Hume and Smollett's Celebrated History of England, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1760D.F. Robinson, 1827 - 496 σελίδες |
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... sessions were equally limited and scanty . The Britons were divided into many small nations or tribes ; and being a military people , whose sole property was their arms and their cattle , it was impossible 1 UNIV . OF HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
... sessions were equally limited and scanty . The Britons were divided into many small nations or tribes ; and being a military people , whose sole property was their arms and their cattle , it was impossible 1 UNIV . OF HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
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David Hume, John Robinson. was their arms and their cattle , it was impossible , after they had acquired a relish of ... arms into a new world , then mostly unknown , took advan- tage of a short interval in his Gaulic wars , and invaded ...
David Hume, John Robinson. was their arms and their cattle , it was impossible , after they had acquired a relish of ... arms into a new world , then mostly unknown , took advan- tage of a short interval in his Gaulic wars , and invaded ...
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... arms , neglected the performance of their stipulations ; and that haughty conqueror resolved next summer to chastise them for this breach of treaty . He landed with a greater force ; and though he found a more regular resistance from ...
... arms , neglected the performance of their stipulations ; and that haughty conqueror resolved next summer to chastise them for this breach of treaty . He landed with a greater force ; and though he found a more regular resistance from ...
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... arms northwards ; defeated the Britons in every encounter ; pierced the forests and mountains of Caledonia ; and reduced every state to subjection in the southern parts of the island . Having fixed a chain of forts between the friths of ...
... arms northwards ; defeated the Britons in every encounter ; pierced the forests and mountains of Caledonia ; and reduced every state to subjection in the southern parts of the island . Having fixed a chain of forts between the friths of ...
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... arm- ing the people in their own defence , the emperors recalled all the distant legions , in whom alone they could ... arms , and ex- tended their ravages over the fairest part of the country . The Romans , reduced to extremities at ...
... arm- ing the people in their own defence , the emperors recalled all the distant legions , in whom alone they could ... arms , and ex- tended their ravages over the fairest part of the country . The Romans , reduced to extremities at ...
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Σελίδα 275 - And sometimes he would say thus to them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in a sea, which show like nothing ; but in your country villages you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.
Σελίδα 265 - I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament : for God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement, but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they shall receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Σελίδα 231 - 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 261 - She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor.
Σελίδα 271 - He acknowledged twenty-eight articles; and was sentenced to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in Parliament, or come within the verge of the court.
Σελίδα 23 - Alfred himself complains, that on his accession he knew not one person, south of the Thames, who could so much as interpret the Latin service; and very few in the northern parts, who had reached even that pitch of erudition.
Σελίδα 21 - Nature also, as if desirous that so bright a production of her skill should be set in the fairest light, had bestowed on him all bodily accomplishments, vigour of limbs, dignity of shape and air, and a pleasant, engaging, and open countenance.
Σελίδα 137 - King-maker, had distinguished himself by his gallantry in the field, by the hospitality of his table, by the magnificence, and still more by the generosity of his expense, and by the spirited and bold manner which attended him in all his actions. The undesigning frankness and openness of his character rendered his conquest over men's affections the more certain and infallible : his presents were regarded as sure testimonies of esteem and friendship, and his professions as the overflowings of his...
Σελίδα 224 - Be of good cheer, brother," cried he, " we shall this day kindle such a torch in England, as, I trust in God, shall never be extinguished.
Σελίδα 317 - 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.