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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... tion and prudence , was averfe to violent changes , and determined to bring over the people by infen- fible innovations to his own peculiar fyftem . The perfon who oppofed with the greatest authority any farther advances towards ...
... tion and prudence , was averfe to violent changes , and determined to bring over the people by infen- fible innovations to his own peculiar fyftem . The perfon who oppofed with the greatest authority any farther advances towards ...
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... , recovered his liberty . He was even re - admit- ted into the council ; happy for him , if his ambi- tion had not revived with his fecurity . The The catholics were extremely elevated at the protector's fall ; EDWARD VI . 17.
... , recovered his liberty . He was even re - admit- ted into the council ; happy for him , if his ambi- tion had not revived with his fecurity . The The catholics were extremely elevated at the protector's fall ; EDWARD VI . 17.
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... tion , by reprefenting the injuftice and cruelty of Northumberland , and the exorbitancy of his am- bition . Pembroke feconded him with declarations , that he was ready to fight all of a contrary opini- on ; the mayor and aldermen , who ...
... tion , by reprefenting the injuftice and cruelty of Northumberland , and the exorbitancy of his am- bition . Pembroke feconded him with declarations , that he was ready to fight all of a contrary opini- on ; the mayor and aldermen , who ...
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... tion for the present of putting it in execution ; the youth and innocence of the perfons , neither of whom had reached their feventeenth year , pleading powerfully in their favour . Mary now entered London , and with very little ...
... tion for the present of putting it in execution ; the youth and innocence of the perfons , neither of whom had reached their feventeenth year , pleading powerfully in their favour . Mary now entered London , and with very little ...
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... tion . Sir Thomas Wyatt , a Roman Catholic , at the head of four thousand infurgents , marched from Kent to Hyde Park , publishing , as he went forward , a declaration against the queen's evil counfellors , and against the Spanish match ...
... tion . Sir Thomas Wyatt , a Roman Catholic , at the head of four thousand infurgents , marched from Kent to Hyde Park , publishing , as he went forward , a declaration against the queen's evil counfellors , and against the Spanish match ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.