A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present Time ...C. Law, 1803 - 455 страница |
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... duke of Normandy . Be that as it will , it is certain that , upon the death of the confeffor , Harold , fon to Godwin , earl of Kent , mounted the throne . William Duke of Normandy , though illegitimate ,. poffeffed that great duchy ...
... duke of Normandy . Be that as it will , it is certain that , upon the death of the confeffor , Harold , fon to Godwin , earl of Kent , mounted the throne . William Duke of Normandy , though illegitimate ,. poffeffed that great duchy ...
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... duke of Nor- mandy , victorious at Haftings . Nothing could exceed the aftonifhment of the English nation , when made acquainted with the iffue of that unfortunate battle . In order to terminate an enterprife , which he knew difpatch ...
... duke of Nor- mandy , victorious at Haftings . Nothing could exceed the aftonifhment of the English nation , when made acquainted with the iffue of that unfortunate battle . In order to terminate an enterprife , which he knew difpatch ...
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... duke of Auftria , who fent him a prifoner to Henry VI . His ranfor was fixed by the fordid emperor at three hundred thou fand pounds . The truce being expired , the war between England and France was refumed , and carried on by both ...
... duke of Auftria , who fent him a prifoner to Henry VI . His ranfor was fixed by the fordid emperor at three hundred thou fand pounds . The truce being expired , the war between England and France was refumed , and carried on by both ...
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... duke of Normandy , by taking the ufual oath adminiftered to the Anglo - Saxon kings at their coro- nation , had folemnly engaged to maintain the confti- tution , the English nation had reafon to believe , that they had only changed ...
... duke of Normandy , by taking the ufual oath adminiftered to the Anglo - Saxon kings at their coro- nation , had folemnly engaged to maintain the confti- tution , the English nation had reafon to believe , that they had only changed ...
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... duke of Lancaster ; Edmund , earl of Cambridge , afterwards duke of York ; Thomas , earl of Buckingham , after- wards duke of Gloucefter ; and feveral princeffes . Richard II . fon of the Black Prince , fucceeded to the throne of his ...
... duke of Lancaster ; Edmund , earl of Cambridge , afterwards duke of York ; Thomas , earl of Buckingham , after- wards duke of Gloucefter ; and feveral princeffes . Richard II . fon of the Black Prince , fucceeded to the throne of his ...
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Страница 376 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love, my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month; and Gay A week ; and Arbuthnot a day. St John himself will scarce forbear, To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug and cry I'm sorry; but we all must die.
Страница 390 - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
Страница 254 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Страница 394 - I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me ; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Страница 400 - ... collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Страница 270 - 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.
Страница 379 - It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friends lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the "Golden Age," and are now the friendships only of children.
Страница 124 - Lever a cinq, diner a neuf, Souper a cinq, coucher a neuf, Fait vivre d'ans nonante et neuf.
Страница 153 - ... a coat, one half white, and the other half black or blue ; a long beard ; a silk hood buttoned under his chin, embroidered with grotesque figures of animals, dancing men, &c.
Страница 370 - I have heard him frequently own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson.