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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... taken of him . 12. This prince is of such obscure origin , that some au- thors suppose him to be the son of King Ambro'sius , and others only his nephew ; others again affirm that he was a Cornish prince , and son of Gurlois , king of ...
... taken of him . 12. This prince is of such obscure origin , that some au- thors suppose him to be the son of King Ambro'sius , and others only his nephew ; others again affirm that he was a Cornish prince , and son of Gurlois , king of ...
Σελίδα 28
... taken pri- soner by a party whom the archbishop had appointed to observe her conduct , and was put to death in a most cruel manner the sinews of her legs being cut , and her body mangled , she was thus left to expire in the most cruel ...
... taken pri- soner by a party whom the archbishop had appointed to observe her conduct , and was put to death in a most cruel manner the sinews of her legs being cut , and her body mangled , she was thus left to expire in the most cruel ...
Σελίδα 32
... taken for a general massacre ; and Ethelred , by a policy incident to weak princes , embraced the cruel resolution of putting them all to the sword . 5. This plot was carried on with such secresy , that it was executed in one day , and ...
... taken for a general massacre ; and Ethelred , by a policy incident to weak princes , embraced the cruel resolution of putting them all to the sword . 5. This plot was carried on with such secresy , that it was executed in one day , and ...
Σελίδα 33
... taken the following method to reprove them . He ordered his chair to be set on the sea - shore while the tide was coming in , and commanded the sea to retire.- 10. " Thou art under my dominion , " cried he , " the land upon which I sit ...
... taken the following method to reprove them . He ordered his chair to be set on the sea - shore while the tide was coming in , and commanded the sea to retire.- 10. " Thou art under my dominion , " cried he , " the land upon which I sit ...
Σελίδα 45
... taken possession of some fortresses ; but the appearance of the king soon reduced them to implore his mercy . He granted them their lives ; but confiscated all their estates , and ba- nished them the kingdom . 5. A new breach was made ...
... taken possession of some fortresses ; but the appearance of the king soon reduced them to implore his mercy . He granted them their lives ; but confiscated all their estates , and ba- nished them the kingdom . 5. A new breach was made ...
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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.