An abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii1777 |
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... hope was loft in defpair . The wisdom and virtues of one man alone were found fufficient to bring back happiness , fecurity , and order ; and all the calamities of the times found redrefs from Alfred . This prince feemed born not only ...
... hope was loft in defpair . The wisdom and virtues of one man alone were found fufficient to bring back happiness , fecurity , and order ; and all the calamities of the times found redrefs from Alfred . This prince feemed born not only ...
Σελίδα 16
... hopes of better fortune . It is faid , that , one day , being commanded by the herdsman's wife , who was ignorant of his quality , to take care of fome cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , for which the ...
... hopes of better fortune . It is faid , that , one day , being commanded by the herdsman's wife , who was ignorant of his quality , to take care of fome cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , for which the ...
Σελίδα 28
... hopes of extending the authority of the church , he immediately pro . nounced Harold an ufurper . With fuch favourable incentives , William foon found himself at the head of a chofen army of fixty thousand men , all equipped in the moft ...
... hopes of extending the authority of the church , he immediately pro . nounced Harold an ufurper . With fuch favourable incentives , William foon found himself at the head of a chofen army of fixty thousand men , all equipped in the moft ...
Σελίδα 32
... hope , that he found enemies where he leaft expected them , and fuch too as ferved to embitter all the latter part of his life . His laft troubles were excited by his own chil- dren , from the oppofing of whom he could expect to reap ...
... hope , that he found enemies where he leaft expected them , and fuch too as ferved to embitter all the latter part of his life . His laft troubles were excited by his own chil- dren , from the oppofing of whom he could expect to reap ...
Σελίδα 41
... hopes of faving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . Above an hun- dred and forty young noblemen of the principal fami- lies of England and Normandy , were loft on this oc- cafion . A butcher of Rouen was ...
... hopes of faving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . Above an hun- dred and forty young noblemen of the principal fami- lies of England and Normandy , were loft on this oc- cafion . A butcher of Rouen was ...
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An Abridgment of the History of England, to the Death of George Ii Oliver Goldsmith Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2019 |
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Σελίδα 224 - 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 183 - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
Σελίδα 178 - Dunkirk, in order to intercept the Duke of Parma. This was the preparation made by the English ; while all the protestant powers...
Σελίδα 78 - ... was betrayed into Edward's hands, by sir John Monteith, his friend, whom he had made acquainted with the place of his concealment.
Σελίδα 189 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Σελίδα 230 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Σελίδα 33 - The popular character of the prince, and a similarity of manners, engaged all the young nobility of Normandy and Maine, as well as of Anjou...
Σελίδα 86 - Nottingham for the place of their residence ; it was strictly guarded, the gates locked every evening, and the keys carried to the queen. It was therefore agreed between the king and some of...
Σελίδα 146 - ... them is unknown ; the chief evidence, it is said, amounted to no more than that Rochford had been seen to lean on her bed before some company.
Σελίδα 41 - Henry entertained hopes for three days, that his son had put into some distant port of England ; but when certain intelligence of the calamity was brought him, he fainted away; and it was remarked, that he never after was seen to smile, nor ever recovered his wonted cheerfulness.