Events to be remembered in the history of England1854 |
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... Earl of Essex beheaded , 206 Earthquake in London , 38 Earl of Somerset , execution of , 182 Earl of Strafford beheaded , 226 Edgar and Elfrida , 13 Edict against love locks , 41 Edwy and Elgiva , 12 Edinburgh Castle , surrender of ...
... Earl of Essex beheaded , 206 Earthquake in London , 38 Earl of Somerset , execution of , 182 Earl of Strafford beheaded , 226 Edgar and Elfrida , 13 Edict against love locks , 41 Edwy and Elgiva , 12 Edinburgh Castle , surrender of ...
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... Earl of , 269 Duchess Death of , 285 Marr Rebellion , 271 Mass restored , 191 Massacre of St. Bartholomew , 206 Glencoe , 260 The Jews , 58 Men of Note in Anne's Reign , 267 Elizabeth's Reign , 202 George II . , Reign , 285 George III ...
... Earl of , 269 Duchess Death of , 285 Marr Rebellion , 271 Mass restored , 191 Massacre of St. Bartholomew , 206 Glencoe , 260 The Jews , 58 Men of Note in Anne's Reign , 267 Elizabeth's Reign , 202 George II . , Reign , 285 George III ...
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... Earl of , 150 House of , 151 Wat Tyler , 124 Watches first brought from Geneva , 206 Weaving stockings invented , 206 Westminster Abbey , decay of , 83 Westminster Hall rebuilt , 129 Whittington , Sir Richard , 135 William Rufus , reign ...
... Earl of , 150 House of , 151 Wat Tyler , 124 Watches first brought from Geneva , 206 Weaving stockings invented , 206 Westminster Abbey , decay of , 83 Westminster Hall rebuilt , 129 Whittington , Sir Richard , 135 William Rufus , reign ...
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... Earl of Gloucester , a natural son of Henry I. , King of England . In this pretended history Britain is said to receive her name from Brutus , the first of her kings . What the historian relates is as follows : -Brutus , son of Sylvius ...
... Earl of Gloucester , a natural son of Henry I. , King of England . In this pretended history Britain is said to receive her name from Brutus , the first of her kings . What the historian relates is as follows : -Brutus , son of Sylvius ...
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... Earl of Devonshire ; and though she had been educated in the country , and had never appeared at court , she had filled all England with the reputation of her beauty . Edgar himself , who was indifferent to no accounts of this nature ...
... Earl of Devonshire ; and though she had been educated in the country , and had never appeared at court , she had filled all England with the reputation of her beauty . Edgar himself , who was indifferent to no accounts of this nature ...
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Page 201 - My loving people, — -We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Page 287 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 287 - I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation ; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Page 175 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 215 - It is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness.
Page 201 - I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation and sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all ; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 202 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 309 - It is now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern footman, when farmers and shopkeepers breakfasted on loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a .modern workhouse...
Page 291 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Page 287 - We do not know the worst : but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.