The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 1George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 - Great Britain |
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George Godfrey Cunningham. EDINBURGH : FULLARTON AND MACNAB , PRINTERS , LEITH WALK PROSPECTUS . THE plan of the present Work is ,
George Godfrey Cunningham. EDINBURGH : FULLARTON AND MACNAB , PRINTERS , LEITH WALK PROSPECTUS . THE plan of the present Work is ,
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... present ed in a picturesque and dramatic shape , it gives the very soul of history , as seen in the breathing agents of its fulfilment . A combined and general view of facts , principles and changes , which such a noble subject as " THE ...
... present ed in a picturesque and dramatic shape , it gives the very soul of history , as seen in the breathing agents of its fulfilment . A combined and general view of facts , principles and changes , which such a noble subject as " THE ...
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... present , as well as all traditional and recorded history , point to a spot situated somewhere in Central Asia as the cradle of our species , the fountain- ead from which all the nations of the earth have descended . At what time the ...
... present , as well as all traditional and recorded history , point to a spot situated somewhere in Central Asia as the cradle of our species , the fountain- ead from which all the nations of the earth have descended . At what time the ...
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... present , the differences that had hitherto divided them into so many hostile tribes , they united their forces under the command of the most celebrated warrior of their nation , Cassibelaunus , king of the Trinobantes , who inhabited ...
... present , the differences that had hitherto divided them into so many hostile tribes , they united their forces under the command of the most celebrated warrior of their nation , Cassibelaunus , king of the Trinobantes , who inhabited ...
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... present crisis , the arts and social refinements which the South Britons had learned from their civilized conquerors , formed but a valueless substitute for the martial skill and ardour which long habits of peace had lulled asleep , and ...
... present crisis , the arts and social refinements which the South Britons had learned from their civilized conquerors , formed but a valueless substitute for the martial skill and ardour which long habits of peace had lulled asleep , and ...
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Page 623 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 703 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations, and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Page 518 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Page 563 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Page 514 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will, he will endanger the one half of his kingdom. "I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite; but could not prevail...
Page 310 - He was a prince sad, serious, and full of thoughts and secret observations, and full of notes and memorials of his own hand, especially touching persons. As, whom to employ, whom to reward, whom to inquire of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies, what were the factions, and the like ; keeping, as it were, a journal of his thoughts.
Page 748 - This was the first blood spilt in that fatal quarrel, which was not finished in less than a course of thirty years ; which was signalized by twelve pitched battles ; which opened a scene of extraordinary fierceness and cruelty ; is computed to have cost the lives of eighty princes of the blood ; and almost entirely annihilated the ancient nobility of England.
Page 703 - I owe thee a death, Lord, let it not be terrible, and then take thine own time: I submit to it: let not mine, O Lord! but let thy will be done.
Page 503 - ... prison, and by sundry artificial devices and terrors to extort from them great fines and ransoms, which they termed compositions and mitigations. Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming...
Page 338 - The Countess of Montfort came down from the castle to meet them, and with a most cheerful countenance, kissed Sir Walter Manny, and all his companions, one after the other like a noble and valiant dame.