Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II : with a Continuation to the Close of the Year 1830 : Also, a Dictionary, Biographical, Historical, &c., Explaining Every Difficulty and Rendering the Whole Easy to be Understood, and Questions for Examination at the End of Each Section, Besides a Variety of Valuable Information Added Throughout the Work, Consisting of Useful and Correct Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of England, from Egbert to William the Fourth, Tables of Contemporary Sovereigns and Eminent Persons, an Account of the Idols Worshipped by the Saxons, Remarks on the Politics, Manners, and Literature of the Age, an Outline of the Constitution, &c. &c. : the Whole Illustrated by Copious Explanatory Notes, a Classical and Modern Map of England and Wales, and Portraits of the SovereignsWhittaker, Treacher, & Company, 1831 - 507 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 85
... Commons . The people had been gaining some consideration since the gradual diminution of the force of the feudal system . 5. This parliament , however , was found not so very complying as he expected . Many of the barons , HENRY III . 85.
... Commons . The people had been gaining some consideration since the gradual diminution of the force of the feudal system . 5. This parliament , however , was found not so very complying as he expected . Many of the barons , HENRY III . 85.
Σελίδα 112
... the statute of high treason was first enacted . St. Ste- phen's Chapel ( now the House of Commons ) was built , and Windsor Castle changed from a fortress to a palace . 4. What answer did the king make , when he 112 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... the statute of high treason was first enacted . St. Ste- phen's Chapel ( now the House of Commons ) was built , and Windsor Castle changed from a fortress to a palace . 4. What answer did the king make , when he 112 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
Σελίδα 125
... Commons to assume powers which had not been usually exercised by their predecessors . 12 . In the sixth year of his reign , when they voted him the supplies , they appointed treasurers of their own , to see the money disbursed for the ...
... Commons to assume powers which had not been usually exercised by their predecessors . 12 . In the sixth year of his reign , when they voted him the supplies , they appointed treasurers of their own , to see the money disbursed for the ...
Σελίδα 157
... commons , and not disagreeable even to the nobles , since they had thus an immediate resource for supplying their taste for prodigality , and answering the demands of their creditors . The blow reached them in their posterity alone ...
... commons , and not disagreeable even to the nobles , since they had thus an immediate resource for supplying their taste for prodigality , and answering the demands of their creditors . The blow reached them in their posterity alone ...
Σελίδα 164
... commons ; but they only granted him half the supplies he demanded . 5. Wolsey was at first highly offended at their parsimony , and desired to be heard in the house ; but , as this would have destroyed the very form and constitution of ...
... commons ; but they only granted him half the supplies he demanded . 5. Wolsey was at first highly offended at their parsimony , and desired to be heard in the house ; but , as this would have destroyed the very form and constitution of ...
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Σελίδα 371 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Σελίδα 246 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Σελίδα 275 - 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 repair'd 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 — alas!
Σελίδα 183 - 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 158 - Kingston, had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Σελίδα 403 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Σελίδα 222 - 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 158 - 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 275 - 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 chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Σελίδα 349 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.