Pictorial Modern History: From the Discovery of America by Columbus to the Present Time

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C. J. Gillis, 1846 - Всего страниц: 356

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Стр. 118 - House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp...
Стр. 194 - perceive, that Lauderdale has been guilty of many *' bad things against the people of Scotland ; but I " cannot find that he has acted any thing contrary
Стр. 136 - was satisfied in his private 'judgment that it was fit for him to accept this Title of King, and 'matters, were prepared in order thereunto. But afterwards, by ' solicitation of the Commonwealth's-men,' by solicitation, representation and even denunciation from ' the Commonwealth's-men ' and 'many Officers of the Army,' he decided 'to attend some better ' season and opportunity in the business, and refused at this time.
Стр. 190 - that the insurrection had been deliberated on by the prisoner ; the surprisal of the guards deliberated, but not fully resolved upon ; and that an assassination of the king had not been once mentioned or imagined by him.
Стр. 183 - Render to God that which you owe to Him ; recognize the obligations you have towards Him; cause Him to be honored by your subjects; try to preserve peace with your neighbors. I have been too fond of war ; do not imitate me in that, any more than in the too great expenses I have incurred. Take counsel in all matters, and seek to discern which is the best in order to follow it. Try to relieve your people, which I have been so unfortunate as not to have been able to do.
Стр. 118 - I came one morning into the house well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hathand ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ;...
Стр. 192 - ... unavoidable. The court gave out that it was a victory : and public thanksgivings were ordered, which was a horrid mocking of God, and a lying to the world c.
Стр. 265 - ... entered into an alliance with England against France. She likewise made war against Persia, and, as some historians assure us, entertained the project of destroying the power of the English in Bengal, when a fit of apoplexy put an end to her life. Catharine II. has been equally censured and praised. With all the weakness of her sex, and with a love of pleasure carried to licentiousness, she combined the firmness and talent of a powerful sovereign.
Стр. 182 - ... could have gone deeper than the external surface of form and etiquette, assuredly it would have been the last agony. But Louis died as he had lived — with all the grace and decorum he loved in his brightest moments. His several addresses to his different friends and attendants, and lastly to his heir, were distinguished by that neatness and propriety for which he was famous...
Стр. 111 - Lewis, son of the deposed elector, in whose favour shall be established an eighth electorate, to continue till the extinction of the house of Bavaria. "All the other princes and states of the empire were re-established in the lands, rights, and prerogatives, which they enjoyed before the troubles of Bohemia, in 1619.

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