The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...Messrs. W. Sleater, H. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, T. Walker, W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and L. White, 1789 |
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... earl of Warwick , a wicked ambitious man , who expected to rise upon the downfal of the two brothers , he deprived him of his office of high admiral , and figned a warrant for committing him to the tower . Yet ftill the pro- tector ...
... earl of Warwick , a wicked ambitious man , who expected to rise upon the downfal of the two brothers , he deprived him of his office of high admiral , and figned a warrant for committing him to the tower . Yet ftill the pro- tector ...
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... earl of Warwick followed foon after , at the head of fix thousand men , and foon coming to a general engagement , put them entirely to the rout . Two thoufand of them fell in the fight and purfuit ; Ket was hanged at Nor- wich caftle ...
... earl of Warwick followed foon after , at the head of fix thousand men , and foon coming to a general engagement , put them entirely to the rout . Two thoufand of them fell in the fight and purfuit ; Ket was hanged at Nor- wich caftle ...
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... earl of Warwick , was the most artful , ambitious , and unprincipled . Refolved at any rate to poffefs the principal place under the king , he cared not what means were to be used in acquiring it . However , unwilling to throw off the ...
... earl of Warwick , was the most artful , ambitious , and unprincipled . Refolved at any rate to poffefs the principal place under the king , he cared not what means were to be used in acquiring it . However , unwilling to throw off the ...
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... earl of Warwick's ambition began to appear in full fplendor ; he fet himself forward as the principal promoter of the protector's ruin , and the other members without the leaft oppofition permitted him to affume the reins of government ...
... earl of Warwick's ambition began to appear in full fplendor ; he fet himself forward as the principal promoter of the protector's ruin , and the other members without the leaft oppofition permitted him to affume the reins of government ...
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... earl of Northumberland died without iffue or heirs , Warwick procured for himself a grant of his ample poffeffions , and obtained the ti- tle alfo of duke of Northumberland . The duke of Somerset was now the only person he wished to ...
... earl of Northumberland died without iffue or heirs , Warwick procured for himself a grant of his ample poffeffions , and obtained the ti- tle alfo of duke of Northumberland . The duke of Somerset was now the only person he wished to ...
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Trang 214 - ... but, though innocent towards his people, he acknowledged the equity of his execution in the eyes of his Maker. He owned that he was justly punished for having consented to the execution of an unjust sentence upon the earl of Strafford.
Trang 214 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. 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.
Trang 47 - Spain, and to settle there during the remainder of his life, — all these melancholy reflections preyed upon her mind, and threw her into a lingering fever, of which she died, after a short and unfortunate reign of five years four months and eleven days.
Trang 213 - At these words, the child looked very steadfastly upon him. "Mark, child! what I say: they will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: but mark what I say: thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head, too they will cut off at last! Therefore I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Trang 211 - On the fourth, the judges having examined some witnesses, by whom it was proved that the king had appeared in arms against the forces commissioned by the parliament; they pronounced sentence against him.
Trang 114 - A terrible blow, and yet the authors concealed; a danger so sudden, and yet so great ; these circumstances seemed all to denote some contrivance by gunpowder ; and it was thought advisable to inspect all the vaults below the Houses of Parliament. This care belonged to the Earl of Suffolk, lord chamberlain, who purposely delayed the search till the day before the meeting of Parliament. He remarked those great piles of wood and...
Trang 128 - AD^ tertian ague, which, when his courtiers assured him i*"• i from the proverb that it was health for a king, he replied, that the proverb was meant for a young king. After some fits, he found himself extremely weakened, and sent for the prince, whom he exhorted to...
Trang 217 - BY GOD'S BLESSING, RESTORED, 1648. The forms of all public business were changed, from the king's name, to that of the keepers of the liberties of England.
Trang 280 - Tongue came next to the treasurer and told him that a packet of letters, written by Jesuits concerned in the plot, was that night to be put into the post-house for Windsor, directed to Bennifield, a Jesuit confessor to the duke.
Trang 88 - Amen," while the rest of the spectators wept and sighed at this affecting spectacle ; for flattery and zeal alike gave place to stronger and better emotions. Thus died Mary, in the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity — a princess unmatched in beauty, and unequalled in misfortunes.