Dr. Goldsmith's abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii; with a continuation till 1828, and questions for examination for the use of schools, to which is added a chapter on the British constitution, by R. Simpson. With a continuation to the accession of queen Victoria1840 |
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7. oldal
... Britain we are in- debted to Julius Cæsar , who combined in his character the highest qualities of a general and an historian . Having conquered the greater part of Gaul , he was smitten with a desire to cross the channel , and to add ...
... Britain we are in- debted to Julius Cæsar , who combined in his character the highest qualities of a general and an historian . Having conquered the greater part of Gaul , he was smitten with a desire to cross the channel , and to add ...
8. oldal
... Britain . On this occasion the Roman army , consisting of five legions and two thousand cavalry , was conveyed over in eight hundred transports , and occupied without opposition the ground on which they had encamped the previous season ...
... Britain . On this occasion the Roman army , consisting of five legions and two thousand cavalry , was conveyed over in eight hundred transports , and occupied without opposition the ground on which they had encamped the previous season ...
9. oldal
... Britain . It ap- pears that as soon as the natives were delivered from the appre- hensions of a foreign enemy , they returned to their domestic quarrels and intestine wars , in which those states which had sub- mitted to the Romans are ...
... Britain . It ap- pears that as soon as the natives were delivered from the appre- hensions of a foreign enemy , they returned to their domestic quarrels and intestine wars , in which those states which had sub- mitted to the Romans are ...
11. oldal
... Britain ? What pretext had Julius Cæsar for invading Albion ? In what year did he embark on his expedition ? What steps were taken by the natives ? Where did Cæsar land ? Describe the conduct of the standard - bearer of the tenth legion ...
... Britain ? What pretext had Julius Cæsar for invading Albion ? In what year did he embark on his expedition ? What steps were taken by the natives ? Where did Cæsar land ? Describe the conduct of the standard - bearer of the tenth legion ...
12. oldal
... Britain , to which the merchants quietly submitted . Ti- berius adopted a similar policy , alleging , as an excuse for not embarking in so distant an enterprise , that the bounds of the empire were already too extensive . Caligula , his ...
... Britain , to which the merchants quietly submitted . Ti- berius adopted a similar policy , alleging , as an excuse for not embarking in so distant an enterprise , that the bounds of the empire were already too extensive . Caligula , his ...
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Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of England, to the Death of George ... Oliver Goldsmith Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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Népszerű szakaszok
129. oldal - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
160. oldal - My Lord, Out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
190. oldal - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. 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.
284. oldal - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
190. oldal - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
433. oldal - Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by Law ? and will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm, and to the Churches committed to their Charge, all such Rights and Privileges as by Law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? King and Queen : All this I promise to do.
432. oldal - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
137. oldal - He expressed his resignation, and desired that Cranmer might be sent for ; but before the prelate arrived, he was speechless, though he still seemed to retain his senses. Cranmer desired him to give some sign of his dying in the faith of Christ. He squeezed the prelate's hand, and immediately expired, after a reign of thirty-seven years and nine months ; and in the fifty-sixth year of his age.
156. oldal - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
432. oldal - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them...