The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 5Estes and Lauriat, 1874 - Great Britain |
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... Period to Our Own Times Charles Knight. LIBRARY Frances Agnes Bowman Memorial Collection Presented by Roger W. Montgomery , Esq . 1 I ANNE 38 00 19790 THE POPULAR HISTORY OF. STANFOR UNIVERS ANNE . POPE - ADDISON - SWIFT . · Frontispiece.
... Period to Our Own Times Charles Knight. LIBRARY Frances Agnes Bowman Memorial Collection Presented by Roger W. Montgomery , Esq . 1 I ANNE 38 00 19790 THE POPULAR HISTORY OF. STANFOR UNIVERS ANNE . POPE - ADDISON - SWIFT . · Frontispiece.
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... Swift , the great Party Writer - Property Qualification for Members of Parliament - Harley stabbed by Guiscard - Marlborough's last Campaign - Parliament - Prospect of Peace - The Ministry defeated in the House of Lords - Marlborough ...
... Swift , the great Party Writer - Property Qualification for Members of Parliament - Harley stabbed by Guiscard - Marlborough's last Campaign - Parliament - Prospect of Peace - The Ministry defeated in the House of Lords - Marlborough ...
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... SWIFT . · Frontispiece to face page 65 GEORGE I. - GEORGE II . . 130 " " " " 193 " " " 9 257 39 " " 329 " " " " 391 " " " " " " 446 Crown of William and Mary . Cotton's Fishing - House on the Dove Eddystone Lighthouse , erect- ed 1696 ...
... SWIFT . · Frontispiece to face page 65 GEORGE I. - GEORGE II . . 130 " " " " 193 " " " 9 257 39 " " 329 " " " " 391 " " " " " " 446 Crown of William and Mary . Cotton's Fishing - House on the Dove Eddystone Lighthouse , erect- ed 1696 ...
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... Swift was terrified about them ; and a royal proclamation was issued , offering a reward of £ 100 for the detection of any person wounding or maiming one of her majesty's subjects . There was probably much exaggeration in these terrors ...
... Swift was terrified about them ; and a royal proclamation was issued , offering a reward of £ 100 for the detection of any person wounding or maiming one of her majesty's subjects . There was probably much exaggeration in these terrors ...
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... There are some few discrepancies between the items and the totals in the above Table , but they do not affect the conclusions to be derived from this " Scheme . " POPE ADDISON SWIFT EL DEFEN FENSATO QUI B GMA VS —6 48.
... There are some few discrepancies between the items and the totals in the above Table , but they do not affect the conclusions to be derived from this " Scheme . " POPE ADDISON SWIFT EL DEFEN FENSATO QUI B GMA VS —6 48.
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Page 177 - 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 409 - 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; All higher knowledge in her presence fall* Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her Loses
Page 75 - Declaration of Eights it was maintained " 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." An accidental occurrence gave a legislative
Page 409 - and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic plac'd.
Page 430 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that county, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandize, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother, whose
Page 29 - 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 four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchant.
Page 255 - crown by virtue of the limitation of this present Act, and is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be subject to such incapacities as in such case or cases are by the said recited Act
Page 426 - at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines : To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales : To lands of singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding
Page 408 - In various talk th' instructive hours they pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies; Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Page 417 - divided between two opposite opinions: or rather, to speak my thoughts freely, I believe in general that there is, and has been, such a thing as witchcraft, but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.