Contains the blood royal, and part of the dukesF.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, 1812 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 95 találatból.
iv. oldal
... kingdom in past as well as present times . The pen of the general historian cannot stop to de- tail those private connections of his heroes , which often give a clue to their public conduct and characters . On this account such a work ...
... kingdom in past as well as present times . The pen of the general historian cannot stop to de- tail those private connections of his heroes , which often give a clue to their public conduct and characters . On this account such a work ...
2. oldal
... kingdom of Italy . † The province entrusted to his command was that of Lucca , one of the most fertile and fortunate spots of Italy . Gibbon's Posthumous Works , vol . ii . p . 637 . + Ibid . Ibid . p . 646 . His son Boniface the Second ...
... kingdom of Italy . † The province entrusted to his command was that of Lucca , one of the most fertile and fortunate spots of Italy . Gibbon's Posthumous Works , vol . ii . p . 637 . + Ibid . Ibid . p . 646 . His son Boniface the Second ...
4. oldal
... kingdom of Italy , anno 926. But this event hastened the downfall of their house . He was mild and moderate , and expiring in the prime of life , left his inheritance to his brother Lambert , who succeeded as fifth Duke of Tuscany . But ...
... kingdom of Italy , anno 926. But this event hastened the downfall of their house . He was mild and moderate , and expiring in the prime of life , left his inheritance to his brother Lambert , who succeeded as fifth Duke of Tuscany . But ...
5. oldal
... kingdoms of Germany and Italy , was a measure , to which perhaps a patriot ought not to have contributed . But it ... kingdom of Italy ; and it was observed , in classic style , that the Dukes , Marquises , and the Counts , submitted ...
... kingdoms of Germany and Italy , was a measure , to which perhaps a patriot ought not to have contributed . But it ... kingdom of Italy ; and it was observed , in classic style , that the Dukes , Marquises , and the Counts , submitted ...
36. oldal
... kingdom . He died in the forty - fifth year of his age , and is generally allowed to have been a prince of amiable and generous disposition , of elegant manners , and of considerable talents . § By his Princess , Augusta , who died at ...
... kingdom . He died in the forty - fifth year of his age , and is generally allowed to have been a prince of amiable and generous disposition , of elegant manners , and of considerable talents . § By his Princess , Augusta , who died at ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
afterwards ancestor Anne anno appointed April arms army August Baron Bedford Bishop born Brington brother buried Burnet castle Cavendish Charles church coheir command court Custos Rotulorum daughter and heir daughter of Sir death December Douglass Duke of Hamilton Duke of Norfolk Duke of Saxony Duke of Somerset Earl of Sunderland Edward III eldest elected Elizabeth England Essex father February fourth France Garter George Grace Hamilton Henry VIII Hist honour house of peers Howard Ibid Ireland January July June King James King's kingdom Knight Lady lands letters patent Lord Lieutenant Lord Sunderland Lordship Majesty Majesty's manor March Margaret Marlborough Marquis marriage married to Sir Mary noble November October parliament peers præd Prince privy-council Queen reign Richard Royal Highness Russell Scotland Scots September Seymour Sir Edward Seymour Sir John Sir Robert Sir William sons Spencer succeeded Suffolk third Viscount wife
Népszerű szakaszok
363. oldal - Divi Britannici, being a remark upon the lives of all the kings of this isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660.
395. oldal - Neither is there wanting daily, handsome occasion to retire, were it not for grinning honour. For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and other honest men receive daily, is beyond expression.
187. oldal - first son, and the heirs male of his body ; and in default of such issue, to the use of...
93. oldal - Set me whereas the sun doth parch the green, Or where his beams do not dissolve the ice, In temperate heat where he is felt and seen; In presence prest of people, mad or wise; Set me in high or yet in low degree, In longest night or in the shortest day, In clearest sky or where clouds thickest be, In lusty youth or when my hairs are gray.
211. oldal - she was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously vicious and ravenous; foolish, but imperious ; very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues with other men, while yet she pretended she was jealous of him.
234. oldal - A CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND SCANTLINGS OF SUCH INVENTIONS, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the year 1655 to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice.
345. oldal - February 1689, passed by an overwhelming majority with only one vote against, which stated that King James the Second having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original contract between King and People; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked Persons, having violated the fundamental laws and withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom hath abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby vacant.
121. oldal - ... habit, could not but conclude him to be a great person, his garb and fashion drawing more observation than did the rich apparel of others ; so that it was a common saying of the late Earl of Carlisle, ' Here comes the Earl of Arundel, in his plain stuff, and trunk hose, and his beard in his teeth, that looks more like a nobleman than any of us.
338. oldal - Protestant re" ligion, are in great danger from Popery, and " that either this Parliament must suppress the " power and growth of Popery, or else that " Popery will soon destroy, not only Parliament, " but all that is near and dear to us.
268. oldal - The first peer of the name, the first purchaser of the grants, was a Mr. Russell, a person of an ancient gentleman's family raised by being a minion of Henry the Eighth. As there generally is some resemblance of character to create these relations, the favourite was in all likelihood much such another as his master.