The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. 5 vols. [in 9. The plates are dated 1797 to 1806].Cadell and Davies, 1812 |
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... engaged during the course of these wars ; nor were the forces on each side much different in number . Fifty thousand British troops were led to mutual slaughter ; and the victory seemed long undecided between them . Prince Ru- pert ...
... engaged during the course of these wars ; nor were the forces on each side much different in number . Fifty thousand British troops were led to mutual slaughter ; and the victory seemed long undecided between them . Prince Ru- pert ...
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... engaged also in pursuit of the enemy . But after that tempest was past , Lucas , who commanded the royalists in this wing , restoring order to his broken forces , made a furious attack on the parliamentary cavalry , threw them into ...
... engaged also in pursuit of the enemy . But after that tempest was past , Lucas , who commanded the royalists in this wing , restoring order to his broken forces , made a furious attack on the parliamentary cavalry , threw them into ...
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... engaged , contrary to the natural bent of his disposition , into these mili- tary operations , merely by a high sense of honour , and a personal regard to his master . The dangers of war were disregarded by his valour ; but its fa ...
... engaged , contrary to the natural bent of his disposition , into these mili- tary operations , merely by a high sense of honour , and a personal regard to his master . The dangers of war were disregarded by his valour ; but its fa ...
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... engaged greater numbers into the opposition against peace , than had adopted their other princi- ples with regard to government and religion . And the great success , which had already attended the arms of the parliament , and the ...
... engaged greater numbers into the opposition against peace , than had adopted their other princi- ples with regard to government and religion . And the great success , which had already attended the arms of the parliament , and the ...
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... engaged in such a cause to put trust in the arm of flesh , yet he could assure them , that their troops contained generals fit to command in any enterprise in Christendom . The army , indeed , he was sorry to say it , did not correspond ...
... engaged in such a cause to put trust in the arm of flesh , yet he could assure them , that their troops contained generals fit to command in any enterprise in Christendom . The army , indeed , he was sorry to say it , did not correspond ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 499 - When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined, " There is one certain means," replied the prince, " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin : I will die in the last ditch.
Seite 454 - Company, should be deemed a betrayer of the rights and liberties of the Commons of England, and an infringer of the privileges of the House of Commons.
Seite 219 - 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, "O! Sir Harry Vane, Sir Harry Vane! The Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane!
Seite 74 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye : why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Seite 111 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Seite 288 - ... be as noble and liberal in the spending of them ; and lastly, (for there is no end of all the particulars of his glory) to bequeath all this with one word to his posterity ; to die with peace at home, and triumph abroad; to be buried among kings...
Seite 287 - ... of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the happiness to succeed in, so improbable a design, as the destruction of one of the most ancient and...
Seite 219 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 142 - 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!
Seite 530 - Canary patent and other illegal patents ; that he had advised and procured divers of his majesty's subjects to be imprisoned against law, in remote islands...