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Trang 345 - EPITAPH ON CHARLES II. Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
Trang 410 - There's some say that we wan, some say that they wan, Some say that nane wan at a', man : But one thing I'm sure, that at Sheriffmuir A battle there was, which I saw, man. And we ran, and they ran, and they ran, and we ran, And we ran, and they ran awa, man.
Trang 412 - We have taken and destroyed all the Spanish ships and vessels which were upon the coast ; the number as per margin. I am, &c.
Trang 375 - ... illshaped ; his shoulders somewhat round ; his hair of a light brown ; his forehead large, and his nose aquiline. His eyes, however, were sparkling and agreeable, and, when lighted up, gave a not unpleasant expression to his countenance. King William died at Kensington Palace, on the 8th of March, 1702, in the fifty-second year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign over England. His body, having been previously embalmed and laid in state, was interred on the 12th of April in a vault beneath...
Trang 520 - THE constituent parts of a parliament are the next objects of our inquiry. And these are the king's majesty, sitting there in his royal political capacity, and the three estates of the realm...
Trang 456 - Decrees, declaring the British Islands to be in a state of blockade, and commanding the ports of Europe to be closed against British vessels.
Trang 361 - England, and secretly married Anne Hyde, daughter of the earl of Clarendon, by whom he had two daughters, who afterwards became queens of England ; viz., Mary and Anne. In the Dutch war he signalized himself as commander of the English fleet, and showed great skill and bravery. On the death of his first wife, he married Mary Beatrix of Modena.
Trang 519 - You may here get drunk for a penny, dead drunk for twopence, and have clean straw for nothing.
Trang 361 - ... thinking that he meant well. Mrs. Markham. Had it not been for his bigotry, he might perhaps have made a good king, for he was frugal in his expenses, paid great attention to business, and was very sincere. The duke of Buckingham used to say that the difference between James and his brother was, that Charles could see things if he would, James would see things if he could.
Trang 439 - No. 45, was a false, scandalous, and seditious libel, and that the said paper should be burnt by the hands of the common hangman.