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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... four pages of Engravings . TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX , CONTAINING THE SUCCESSION OF SOVEREIGNS - EMINENT AND REMARKABLE PERSONS WHO HAVE FLOURISHED IN BRITAIN - BATTLES IN ENGLISH HISTORY , BY SEA AND LAND , from 1588 to 1806 ...
... four pages of Engravings . TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX , CONTAINING THE SUCCESSION OF SOVEREIGNS - EMINENT AND REMARKABLE PERSONS WHO HAVE FLOURISHED IN BRITAIN - BATTLES IN ENGLISH HISTORY , BY SEA AND LAND , from 1588 to 1806 ...
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... four centuries . The abject Britons of the south , unaccustomed to the perils of war and the cares of civil government , A. D. found themselves incapable of resisting the incur- 448 sions of their fierce and savage neighbours . The ...
... four centuries . The abject Britons of the south , unaccustomed to the perils of war and the cares of civil government , A. D. found themselves incapable of resisting the incur- 448 sions of their fierce and savage neighbours . The ...
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... four hundred years after the first arrival of the Saxons in Britain , all the kingdoms of the Heptar- chy were united in one great state , under Egbert , 827 . whose prudence and policy effected what had been often in vain attempted ...
... four hundred years after the first arrival of the Saxons in Britain , all the kingdoms of the Heptar- chy were united in one great state , under Egbert , 827 . whose prudence and policy effected what had been often in vain attempted ...
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... four weeks . In their method of decision we trace the origin of juries . Twelve freeholders were chosen , who , together with the presiding magistrate of that division , were sworn to administer impartial justice in the cause submitted ...
... four weeks . In their method of decision we trace the origin of juries . Twelve freeholders were chosen , who , together with the presiding magistrate of that division , were sworn to administer impartial justice in the cause submitted ...
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... four years , his kingdom de- volved on Athelstan , his natural son . The mature age of Athelstan obtained for him the pre- ference over the legitimate children of Edward ; A. D. and , amidst storms of civil conflict and foreign 925 war ...
... four years , his kingdom de- volved on Athelstan , his natural son . The mature age of Athelstan obtained for him the pre- ference over the legitimate children of Edward ; A. D. and , amidst storms of civil conflict and foreign 925 war ...
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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.