Popular History of England, Nide 6Bradbury, Evans, 1860 |
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... never to have had any serious thoughts of fighting , and soon sickened of it . " § At the moment when Mar raised the standard of revolt in Scotland , the news arrived of the death of Louis XIV . The great monarch died on the 1st of ...
... never to have had any serious thoughts of fighting , and soon sickened of it . " § At the moment when Mar raised the standard of revolt in Scotland , the news arrived of the death of Louis XIV . The great monarch died on the 1st of ...
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... Never were words more unmeaningly used , to cover the one design which was clearly enough expressed in the text which Mr. Patten chose for his sermon ; " The right of the first - born is his . " And so the borderers who stood armed in ...
... Never were words more unmeaningly used , to cover the one design which was clearly enough expressed in the text which Mr. Patten chose for his sermon ; " The right of the first - born is his . " And so the borderers who stood armed in ...
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... never heard , " he says , " of any man in our army who knew anything of these fords except Rob Roy ; who , they themselves said , they could not trust . " On the 12th of November , the Master of Sinclair , with three squadrons of ...
... never heard , " he says , " of any man in our army who knew anything of these fords except Rob Roy ; who , they themselves said , they could not trust . " On the 12th of November , the Master of Sinclair , with three squadrons of ...
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... never convicted nor attainted ; praying the king's mercy which being referred by the king to the regency for their opinions , we were all of opinion that there was nothing in law to stand in the way of the king's pardon , and that if he ...
... never convicted nor attainted ; praying the king's mercy which being referred by the king to the regency for their opinions , we were all of opinion that there was nothing in law to stand in the way of the king's pardon , and that if he ...
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... never forgot the indignity he had received . He vowed that never more should his sword or his pen be employed for a Stuart ; and he kept his word . The character which he drew of James is marked by the intensity of his dislike : " He is ...
... never forgot the indignity he had received . He vowed that never more should his sword or his pen be employed for a Stuart ; and he kept his word . The character which he drew of James is marked by the intensity of his dislike : " He is ...
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Sivu 337 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Sivu 378 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Sivu 363 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
Sivu 458 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Sivu 440 - Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wilderness of free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the universe.
Sivu 274 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Sivu 341 - England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle rather than a formed body...
Sivu 443 - I am now to address a free people : ages have passed away, and this is the first moment in which you could be distinguished by that appellation.
Sivu 295 - Power without right is the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination. It is not only pernicious to those who are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend (Lord Lyttleton) has truly described it,
Sivu 379 - I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things ; starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.