History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Reign of Victoria

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D. Appleton, 1852 - 387 sidor
 

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Sida 268 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm ; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
Sida 330 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Sida 155 - We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language.
Sida 298 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his...
Sida 354 - Fabrice's arms, he never recovered. but expired about eleven o'clock the next morning, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign Questions for Examination, \ What was the conduct of the South Sea scheme ? 2 Explain the nature of it, 3.
Sida 10 - The religion of the Britons was one of the most considerable parts of their government ; and the Druids, who were their priests, possessed great authority among them.
Sida 167 - fair son, what right have you to the crown, when you " know your father had none ?" " My liege," answered the young Henry, " with the sword you won it, and " with the sword I will keep it.
Sida 325 - My God ! what a wretch am I ! among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life...

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