The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second, Volum 5

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B. Tauchnitz, 1861
 

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Pàgina 83 - There mighty nations shall inquire their doom, The world's great oracle in times to come; There kings shall sue, and suppliant states be seen Once more to bend before a British Queen.
Pàgina 20 - of affairs abroad are such, that I think myself obliged to tell you my opinion, that, for the present, England cannot be safe without a land force ; and I hope we shall not give those that mean us ill the opportunity of effecting that under the notion of a peace which they could not bring to pass by war.
Pàgina 92 - I know that you have done all that skill and learning could do for me: but the case is beyond your art; and I submit." From the words which escaped him he seemed to be frequently engaged in mental prayer. Burnet and Tenison remained many hours in the sick-room.
Pàgina 6 - I say that they are mistaken. I will find seamen in abundance to swear that they have known whistling raise the wind." The jury found the prisoners not guilty ; and the report carried back to London by persons who had been present at the trial was that every body applauded the verdict, and that even the Stouts seemed to be- convinced of their error.
Pàgina 89 - He felt that his time was short, and grieved, with a grief such as only noble spirits feel, to think that he must leave his work but half finished. It was possible that he might still live until one of his plans should be carried into execution. He had long known that the relation in which...
Pàgina 114 - ... kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a land which nature had taken pleasure in enriching and adorning, a land which would have been Paradise if tyranny and superstition had not, during many ages, lavished all their noxious influences on the Bay of Campania, the plain of Enna, and the sunny banks of Galesus.
Pàgina 65 - REMEMBER, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Pàgina 93 - By this time he could scarcely respire. "Can this," he said to the physicians, "last long?" He was told that the end was approaching. He swallowed a cordial, and asked for Bentinck. Those were his last articulate words. Bentinck instantly came to the bedside, bent down, and placed his ear close to the king's mouth. The lips of the dying man moved; but nothing could be heard. The king took the hand of his earliest friend, and pressed it tenderly to his heart. In that moment, no doubt, all that had...
Pàgina 92 - to my end." His end was worthy of his life. His intellect was not for a moment clouded. His fortitude was the more admirable because he was not willing to die. He had very lately said to one of those whom he most loved...

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