History of the English People, Bind 4Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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Side 13
... acted as a pure despot . Ireland . At the close of Charles's reign the extreme Covenanters or " wild Whigs " of the Western shires had formally re- CHAP . III . The Fall of the Stuarts . VIII . ] 13 THE REVOLUTION . 1660-1760 .
... acted as a pure despot . Ireland . At the close of Charles's reign the extreme Covenanters or " wild Whigs " of the Western shires had formally re- CHAP . III . The Fall of the Stuarts . VIII . ] 13 THE REVOLUTION . 1660-1760 .
Side 14
... Whigs on the more prominent persecutors . Such a revolt threw strength into the hands of the government by rallying to its side all who were bent on public order , and this strength was doubled by the landing and failure of Argyle . The ...
... Whigs on the more prominent persecutors . Such a revolt threw strength into the hands of the government by rallying to its side all who were bent on public order , and this strength was doubled by the landing and failure of Argyle . The ...
Side 17
... Whigs themselves . James gave the Duke of Norfolk the sword of State to carry before him as he went to Mass . The Duke stopped at the Chapel door . " Your father would have gone further , " said the King . " Your Majesty's father was ...
... Whigs themselves . James gave the Duke of Norfolk the sword of State to carry before him as he went to Mass . The Duke stopped at the Chapel door . " Your father would have gone further , " said the King . " Your Majesty's father was ...
Side 26
... Whigs . The Tories and Churchmen , angered as they were , were still 1714. hampered by their horror of rebellion and their doctrine of non - resistance . Above all the eyes of the nation rested on William and Mary . James was past ...
... Whigs . The Tories and Churchmen , angered as they were , were still 1714. hampered by their horror of rebellion and their doctrine of non - resistance . Above all the eyes of the nation rested on William and Mary . James was past ...
Side 32
... Whigs , who had gone beyond hope of forgiveness , backed powerfully these arguments ; and in spite of the pledges with which he had landed the Prince was soon as convinced of their wisdom as the Whigs . From this moment it was the ...
... Whigs , who had gone beyond hope of forgiveness , backed powerfully these arguments ; and in spite of the pledges with which he had landed the Prince was soon as convinced of their wisdom as the Whigs . From this moment it was the ...
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Side 258 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Side 233 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Side 304 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Side 197 - Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities ; one as the local legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character ; in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all without annihilating any.
Side 40 - WORDS AND PLACES ; or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography. By the Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR. Third Edition, revised and compressed. With Maps. Globe 8vo. 6s.
Side 2 - THE ALBERT N"YANZA Great Basin of the Nile, and Exploration of the Nile Sources. Fifth Edition. Maps and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. " Charmingly written;" says the SPECTATOR, "full, as might be expected, of incident, and free from that wearisome reiteration of useless facts which is the drawback to almost all books of African travel.
Side 168 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Side 34 - Holland.— THE TREATY RELATIONS OF RUSSIA AND TURKEY FROM 1774 TO 1853. A Lecture delivered at Oxford, April 1877. By TE HOLLAND, DCL, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Oxford. Crown 8vo.
Side 33 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS.— Lectures at the Royal Institution. To which is added the " Unity of History," the Rede Lecture at Cambridge, 1872.
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