The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Volumen1J.J. Tourneisen, 1789 - 415 páginas |
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... poffeffion of bestowing all places , both in the state and in literature , I was so little inclined to yield to their senseless clamour , that in above a hundred alterations , which farther study , reading or reflection engaged me to ...
... poffeffion of bestowing all places , both in the state and in literature , I was so little inclined to yield to their senseless clamour , that in above a hundred alterations , which farther study , reading or reflection engaged me to ...
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... poffeffion of all the fea coast from the mouth of the Rhine to Jutland ; whence they had long invested by their piracies all the eastern and fouthern parts of Britain , and the northern of Gaul " . In order to oppose their inroads , the ...
... poffeffion of all the fea coast from the mouth of the Rhine to Jutland ; whence they had long invested by their piracies all the eastern and fouthern parts of Britain , and the northern of Gaul " . In order to oppose their inroads , the ...
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... poffeffion of the neighbouring territory . The Britons , now armed , did not tamely abandon their poffeffions ; nor were they expelled , till defeated in many battles by their warlike invaders . The most memorable action , mentioned by ...
... poffeffion of the neighbouring territory . The Britons , now armed , did not tamely abandon their poffeffions ; nor were they expelled , till defeated in many battles by their warlike invaders . The most memorable action , mentioned by ...
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... poffeffion of that ' territory . THESE Saxons , from the situation of the coun- try , in which they settled , were called the West- Saxons , and landed in the year 495 , under the command of Cerdic , and of his fon Kenric " . The ...
... poffeffion of that ' territory . THESE Saxons , from the situation of the coun- try , in which they settled , were called the West- Saxons , and landed in the year 495 , under the command of Cerdic , and of his fon Kenric " . The ...
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... poffeffion of the crown on such conditions , as rendered him little better than a tributary prince under his artful benefactor . L But the most memorable event , which dif tinguished the reign of this great prince , was the introduction ...
... poffeffion of the crown on such conditions , as rendered him little better than a tributary prince under his artful benefactor . L But the most memorable event , which dif tinguished the reign of this great prince , was the introduction ...
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Página iv - My very slender fortune, however, being unsuitable to this plan of life, and my health being a little broken by my ardent application, I was tempted, or rather forced, to make a very feeble trial for entering into a more active scene of life. In 1734, I went to Bristol, with some recommendations to eminent merchants, but in a few months found that scene totally unsuitable to me.
Página xi - History, containing the period from the death of Charles I. till the Revolution. This performance happened to give less displeasure to the Whigs, and was better received. It not only rose itself, but helped to buoy up its unfortunate brother. But though...
Página v - I went over to France, with a view of prosecuting my studies in a country retreat; and I there laid that plan of life, which I have steadily and successfully pursued. I resolved to make a very rigid frugality supply my deficiency of fortune, to maintain unimpaired my independency, and to regard every object as contemptible, except the improvement of my talents in literature.
Página xxvi - 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 frailty will permit.
Página 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.
Página xv - I took a particular pleasure in the company of modest women, I had no reason to be displeased with the reception I met with from them. In a word, though most men...
Página xx - 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 I could make to Charon in order to obtain a little delay.
Página 254 - That, on the contrary, if they remitted in the least their wonted prowess, an enraged enemy hung upon their rear, the sea met them in their retreat, and an ignominious death was the certain punishment of their imprudent cowardice...
Página xiii - Those who have not seen the strange effects of modes will never imagine the reception I met with at Paris, from men and women of all ranks and stations. The more I resiled from their excessive civilities, the more I was loaded with them.
Página xvi - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot say there is no vanity in making this funeral oration of myself, but I hope it is not a misplaced one; and...