The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time, Volume 40C. Bathurst, J. F. and C. Rivington, A. Hamilton, T. Payne, T. Longman, S. Crowder, B. Law, T. Becket, J. Robson, F. Newbery, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. and T. Bowles, S. Bladon, J. Murray, and W. Fox., 1783 - World history |
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... attacked the Sir Francis Spaniards in their fettlements in South America . This was the first Englishman that failed round the globe ; and the queen was fo much pleased with his valour and fuc- cefs , that the accepted a banquet from ...
... attacked the Sir Francis Spaniards in their fettlements in South America . This was the first Englishman that failed round the globe ; and the queen was fo much pleased with his valour and fuc- cefs , that the accepted a banquet from ...
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... attack her , the fent fir Francis Drake , with a fleet , to in- tercept his fupplies , to pillage his coaft , and to destroy his fhipping . Drake failed with four capital fhips of the queen's , and twenty - fix great and fmall , with ...
... attack her , the fent fir Francis Drake , with a fleet , to in- tercept his fupplies , to pillage his coaft , and to destroy his fhipping . Drake failed with four capital fhips of the queen's , and twenty - fix great and fmall , with ...
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... attacked the armada at a diftance , not choof- ing to engage the enemy more clofely , as his fleet was greatly inferior in the number of fhips , guns , and weight of metal ; nor could he , without manifest disadvantage , pre- tend to ...
... attacked the armada at a diftance , not choof- ing to engage the enemy more clofely , as his fleet was greatly inferior in the number of fhips , guns , and weight of metal ; nor could he , without manifest disadvantage , pre- tend to ...
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... attacking the enemy in their grand re- treat in Ulfter , he led his forces into the province of Munfter , where he ... attack his reputa- tion , when it was known , that inftead of humbling the ceflation of rebels , he had only treated ...
... attacking the enemy in their grand re- treat in Ulfter , he led his forces into the province of Munfter , where he ... attack his reputa- tion , when it was known , that inftead of humbling the ceflation of rebels , he had only treated ...
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... attack ; got poffeffion of the town , which they afterwards reduced to afhes ; and found not in it any thing of value . It was Keymis who pretended that he had feen the mine , and gave the first account of it to Raleigh ; but he now ...
... attack ; got poffeffion of the town , which they afterwards reduced to afhes ; and found not in it any thing of value . It was Keymis who pretended that he had feen the mine , and gave the first account of it to Raleigh ; but he now ...
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Page 263 - That King James the Second, 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 41 - ... swords ; and, in his passage to the city, was joined by the earl of Bedford and lord Cromwell. As he passed through the streets, he cried aloud, " For the queen! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life...
Page 154 - 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 134 - 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 346 - Parliament, suppose these lights refused, these reasonable requests rejected, by a corrupt majority of his creatures whom he retains in daily pay or engages in his particular interest by...
Page 260 - Howe, came to Exeter. All England was in commotion. Lord Delamere took arms in Cheshire, the earl of Danby seized York, the earl of Bath, governor of Plymouth, declared for the prince, the earl of Devonshire made a like declaration in Derby. The nobility and gentry of...
Page 391 - Wolfe was stationed on the right, where the attack was most warm : as he stood conspicuous in the front line, he had been aimed at by the enemy's marksmen, and received a shot in the wrist, which, however, did not oblige him to quit the field. Having wrapped a handkerchief round his hand, he continued giving orders without the least emotion, and advanced at the head of the grenadiers with their bayonets fixed...
Page 248 - ... said, were involved with the guilty. And on the whole, besides those who were butchered by the military commanders, two hundred and fifty-one are computed to have fallen by the hand of justice.
Page 245 - Oates's sentence was, to be fined a thousand marks on each indictment, to be whipped on two different days from Aldgate to Newgate, and from Newgate to Tyburn, to be imprisoned during life, and to be pilloried five times every year. The impudence of the man supported itself under the conviction, and his courage under the punishment.
Page 173 - Lenthall, proceeded in his carriage to the house, he ordered the horses to be turned, and very civilly conducted him home. The other members were likewise intercepted, and the army returned to their quarters to observe a solemn fast, which generally either preceded or attended their outrages.