Brief outlines of English history1852 |
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Alfred Angle kingdom archbishop of Canterbury army barons battle Beaufort bishop Black Prince Britain Britons brother Buckingham Canute Cardinal castle Catharine Charles Church civil commotion conduct conquered conquests conspiracy Cromwell crown Danes daughter death declared defeated died discontent dominions duchess Dudley duke of Clarence duke of Gloucester duke of York Dunstan Dutch earl of Lancaster earl of Warwick Edmund Edward Edward IV Edward the Elder Essex Ethelred Ethelwulph expedition expelled favour favourite French George Godwin heir Henry IV Henry VII Holland Insurrection invade England Ireland Isabella Isabella of France James John of Gaunt Kent king's lady land Leicester London lord Louis Margaret marriage married Catharine Mary Matilda Mercia monks Mortimer murdered Normandy Northumbria parliament Peace Philippa popery Presbyterian princess Protector queen of Scots Reformation reign Richard Robert Roman royalists Saxon sons sovereign Spain surrenders Swein taken prisoner Thomas throne treaty trial and execution Welsh William Yorkists Yorkists victorious
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 56 - Wells; Turner, of Ely; Lake, of Chichester; White, of Peterborough ; and...
Σελίδα 44 - So dark a cloud overcast the evening of that day which had shone out with a mighty lustre in the eyes of all Europe! There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.
Σελίδα 46 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Σελίδα 13 - Ocean, the island on which I sit is mine, and thou art a part of my dominion. None of my subjects dare to resist my orders ; I therefore command thee that thou ascend not my coasts, nor presume to wet the borders of my robes.
Σελίδα 29 - Happy is the king that has a magistrate endowed with courage to execute the laws upon such an offender; still more happy in having a son willing to submit to such a chastisement...
Σελίδα 53 - These men were known by the appellation of the Cabal, a word which the initial letters of their names happened to compose. Never was there a more dangerous ministry in England, nor one more noted for pernicious counsels.
Σελίδα 60 - ... The government thought proper to put a stop to these proceedings by a prorogation; which, however, inflamed the controversy. A great number of pens were drawn against the bishop : but his chief antagonists were Dr. Snape and Dr. Sherlock, whom the king removed from the office of his chaplains : and the convocation has not been permitted to sit and do business since that period.
Σελίδα 55 - Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one ; a censure which, though too far carried, seems to have some foundation in his character and deportment.
Σελίδα 10 - Europe in his favour, he received many proofs of the respect with which foreigners regarded him; and, from this period, England began to lose its insular seclusion, and to be concerned with the current transactions of Europe.
Σελίδα 59 - ... blood was shed for treason. She was zealously attached to the church of England from conviction rather than from prepossession, unaffectedly pious, just, charitable, and compassionate. She felt a mother's 'fondness for her people, by whom she was universally beloved with a warmth of affection which even the prejudice of party could not abate.