Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II : with a Continuation to the Close of the Year 1830 : Also, a Dictionary, Biographical, Historical, &c., Explaining Every Difficulty and Rendering the Whole Easy to be Understood, and Questions for Examination at the End of Each Section, Besides a Variety of Valuable Information Added Throughout the Work, Consisting of Useful and Correct Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of England, from Egbert to William the Fourth, Tables of Contemporary Sovereigns and Eminent Persons, an Account of the Idols Worshipped by the Saxons, Remarks on the Politics, Manners, and Literature of the Age, an Outline of the Constitution, &c. &c. : the Whole Illustrated by Copious Explanatory Notes, a Classical and Modern Map of England and Wales, and Portraits of the Sovereigns |
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... expected , drew the enemy from their ranks , and he was instantly ready to take advantage of their disorder . 12. Upon a signal given , the Normans imme- diately returned to the charge with greater fury than be- fore , broke the English ...
... expected , drew the enemy from their ranks , and he was instantly ready to take advantage of their disorder . 12. Upon a signal given , the Normans imme- diately returned to the charge with greater fury than be- fore , broke the English ...
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... expected rest from his labours ; and , find- ing none either willing or powerful enough to oppose him , he hoped that the end of his reign would be marked with prosperity and peace . 8. But such is the blindness of human hope , that he ...
... expected rest from his labours ; and , find- ing none either willing or powerful enough to oppose him , he hoped that the end of his reign would be marked with prosperity and peace . 8. But such is the blindness of human hope , that he ...
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... expected a similitude of prosperity , should he take the reins of theirs . 8. Henry very readily promised to redress their grievances , as he knew it would be the direct method to second his own ambition . The year ensuing , therefore ...
... expected a similitude of prosperity , should he take the reins of theirs . 8. Henry very readily promised to redress their grievances , as he knew it would be the direct method to second his own ambition . The year ensuing , therefore ...
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... expected to reign with very little opposition for the future . But it happened otherwise . He found the severest mortifications from a quarter where he least ex- pected resistance . 5. The famous Thomas à Becket , the first man of Eng ...
... expected to reign with very little opposition for the future . But it happened otherwise . He found the severest mortifications from a quarter where he least ex- pected resistance . 5. The famous Thomas à Becket , the first man of Eng ...
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... expected to reap a sordid advantage from his misfortunes . It was a long time before his subjects in England knew what was become of their beloved monarch . 11. So little intercourse was there between different nations at that time ...
... expected to reap a sordid advantage from his misfortunes . It was a long time before his subjects in England knew what was become of their beloved monarch . 11. So little intercourse was there between different nations at that time ...
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Page 349 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.