The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...Messrs. W. Sleater, H. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, T. Walker, W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and L. White, 1789 |
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... prince were na- turally weak ; and the education he had received rendered them till more feeble . He therefore conceived the impracticable project of reigning in the arbitrary manner of his predeceffor , and of changing the established ...
... prince were na- turally weak ; and the education he had received rendered them till more feeble . He therefore conceived the impracticable project of reigning in the arbitrary manner of his predeceffor , and of changing the established ...
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... prince of Orange upon James's acceffion , he went to Bruffels , where finding him- self still pursued by the king's feverity , he refolved to retaliate , and make an attempt upon the king- dom . He had ever been the darling of the peo ...
... prince of Orange upon James's acceffion , he went to Bruffels , where finding him- self still pursued by the king's feverity , he refolved to retaliate , and make an attempt upon the king- dom . He had ever been the darling of the peo ...
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... prince of Orange . By that prince's fecret directions , it is afferted , though upon no very good authority , that James was hurried on , under the guidance of Peters , from one precipice to another , until he was obliged to give up the ...
... prince of Orange . By that prince's fecret directions , it is afferted , though upon no very good authority , that James was hurried on , under the guidance of Peters , from one precipice to another , until he was obliged to give up the ...
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... prince who had , from his earliest entrance into bufinefs , been immersed in dangers , calamities , and politics . The ambition of France , and the jealoufies of Holland , had ferved to fharp- en his talents , and to give him a ...
... prince who had , from his earliest entrance into bufinefs , been immersed in dangers , calamities , and politics . The ambition of France , and the jealoufies of Holland , had ferved to fharp- en his talents , and to give him a ...
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... prince foon found that every rank was ripe for defection , and received invitations from fome of the moft confiderable perfons in the kingdom . Admiral Herbert , and admiral Ruffel , affured him in person of their own and the national ...
... prince foon found that every rank was ripe for defection , and received invitations from fome of the moft confiderable perfons in the kingdom . Admiral Herbert , and admiral Ruffel , affured him in person of their own and the national ...
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Стр. 170 - Parliament, suppose these lights refused, these reasonable requests rejected, by a corrupt majority of his creatures whom he retains in daily pay or engages in his particular interest by granting them those posts and places which ought never to be given to any but for the good of the public.
Стр. 32 - Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.
Стр. 170 - ... as he has no virtue of his own, ridiculing it in others, and endeavouring to destroy or corrupt it in all.
Стр. 105 - ... intelligence; and to have pocketed a deduction of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England.
Стр. 200 - Spitalfields and other communities, engaged in associations; and even the managers of the theatres offered to raise a body of their dependents for the service of the government.
Стр. 26 - Howe, came to Exeter. All England was in commotion. Lord Delamere took arms in Cheshire, the earl of Danby seized York, the earl of Bath, governor of Plymouth, declared for the prince, the earl of Devonshire made a like declaration in Derby. The nobility and gentry of...
Стр. 66 - Wirtemberg, and intercept all communication between the Rhine and the allied army. The dispositions being made for the attack, and the orders communicated to the general officers, the forces advanced into the plain on the thirteenth day of August, and were ranged in order of battle.
Стр. 32 - James having attempted to overturn the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between the king and people, and having, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne was thereby vacant.
Стр. 132 - I am now to take my leave of your lordships, and of this honourable House, perhaps for ever; I shall lay down my life with pleasure in a cause favoured by my late dear royal mistress.
Стр. 92 - ... he was prohibited from preaching for the term of three years ; his two...