An abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii1777 |
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... officers were dif- placed , and creatur.s of the twenty - four barons were put in their room . They not only abridged the au- thority of the king , but the efficacy of parliament , giving up to twelve perfons all parliamentary power ...
... officers were dif- placed , and creatur.s of the twenty - four barons were put in their room . They not only abridged the au- thority of the king , but the efficacy of parliament , giving up to twelve perfons all parliamentary power ...
Page 90
... officer was difpatched to the king , defiring that fuccours might be fent to the prince's relief . Edward , who had all this time , with great tranquility , viewed the engagement from a wind - mill , demanded with seem- ing deliberation ...
... officer was difpatched to the king , defiring that fuccours might be fent to the prince's relief . Edward , who had all this time , with great tranquility , viewed the engagement from a wind - mill , demanded with seem- ing deliberation ...
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... out to meet him , he said , “ Father abbot , I am come to lay my bones among you ; and immediately ordered his bed to be prepared . 5 As his this diforder encreased , an officer being placed near , 42 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... out to meet him , he said , “ Father abbot , I am come to lay my bones among you ; and immediately ordered his bed to be prepared . 5 As his this diforder encreased , an officer being placed near , 42 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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Oliver Goldsmith. this diforder encreased , an officer being placed near , at once to guard and attend him , he fpoke to him a little before he expired , to this effect ; " I pray you have me heartily recommended unto his royal majef- ty ...
Oliver Goldsmith. this diforder encreased , an officer being placed near , at once to guard and attend him , he fpoke to him a little before he expired , to this effect ; " I pray you have me heartily recommended unto his royal majef- ty ...
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... officers of the Tower met her , bearing along the headlefs body of her husband streaming with blood , in order to be in- terred in the Tower - chapel . She looked on the corpfe for fome time without any emotion ; and then , with a figh ...
... officers of the Tower met her , bearing along the headlefs body of her husband streaming with blood , in order to be in- terred in the Tower - chapel . She looked on the corpfe for fome time without any emotion ; and then , with a figh ...
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Page 224 - 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.
Page 183 - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
Page 178 - Dunkirk, in order to intercept the Duke of Parma. This was the preparation made by the English ; while all the protestant powers...
Page 78 - ... was betrayed into Edward's hands, by sir John Monteith, his friend, whom he had made acquainted with the place of his concealment.
Page 189 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Page 230 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Page 33 - The popular character of the prince, and a similarity of manners, engaged all the young nobility of Normandy and Maine, as well as of Anjou...
Page 86 - Nottingham for the place of their residence ; it was strictly guarded, the gates locked every evening, and the keys carried to the queen. It was therefore agreed between the king and some of...
Page 146 - ... them is unknown ; the chief evidence, it is said, amounted to no more than that Rochford had been seen to lean on her bed before some company.
Page 41 - 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.