The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, W. Wilson, H. Saunders, W. Sleater [and 10 others in Dublin], 1771 |
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... of Mr. Hume's history , yet I cannot entirely acquiefce in his principles . With regard to religion , he seems defirous of playing a double part , of appearing to foine readers as as if he reverenced , and to others as if vi PREFACE .
... of Mr. Hume's history , yet I cannot entirely acquiefce in his principles . With regard to religion , he seems defirous of playing a double part , of appearing to foine readers as as if he reverenced , and to others as if vi PREFACE .
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... appeared fenfible of the overgrown extent of the Roman empire , and he recommended it to his fucceffors never to enlarge their terri- tories . Tiberius followed the maxims of Auguftus , and wifely judging the empire already too ex ...
... appeared fenfible of the overgrown extent of the Roman empire , and he recommended it to his fucceffors never to enlarge their terri- tories . Tiberius followed the maxims of Auguftus , and wifely judging the empire already too ex ...
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... appeared no way dejected at the amazing concourfe of fpectators that were gathered upon this occafion , but cafting his eyes on the fplendours that furrounded him , " Alas , cried he , how is it poffible that a people poffeffed of fuch ...
... appeared no way dejected at the amazing concourfe of fpectators that were gathered upon this occafion , but cafting his eyes on the fplendours that furrounded him , " Alas , cried he , how is it poffible that a people poffeffed of fuch ...
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... appeared in a chariot with her two daughters , and harrangued her army with masculine intrepidity ; but the irregular and undifciplined bravery of her troops was unable to refift the cool intrepidity of the Romans . They were routed ...
... appeared in a chariot with her two daughters , and harrangued her army with masculine intrepidity ; but the irregular and undifciplined bravery of her troops was unable to refift the cool intrepidity of the Romans . They were routed ...
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... appeared to him at once the most martial , and the most likely to efpouse his interefts . The Saxons were one branch of thofe Go- thic nations , which , fwarming from the nor- thern hive , came down to give laws , manners , and liberty ...
... appeared to him at once the most martial , and the most likely to efpouse his interefts . The Saxons were one branch of thofe Go- thic nations , which , fwarming from the nor- thern hive , came down to give laws , manners , and liberty ...
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Trang 314 - I, John, by the grace of God king of England and lord of Ireland, in order to expiate my sins, from my own free will, and the advice of my barons, give to the .church of Rome, to pope Innocent and his successors, the kingdom of England, and all other prerogatives of my crown. I will hereafter hold them as the pope's vassal. I will be faithful to God, to the church of Rome, to the pope my master, and his successors legitimately elected.
Trang 20 - Suetonius in a great and decisive battle, where 80,000 of the Britons are said to have perished; and Boadicea herself, rather than fall into the hands of the enraged victor, put an end to her own life by poison.
Trang 43 - Mercia was the sixth which was established by these fierce invaders, comprehending all the middle counties, from the banks of the Severn to the frontiers of the two last named kingdoms.
Trang 310 - The next gradation of papal sentences was to absolve John's subjects from their oaths of fidelity and allegiance, and to declare every one excommunicated who had any commerce with him in public or in private ; at his table, in his council, or even in private conversation : And this sentence was accordingly, with all imaginable solemnity, pronounced against him.
Trang 291 - What have you done to me?" replied coolly the prisoner: "you killed with your own hands my father, and my two brothers; and you intended to have hanged myself: I am now in your power, and you may take revenge by inflicting...
Trang 327 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed of his free tenement and liberties, or outlawed, or banished, or anywise hurt or injured, unless by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land...
Trang 192 - 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.
Trang 326 - ... shall be allowed to go out of the kingdom and return to it at pleasure: London, and all cities and...
Trang 305 - ... implied in it. He begged him to consider seriously the form of the rings, their number, their matter, and their colour. Their form, he said, being round, shadowed out eternity, which had neither beginning nor end ; and he ought thence to learn his duty of aspiring from earthly objects to heavenly, from things temporal to things eternal.
Trang 158 - CONQUEROR. 139 sudden, he bruised so severely his belly on the pummel of the saddle, that apprehending the consequences, he ordered himself to be carried in a litter to the monastery at St. Gervais at Rouen. Finding his illness increase, and being sensible of the approach of death, he began to turn his eyes to a future state, and was now struck with remorse for all his cruelties and depredations. He endeavoured to atone for them by large presents to churches and monasteries, and by giving liberty...