The history of England ... to the revolution in 1688, Band 11864 |
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... established his ally , Mandubratius , in the sove- reignty of the Trinobantes ; and having obliged the inhabit- ants to make him new submissions , he again returned with his army into Gaul , and left the authority of the Romans more ...
... established his ally , Mandubratius , in the sove- reignty of the Trinobantes ; and having obliged the inhabit- ants to make him new submissions , he again returned with his army into Gaul , and left the authority of the Romans more ...
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... established the dominion of the Romans in this island was Julius Agricola , who governed it in the reigns of Vespasian , Titus , and Domitian , and distinguished himself in that scene of action . This great commander formed a regular ...
... established the dominion of the Romans in this island was Julius Agricola , who governed it in the reigns of Vespasian , Titus , and Domitian , and distinguished himself in that scene of action . This great commander formed a regular ...
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... established his garrisons : Severus , who made an expedition into Britain , and carried his arms to the most northern extremity of it , added new fortifications to the wall of Adrian ; and , during the reigns of all the Roman emperors ...
... established his garrisons : Severus , who made an expedition into Britain , and carried his arms to the most northern extremity of it , added new fortifications to the wall of Adrian ; and , during the reigns of all the Roman emperors ...
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... established in Ireland , had mi- grated to the north - west coasts of this island , and had long been accustomed , as well from their old as their new seats , to infest the Roman province by piracy and rapine . These tribes , finding ...
... established in Ireland , had mi- grated to the north - west coasts of this island , and had long been accustomed , as well from their old as their new seats , to infest the Roman province by piracy and rapine . These tribes , finding ...
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... established among the Germans ( for it was not universal ) , possessed a very limited authority ; and though the sovereign was usually chosen from among the royal family , he was directed in every measure by the common consent of the ...
... established among the Germans ( for it was not universal ) , possessed a very limited authority ; and though the sovereign was usually chosen from among the royal family , he was directed in every measure by the common consent of the ...
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Seite xvi - To his friends, who were frequently the objects of it, there was not perhaps one of all his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied with frivolous and superficial qualities, was in him certainly attended with the most severe application, the most extensive learning, the greatest depth of thought, and a capacity- in every respect the most comprehensive.
Seite 496 - So help me God I will keep all these articles inviolate, as I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and anointed.
Seite 58 - He marched against them with the few troops he could assemble on a sudden, and a desperate battle was fought, to the disadvantage of the English. But it was not in the power of misfortune to abate the king's diligence, though it repressed his power to do good.
Seite 423 - They delivered to these messengers a schedule, containing the chief articles of their demands ; which was no sooner shown to the king, than he burst into a furious passion, and asked why the barons did not also demand of him his kingdom ; swearing that he would never grant them such liberties as must reduce himself to slavery...
Seite iii - I was of a good family, both by father and mother. My father's family is a branch of the Earl of Home's or Hume's ; and my ancestors had been proprietors of the estate, which my brother possesses, for several generations. My mother was daughter of Sir David Falconer, President of the College of Justice ; the title of Lord Halkerton came by succession to her brother.
Seite 210 - The killing of a deer or boar, or even a hare,' was punished with the loss of the delinquent's eyes ; and that at a time when the killing of a man could be atoned for by paying a moderate fine or composition.
Seite vii - Mr. Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book.
Seite xvi - And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied with frivolous and superficial qualities, was in him certainly attended with the most severe application, the most extensive learning, the greatest depth of thought, and a capacity in every respect the most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human...
Seite 223 - Auvergne. The fame of this great and pious design being now universally diffused, procured the attendance of the greatest prelates, nobles, and princes ; and when the pope and the Hermit renewed their pathetic exhortations, the whole assembly, as if impelled by...
Seite xiv - ... which are alleged to Charon for not entering readily into his boat, he could not find one that fitted him ; he had no house to finish, he had no daughter to provide for, he had no enemies upon whom he wished to revenge himself. " I could not well imagine," said he, " what excuse J could make to Charon in order to obtain a little delay.