The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, Volume 2William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1802 - Europe |
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... sensible of the unequal lot which fortune had assigned them in the distribu- tion of her favours . They looked up to the first origin of mankind from one common stock , their equal right to liberty , and to all the benefits of nature ...
... sensible of the unequal lot which fortune had assigned them in the distribu- tion of her favours . They looked up to the first origin of mankind from one common stock , their equal right to liberty , and to all the benefits of nature ...
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... sensible , that by Gloucester's death he had only removed a counterpoise to the Lancas- trian interest , which was now become formidable to the throne . He therefore took every method to sully abroad the reputation of Henry duke of ...
... sensible , that by Gloucester's death he had only removed a counterpoise to the Lancas- trian interest , which was now become formidable to the throne . He therefore took every method to sully abroad the reputation of Henry duke of ...
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... sensible of his son's danger , embarked him on board a ship , with a view of sending him into France , and of trusting him to the protection of that friendly power . Unfortunately , however , the vessel was taken by the English ; and ...
... sensible of his son's danger , embarked him on board a ship , with a view of sending him into France , and of trusting him to the protection of that friendly power . Unfortunately , however , the vessel was taken by the English ; and ...
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... sensibly affected by some of its probable consequences , though seemingly of less mo- ment ; for he is said to have desired as a last mark of the fidelity of the imperial cities , that they should send him " some butts of their best ...
... sensibly affected by some of its probable consequences , though seemingly of less mo- ment ; for he is said to have desired as a last mark of the fidelity of the imperial cities , that they should send him " some butts of their best ...
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... sensible proof , that the Being who disposes " of empires has determined to put the crown of France " upon my head ?? " - Such has ever been the language of force ; to which weakness , crawling in the dust , has too often listened with ...
... sensible proof , that the Being who disposes " of empires has determined to put the crown of France " upon my head ?? " - Such has ever been the language of force ; to which weakness , crawling in the dust , has too often listened with ...
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Page 364 - ... ease, and very little for the enjoyment of private pleasure ; that, either in a pacific or hostile manner, he had visited Germany nine times, Spain six times, France four times, Italy seven times, the Low...
Page 354 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it.
Page 365 - With these, however, I dispense, and shall consider your concern for the welfare of your subjects and your love of them, as the best and most acceptable testimony of your gratitude to me. It is in your power...
Page 282 - And, to speak a truth, never prince had wife more loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in Anne Boleyn, with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself, if God and your grace's pleasure had been so pleased.
Page 213 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Page 67 - Perceiving his own popularity, he supposed that now was the time to lay his claim to the crown ; and his friend Warwick, assembling the citizens in St. John's Fields, pronounced an harangue, setting forth the title of Edward, and inveighing against the tyranny and usurpation of the house of Lancaster.
Page 66 - The duke himself was killed in the action : and as his body was found among the slain, the head was cut off by Margaret's orders, and fixed on the gates of York, with a paper crown upon it, in derision of his pretended title.
Page 212 - Vincent Valverde, chaplain to the expedition, advanced with a crucifix in one hand, and a breviary in the other, and in a long discourse...
Page 364 - He observed, that, from the seventeenth year of his age, he had dedicated all his thoughts and attention to public objects, reserving no portion of his time for the indulgence...
Page 341 - She even refused to accept of the crown; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; expressed her dread of the consequences attending an enterprise so dangerous, not to say so criminal; and desired to remain in that private station in which she was born.