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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... turned out entilely to the advantage of fociety ; yet they were at that time attended with many inconveniencies , to which all changes what foever are liable . When the monafteries were fuppreffed , a prodigious nu.n- ber of monks were ...
... turned out entilely to the advantage of fociety ; yet they were at that time attended with many inconveniencies , to which all changes what foever are liable . When the monafteries were fuppreffed , a prodigious nu.n- ber of monks were ...
Page 12
... turned all their fields into pafture . In con- fequence of this practice , the price of meal arose , to the unspeakable hardship of the lower clafs of people . Befides , as few hands were required to manage a pasture farm , a great ...
... turned all their fields into pafture . In con- fequence of this practice , the price of meal arose , to the unspeakable hardship of the lower clafs of people . Befides , as few hands were required to manage a pasture farm , a great ...
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... turned from , this manner of managing his affairs , by con- fidering how unfit Suffolk was to head the army ; fo that he was obliged himself to take upon him the military command . It was now , therefore , that the council being free ...
... turned from , this manner of managing his affairs , by con- fidering how unfit Suffolk was to head the army ; fo that he was obliged himself to take upon him the military command . It was now , therefore , that the council being free ...
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... they were even , confident that heaven would render him beautiful , vigorous , and witty . But it foon turned out that all their confidence was was ill founded ; for the queen's fuppofed preg- nancy 44 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... they were even , confident that heaven would render him beautiful , vigorous , and witty . But it foon turned out that all their confidence was was ill founded ; for the queen's fuppofed preg- nancy 44 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... turned out to her utter confufion . A war had just been commenced between Spain and that kingdom ; and Philip , who took this occafion to come over to England , declared , that if he were not feconded by England at this crifis , he ...
... turned out to her utter confufion . A war had just been commenced between Spain and that kingdom ; and Philip , who took this occafion to come over to England , declared , that if he were not feconded by England at this crifis , he ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.