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... attended by a servant who carried his weapons . The dexterity of the driver excited the admiration of the Romans . He would urge his horses at full speed down the steepest hills or along the edge of a precipice , and check and turn them ...
... attended by a servant who carried his weapons . The dexterity of the driver excited the admiration of the Romans . He would urge his horses at full speed down the steepest hills or along the edge of a precipice , and check and turn them ...
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... attended by his two sons , Caracalla and Geta ( A.D. 208 ) ; and , although he was so afflicted with the gout that it was necessary to carry him in a litter , he proceeded through an almost impassable country to the extremity of the ...
... attended by his two sons , Caracalla and Geta ( A.D. 208 ) ; and , although he was so afflicted with the gout that it was necessary to carry him in a litter , he proceeded through an almost impassable country to the extremity of the ...
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... attended by a corresponding agitation among the Britons . " * § 17. Christianity was introduced into Britain at an early period ; in all probability , however , not through Rome , but from the East , by means of the Mediterranean ...
... attended by a corresponding agitation among the Britons . " * § 17. Christianity was introduced into Britain at an early period ; in all probability , however , not through Rome , but from the East , by means of the Mediterranean ...
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... attended by six or eight vassal kings , who rowed his barge up the Dee to the abbey of St. John the Baptist , Edgar holding the helm . The virtues of Edgar have been exaggerated by the monastic annalists . Even the Anglo - Saxon ...
... attended by six or eight vassal kings , who rowed his barge up the Dee to the abbey of St. John the Baptist , Edgar holding the helm . The virtues of Edgar have been exaggerated by the monastic annalists . Even the Anglo - Saxon ...
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... attending it , and even the date , are involved in obscurity . The more probable account is that Harold was shipwrecked on the coast of Ponthieu , and thrown into prison by count Guy , until his ransom was paid . William claimed the ...
... attending it , and even the date , are involved in obscurity . The more probable account is that Harold was shipwrecked on the coast of Ponthieu , and thrown into prison by count Guy , until his ransom was paid . William claimed the ...
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A History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Revolution In 1688 David Hume No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 545 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 544 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament.
Page 390 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Page 729 - that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no power can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting powers, by means of an amicable arrangement.
Page 474 - I, AB, do declare, That I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, or in the elements of bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.
Page 515 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 605 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Page 547 - ... during their lives and the life of the survivor of them; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
Page 545 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 544 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.