Universal History Americanised; Or, An Historical View of the World, from the Earliest Records to the Year 1808: With a Particular Reference to the State of Society, Literature, Religion, and Form of Government, in the United States of America, Том 6Copy-right secured, for the benefit of the family of Doctor Ramsay, and printed by assignment from them, by M. Carey & son, 1819 |
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... Europe ; a dialect of whose language is the base of the English and Scotch tongue . England , although it be in general as productive as most other countries , contains , like them , a visible mixture of fer- tility and barrenness . It ...
... Europe ; a dialect of whose language is the base of the English and Scotch tongue . England , although it be in general as productive as most other countries , contains , like them , a visible mixture of fer- tility and barrenness . It ...
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... Europe , being 270 feet long , and 74 wide . It has a Gothic roof consisting , chiefly , of chestnut wood . The tower , venerable from ancient fame , and remarkable for the curiosities which it contains , was founded by William the ...
... Europe , being 270 feet long , and 74 wide . It has a Gothic roof consisting , chiefly , of chestnut wood . The tower , venerable from ancient fame , and remarkable for the curiosities which it contains , was founded by William the ...
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... Europe : its distinguishing characteristic is the com- fortable existence and decent appearance of the middle and lower classes of the people . The environs of London exhibit a grand and interesting spectacle of opulence ; extensive ...
... Europe : its distinguishing characteristic is the com- fortable existence and decent appearance of the middle and lower classes of the people . The environs of London exhibit a grand and interesting spectacle of opulence ; extensive ...
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... Europe exhibits so rapid an improvement . Newcastle upon Tyne is situated in the centre of the great coal mines which have for some centuries supplied , not only the metropolis , but most of the eastern and southern parts of the kingdom ...
... Europe exhibits so rapid an improvement . Newcastle upon Tyne is situated in the centre of the great coal mines which have for some centuries supplied , not only the metropolis , but most of the eastern and southern parts of the kingdom ...
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... Europe . Its com- merce , since the rise of Liverpool , has gradually declined , and a great part of its trade with the West Indies and Ame- rica is transferred to the latter port . Bristol , notwithstand- ing , is yet a place of great ...
... Europe . Its com- merce , since the rise of Liverpool , has gradually declined , and a great part of its trade with the West Indies and Ame- rica is transferred to the latter port . Bristol , notwithstand- ing , is yet a place of great ...
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Стр. 329 - ... institutions prescribed by her religion. Even this favour, which is usually granted to the vilest criminal, was absolutely denied. Her attendants, during this conversation, were bathed in tears, and though, overawed by the presence of the two earls, with difficulty suppressed their anguish ; but no sooner did Kent and Shrewsbury withdraw, than they ran to their mistress, and burst out into the most passionate expressions of tenderness and sorrow.
Стр. 209 - He had been for some time in a declining state of health, and had become so nervous and irritable that he almost entirely secluded himself from public view.
Стр. 329 - Heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the executioner ; and though I did not expect that the queen of England would set the first example of violating the sacred person of a sovereign prince, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot...
Стр. 332 - Bothwell's artful address and important services, can justify her attachment to that nobleman. Even the manners of the age, licentious as they were, are no apology for this...
Стр. 330 - Guise, full of tender but magnanimous sentiments, and recommended her soul to their prayers, and her afflicted servants to their protection. At supper she ate temperately, as usual, and conversed not only with ease, but with cheerfulness ; she drank to every one of her servants, and asked their forgiveness, if ever she had failed in any part of her duty towards them. At her wonted time she went to bed, and slept calmly a few hours. .Early in the morning she retired into her closet, and employed a...
Стр. 330 - Stewart delivered from all her cares, and such an end put to her tedious sufferings, as she has long expected. Bear witness that I die constant in my religion; firm in my fidelity towards Scotland; and unchanged in my affection to France. Commend me to my son. Tell him I have done nothing injurious to his kingdom, to his honour, or to his rights; and God forgive all those who have thirsted, without cause, for my blood!
Стр. 119 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
Стр. 123 - Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects...