The civil service guide to history and geography, Teil 1Edward Stanford, 1868 - 88 Seiten |
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13 Give articles of agreement BEGAN TO REIGN briefly her character briefly the occasion British circumstances did England constitutional Constitutions of Clarendon contending parties Earl Edward III enactments England acquire English history English sovereigns English throne Europe event in English Explain fully famous in English following battles following persons George III Give a brief Give a short Give a sketch Give an account Give some account Give the date Henry VII house of Stuart important events Ireland kings of England Lady Jane Grey Lambert Simnel leaders Mention the names Mention the principal Name in order name is connected order the sovereigns parties engaged Petition of Right principal articles principal events reign of Edward reign of George reign of Henry remarkable result Richard II Set to Candidates short account short sketch Sketch briefly sovereigns of England throne of England treaty VIII William the Conqueror Write a short Write an account
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Seite 51 - First, the people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen. England, Sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Seite 38 - During the hundred and sixty years which preceded the union of the Roses, nine Kings reigned in England. Six of these nine Kings were deposed. Five lost their lives as well as their crowns.
Seite 68 - ... the reign of George II., and write a short account of the life and character of one of them. 5. Trace the rise and progress of the power of the British Parliament, noticing the most important changes which have from time to time been introduced into its constitution. 6. When the House of Commons and the House of Lords disagree as to amendments introduced into a bill by one or other of them, what course has to be pursued ? No.
Seite 81 - ARITHMETICAL EXAMPLES for MILITARY and CIVIL SERVICE STUDENTS: Being a complete Treatise on Arithmetic. Consisting of the Questions that have been given at the Military and Civil Service Examinations, with Rules, Solutions, and Answers. Demy 12mo, cloth, 5s. KEY to Same. By MAYERS. Demy 12mo, cloth, 4s. 6d. ARMY TESTS in ARITHMETIC : Being the Questions set to Candidates for Woolwich Direct Commissions, Sandhurst, Commissariat, and Staff College.
Seite 58 - VII. 2. Sketch the character of Henry VII. What were the leading features of his domestic and foreign policy respectively ? Compare the condition of England as to literature and arts during his reign with what it had been in these respects at the beginning of the century. 3. Describe the political state of Italy in the fourteenth, and of Spain in the fifteenth, century. 4. Give some account of the war known as the Seven Years
Seite 69 - VII. 2. State when the following measures were enacted, and mention their most important provisions : — The Habeas Corpus Act, Poyning's Law, the Self-denying Ordinance, the Test Act. 3. Mention the circumstances connected with one of the following cases : — (a) The Attainder of Sir John Fenwick.
Seite 57 - Show how the character and policy of the one was likely to strengthen, and of the other to weaken, his hereditary power, and state if you can the substance of the remarkable judgment passed on the character of Louis by Philip de Commines. 6. Write a short description of the life and manners in England in the time of Henry the Eighth or Queen Anne. 7. Explain the allusions in the following passages : — (a) " There was a Bishop of Winchester in King Henry the " Sixth's days. This bishop was a great...
Seite 76 - Union in the country you select. MODERN HISTORY (RUSSELL). Set to Candidates for the Diplomatic Service. 1. Give an account of the state of affairs in Europe in the beginning of the years 1811 and 1830, and of the leading events of those years. 2. What do you know of Suwarrow, Necker, Huskisson, Mirabeau, Ney, Capo d'Istria, Ibrahim Pasha, Dost Mohammed, Davoust? 3. Between whom, and on what occasions, were the following battles fought, and what were their results : — Eylau, Marengo, Sobraon, Fuentes...
Seite 57 - Henry the Fifth of England before and after his accession to the throne, and a sketch of his campaigns and conquests in France. 4. Write a short life of Oliver Cromwell, and give some account of the relations between his Government and the other European Powers. 5. Write short lives of Louis the Eleventh of France, and of Charles the Rash of Burgundy. Show how the character and policy of the one was likely to strengthen, and of the other to weaken, his hereditary power, and state if you can the substance...
Seite 57 - This bishop was a great man born, and did bear such a stroke that he was able to shoulder the Lord Protector. Well ! it chanced ' that the Lord Protector and he fell out, and the bishop would bear ' nothing at all with him, but played me the satrapa ; so that the ' Regent of France was fain to be sent for from beyond the seas to ' set them at one, and go between them.