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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... throne of the West Saxon kingdom , A. D. 800 , and immediately began to meditate his grand design . His military operations com- menced by the reduction of West Wales , which was followed by that of Mercia . The reduction of the kingdom ...
... throne of the West Saxon kingdom , A. D. 800 , and immediately began to meditate his grand design . His military operations com- menced by the reduction of West Wales , which was followed by that of Mercia . The reduction of the kingdom ...
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... throne . The reigns of these two princes were extremely calamitous ; for the Danes ravaged all parts of England for more than thirty years . The ravages of these invaders converted the greatest part of the island into a desert . England ...
... throne . The reigns of these two princes were extremely calamitous ; for the Danes ravaged all parts of England for more than thirty years . The ravages of these invaders converted the greatest part of the island into a desert . England ...
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... throne at a time , when the dissensions which prevailed between the monks and the secular clergy convulsed the state . The king adhered to the latter ; and having banished Dunstan , who headed the monks , the disgraced party had so ...
... throne at a time , when the dissensions which prevailed between the monks and the secular clergy convulsed the state . The king adhered to the latter ; and having banished Dunstan , who headed the monks , the disgraced party had so ...
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... throne ; although Elfrida , his step - mother , ineffectually en- deavoured to place it on her own son , yet an infant . The young king being only fourteen years of age at his ascension , and placed under the tuition of Dunstan ...
... throne ; although Elfrida , his step - mother , ineffectually en- deavoured to place it on her own son , yet an infant . The young king being only fourteen years of age at his ascension , and placed under the tuition of Dunstan ...
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... throne of his ancestors , and in him the Saxon line was restored . This prince was placed on the throne by the influence of Earl Godwin , whose interest he secured by engaging to marry his daughter . This nobleman's genius , his great ...
... throne of his ancestors , and in him the Saxon line was restored . This prince was placed on the throne by the influence of Earl Godwin , whose interest he secured by engaging to marry his daughter . This nobleman's genius , his great ...
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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.
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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...