 1844 - 510 σελίδες |
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... troops designed for the expedition were embarked , he set sail for Britain about midnight , and the next morning arrived on the coast near Dover , where he saw the rocks and cliffs covered with armed men to oppose his landing . 12. The ...
... troops designed for the expedition were embarked , he set sail for Britain about midnight , and the next morning arrived on the coast near Dover , where he saw the rocks and cliffs covered with armed men to oppose his landing . 12. The ...
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... troops was unable to resist the cool intrepidity of the Ro- mans . They were routed with great slaughter ; eighty thousand perished in the field , and an infinite number were made prisoners ; while Boadicea herself , fearing to fall ...
... troops was unable to resist the cool intrepidity of the Ro- mans . They were routed with great slaughter ; eighty thousand perished in the field , and an infinite number were made prisoners ; while Boadicea herself , fearing to fall ...
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... troops he could assemble on a sudden , and a desperate battle was fought , to the disadvantage of the English . But it was not in the power of mis- fortune to abate the king's diligence , though it repressed his power to do good . He ...
... troops he could assemble on a sudden , and a desperate battle was fought , to the disadvantage of the English . But it was not in the power of mis- fortune to abate the king's diligence , though it repressed his power to do good . He ...
Σελίδα 24
... troops . 7. This gallant soldier , finding himself unable to sustain the siege , and knowing the danger of surrendering to a perfidious enemy , was resolved , by one desperate effort , to sally out and force his way through the ...
... troops . 7. This gallant soldier , finding himself unable to sustain the siege , and knowing the danger of surrendering to a perfidious enemy , was resolved , by one desperate effort , to sally out and force his way through the ...
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... troops , and pursued them to a rising ground . It was in this extremity that Harold was seen flying from rank to rank , rallying and inspiring his troops with vigour ; and though he had toiled all day , till near night - fall , in front ...
... troops , and pursued them to a rising ground . It was in this extremity that Harold was seen flying from rank to rank , rallying and inspiring his troops with vigour ; and though he had toiled all day , till near night - fall , in front ...
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Σελίδα 189 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Σελίδα 336 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Σελίδα 241 - 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.
Σελίδα 253 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Σελίδα 471 - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain ft more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Σελίδα 355 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Σελίδα 77 - I, John, by the grace of God, king of England, and lord of Ireland, in order to expiate my sins, from my own free will, and the advice of my barons, give to the church of Rome, to pope Innocent, and his successors, the kingdom of England, and all other prerogatives of my crown.
Σελίδα 249 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Σελίδα 351 - In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties, that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain, I know, require the most vigorous measures; but, then, the courage of a handful of brave men should be exerted only where there is some hope of a favourable event.
Σελίδα 352 - Wolfe was stationed on the right, where the attack was most warm : as he stood conspicuous in the front 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...