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 |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 5 из 26
Стр. 14
... exhibiting to the eye no- thing , but a watery morass . If , to the contrast between the primitive and present scenery , we add that of the inhabitants , and place in the back ground of the paiture , the savage Brit- on , half naked or ...
... exhibiting to the eye no- thing , but a watery morass . If , to the contrast between the primitive and present scenery , we add that of the inhabitants , and place in the back ground of the paiture , the savage Brit- on , half naked or ...
Стр. 21
... exhibiting an assemblage of commercial conveniencies which very few ports can boast . Whitehaven , in Cumberland , consisted , in 1666 , of no more than six houses . At present it is a large , populous , and well * St . Fond . Voy . en ...
... exhibiting an assemblage of commercial conveniencies which very few ports can boast . Whitehaven , in Cumberland , consisted , in 1666 , of no more than six houses . At present it is a large , populous , and well * St . Fond . Voy . en ...
Стр. 29
... exhibiting a miniature picture of the British parliament . The isle of Anglesea , the Mona of Tacitus , the celebrated seat and last refuge of Druidism , merits attention . A per- son , whose imagination can recal the scenes of ancient ...
... exhibiting a miniature picture of the British parliament . The isle of Anglesea , the Mona of Tacitus , the celebrated seat and last refuge of Druidism , merits attention . A per- son , whose imagination can recal the scenes of ancient ...
Стр. 44
... exhibited any marks of opulence or civilization , was plundered and destroyed . Almost every town in the kingdom was reduced to a heap of ruins . The monasteries , in those days the principal , and al- most the only receptacles and ...
... exhibited any marks of opulence or civilization , was plundered and destroyed . Almost every town in the kingdom was reduced to a heap of ruins . The monasteries , in those days the principal , and al- most the only receptacles and ...
Стр. 50
... exhibiting merely a contest between the monks and the secular clergy for temporal emoluments , were peculiarly calculated to weaken the influence of religion on the minds of the people . Saints , indeed , were multiplied , but without ...
... exhibiting merely a contest between the monks and the secular clergy for temporal emoluments , were peculiarly calculated to weaken the influence of religion on the minds of the people . Saints , indeed , were multiplied , but without ...
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
admiral affairs ancient Anglo Saxon appears arms army barons battle Bothwell Britain British Britons Canute carried Catholic cause century Charles II church civil command commerce conduct conquest consequence considerable considered contest continued court crown Danes death defeated duke earl Edward Edward III Elizabeth enemy England English established Europe exhibited favour feudal fleet foreign former formidable France French Henry Henry VIII honour houses inhabitants island James James II king king of England king of France king of Scotland kingdom land laws London lord manufactures Mary measures ment miles military monarch narch nation naval nobility nobles obliged opulence parliament party peace period persons Picts political possession prince principal prisoner queen of Scots regent reign religion rendered Roman royal sail Saxons scene Scotland Scottish ships soon sovereign Spain spirit subjects success throne tion took town trade treaty troops UNIV victory wealth whole
Популярные отрывки
Стр. 127 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Стр. 205 - I am sure you must be aware that his Majesty cannot, and never will, in consequence of any representation or any menace from a foreign power, make any concession which can be in the smallest degree dangerous to the liberty of the press, as secured by the constitution of this country.
Стр. 169 - Her death took place on the morning of the 1st of August, 1714, in the fiftieth year of her age, and the thirteenth of her reign.
Стр. 127 - 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 goodwill of my subjects...
Стр. 337 - ... 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. 215 - 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. 337 - 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. 340 - 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...