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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15. oldal
... length , about the year fifty - seven , the government of Britain was devolved upon Suetonius Paulinus , who , incensed by the conduct of the Druids in the Isle of Anglesea , resolved to root out their establishment with a violent hand ...
... length , about the year fifty - seven , the government of Britain was devolved upon Suetonius Paulinus , who , incensed by the conduct of the Druids in the Isle of Anglesea , resolved to root out their establishment with a violent hand ...
22. oldal
... by drawing a ditch and rampart across the island , from the mouth of the Tyne to the western ocean , near Carlisle . The length somewhat exceeded sixty miles ; and strong bodies of troops 22 HISTORY OF ENGLAND . [ CHAP . II . SECT . II .
... by drawing a ditch and rampart across the island , from the mouth of the Tyne to the western ocean , near Carlisle . The length somewhat exceeded sixty miles ; and strong bodies of troops 22 HISTORY OF ENGLAND . [ CHAP . II . SECT . II .
24. oldal
... length they reached the banks of the Thames . A few years later the Emperor Valentinian , becoming alarmed for the safety of the island , sent Theodosius to assume the command of the legions . This great leader , with the flower of the ...
... length they reached the banks of the Thames . A few years later the Emperor Valentinian , becoming alarmed for the safety of the island , sent Theodosius to assume the command of the legions . This great leader , with the flower of the ...
25. oldal
... length roused to exertion by a mingled feeling of shame and apprehension ; and taking the field against the usurper , he met him on the banks of the Save in Pannonia , where he gained a decisive advantage over him . Maximus was soon ...
... length roused to exertion by a mingled feeling of shame and apprehension ; and taking the field against the usurper , he met him on the banks of the Save in Pannonia , where he gained a decisive advantage over him . Maximus was soon ...
26. oldal
... length the approach of danger ad- monished the inhabitants of the southern counties to provide for their own safety ; and while some solicited the protection of the Roman general who commanded in Gaul , others , under the direction of ...
... length the approach of danger ad- monished the inhabitants of the southern counties to provide for their own safety ; and while some solicited the protection of the Roman general who commanded in Gaul , others , under the direction of ...
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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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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...