The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death of George III.J. Fairburn, 1821 - 286 pagini |
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... ministers ; and during a journey to France , he appointed Gaveston guardian of the kingdom . And great tumults ensued . ] The nobles were indignant at seeing all the powers of the state in the hands of a worthless and insolent stranger ...
... ministers ; and during a journey to France , he appointed Gaveston guardian of the kingdom . And great tumults ensued . ] The nobles were indignant at seeing all the powers of the state in the hands of a worthless and insolent stranger ...
Pagina 73
... ministers . His great defect was an extreme imbecility of understanding , which wholly disqualified him for the government of the kingdom . As to his private character , he had a great abhor- ence of injustice and cruelty , and like ...
... ministers . His great defect was an extreme imbecility of understanding , which wholly disqualified him for the government of the kingdom . As to his private character , he had a great abhor- ence of injustice and cruelty , and like ...
Pagina 81
... ministers was to amass money , and bring every one under the lash of their authority . - See Hume , vol . iii . p . 388. Rapin , vol . v . p . 358 . Now whether it were out of an affectation -- a band of tall men . ] At first this guard ...
... ministers was to amass money , and bring every one under the lash of their authority . - See Hume , vol . iii . p . 388. Rapin , vol . v . p . 358 . Now whether it were out of an affectation -- a band of tall men . ] At first this guard ...
Pagina 98
... ministers ; she hearkened unto their counsels , and she governed her kingdom with power and great glory . The sea also was subject unto her , and she reigned on the ocean with a mighty hand .. Her admirals compassed the world about ...
... ministers ; she hearkened unto their counsels , and she governed her kingdom with power and great glory . The sea also was subject unto her , and she reigned on the ocean with a mighty hand .. Her admirals compassed the world about ...
Pagina 100
... ministers were just , her counsellors were sage ; her captains were bold , and her maids of honour ate beef - steaks for breakfast . sels would scarcely pass for third - rates in the present navy , and were so ill formed they were quite ...
... ministers were just , her counsellors were sage ; her captains were bold , and her maids of honour ate beef - steaks for breakfast . sels would scarcely pass for third - rates in the present navy , and were so ill formed they were quite ...
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The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ... Robert Dodsley Vizualizare completă - 1821 |
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Pagina 90 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Pagina 104 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement: but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Pagina 133 - What shall we do with this bauble? Here, take it away. It is you," said he, addressing himself to the house, "that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work.
Pagina 126 - 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.
Pagina 254 - ... nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that, and I will distinctly subscribe to the condition which you required through lady Cholmondeley, that even in the event...
Pagina 133 - 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." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this proceeding, he cried with a loud voice, "0 Sir Harry Vane ! Sir Harry Vane ! The Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane ! " Taking hold of Martin by the cloak, " Thou art a whorem aster,
Pagina 254 - The letter which you announce to me as the last, obliges me to communicate to the King, as to my Sovereign, and my Father, both your avowal and my answer. You will find enclosed the copy of my letter to the King.
Pagina 234 - One there was, though of another species, the noblest figure I ever saw, the high constable of Scotland, Lord Errol ; as one saw him in a space capable of containing him, one admired him. At the wedding, dressed in tissue, he looked like one of the giants in Guildhall new gilt. It added to the energy of his person, that one considered him acting so considerable a part in that very Hall where so few years ago one saw his father, Lord Kilmarnock, condemned to the block.
Pagina 195 - This rumour, diffused by his emissaries, acted like a contagion. In five days the directors opened their books for a subscription of one million, at the rate of three hundred pounds for every hundred pounds capital.
Pagina 238 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.