Popular History of England, Volume 5Bradbury, Evans, 1859 - Great Britain |
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... gave them a value beyond their own silks and brocades to the Persian and the Turk , " even for their habits of ceremony . " It was their intrinsic goodness to preserve which so many statutory regulations had been prescribed for ...
... gave them a value beyond their own silks and brocades to the Persian and the Turk , " even for their habits of ceremony . " It was their intrinsic goodness to preserve which so many statutory regulations had been prescribed for ...
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... gave employment to two thousand five hundred workmen . William III . imparted the first impulse to the creation of the great arsenal which was to rival Portsmouth , by building two docks , which were begun in 1691. But Plymouth , the ...
... gave employment to two thousand five hundred workmen . William III . imparted the first impulse to the creation of the great arsenal which was to rival Portsmouth , by building two docks , which were begun in 1691. But Plymouth , the ...
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... gave less than seven pounds per head . The iron - workers of Merthyr - Tydvil are greater now in number than the whole population of Glamorganshire at the beginning of the eighteenth century . The western extremity of England was the ...
... gave less than seven pounds per head . The iron - workers of Merthyr - Tydvil are greater now in number than the whole population of Glamorganshire at the beginning of the eighteenth century . The western extremity of England was the ...
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... gave a stimulus to the activity of Birmingham to provide its locks and bolts . Every acre of ground that was cleared for building in the American Plantations made a similar demand upon the labour of the iron - working district . The ...
... gave a stimulus to the activity of Birmingham to provide its locks and bolts . Every acre of ground that was cleared for building in the American Plantations made a similar demand upon the labour of the iron - working district . The ...
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... gave rise to the worsted stocking - trade . In the town of Leicester , and in other neighbouring towns , the weaving of stockings by frames had become the general employment . " One would scarce think it possible , " says the tourist of ...
... gave rise to the worsted stocking - trade . In the town of Leicester , and in other neighbouring towns , the weaving of stockings by frames had become the general employment . " One would scarce think it possible , " says the tourist of ...
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Page 256 - That in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this Realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this Kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England, without the consent of Parliament...
Page 177 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 423 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Page 75 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 444 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull.
Page 76 - ... his peers and according to the known and established laws of this realm, yet nevertheless it being requisite for retaining such forces as are...
Page 29 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page 437 - He was not without hopes that, by manifesting the dulness of those who had only malice to recommend them, either the booksellers would not find their account in employing them, or the men themselves, when discovered, want courage to proceed in so unlawful an occupation. This it was that gave birth to the 'Dunciad...
Page 436 - As when a skilful cook has trussed a brace of woodcocks, he with iron skewer pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs ; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half his tire. Farewell, beloved, loving pair ; few equals have you left behind : and happy and immortal shall you be, if all my wit and eloquence...
Page 73 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...