John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the reign of Edward i by J.F. Smith; and from that period by W. Howitt, Volum 31865 |
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Pàgina 4
... head he stood firm against all the entreaties of his spouse . He contended that in Scotland it had always been the policy of the nobles to possess themselves of the heir , and then destroy the reigning king , that they might hold the ...
... head he stood firm against all the entreaties of his spouse . He contended that in Scotland it had always been the policy of the nobles to possess themselves of the heir , and then destroy the reigning king , that they might hold the ...
Pàgina 14
... head was a church as much after James's own heart as after that of Henry VIII . Like that monarch , he dearly loved to shine in polemics , and long before he arrived in England , it required no great shrewd- ness to perceive where his ...
... head was a church as much after James's own heart as after that of Henry VIII . Like that monarch , he dearly loved to shine in polemics , and long before he arrived in England , it required no great shrewd- ness to perceive where his ...
Pàgina 23
... heads . Fawkes went to endeavour to learn the cause of it , and returned with the intelligence that it pro- ceeded from ... head of an ancient and wealthy family , who had suffered like his neighbours , but was still affluent . He had a ...
... heads . Fawkes went to endeavour to learn the cause of it , and returned with the intelligence that it pro- ceeded from ... head of an ancient and wealthy family , who had suffered like his neighbours , but was still affluent . He had a ...
Pàgina 32
... heads of the protestant party . He made great boasts that he would prove the prisoner at the bar to be the original author ... head of the papists , and to procure toleration , the latter an ing , and quartering . But though Garnet was ...
... heads of the protestant party . He made great boasts that he would prove the prisoner at the bar to be the original author ... head of the papists , and to procure toleration , the latter an ing , and quartering . But though Garnet was ...
Pàgina 45
... head of a catholic host . Couriers were hurried off in all likely directions to inter- cept the culprits , and the Thames was astir with ships and boats to discover them on board any vessel there . Spite of this sharp pursuit , the ...
... head of a catholic host . Couriers were hurried off in all likely directions to inter- cept the culprits , and the Thames was astir with ships and boats to discover them on board any vessel there . Spite of this sharp pursuit , the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 397 - By a daisy whose leaves spread, Shut when Titan goes to bed; Or a shady bush or tree She could more infuse in me, Than all nature's beauties can In some other wiser man.
Pàgina 264 - Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty : I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them. I wish this action may beget thankfulness and humility in all that are concerned in it. He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Pàgina 213 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Pàgina 320 - I forbade them to spare any that were in arms in the town, and, I think, that night they put to the sword about 2,000 men...
Pàgina 431 - I, AB, do declare that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those that are commissioned by him...
Pàgina 270 - They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not...
Pàgina 154 - Westminster, while the court was sitting, and be whipped ; after whipping, be set upon the pillory a convenient time, and have one of his ears cut off, one side of his nose slit, and be branded in the face...
Pàgina 212 - If he must die, it were charity to reprieve him till Saturday.
Pàgina 34 - I think the Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles; for those, whom I could never get to taste good liquor, now follow the fashion, and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication.
Pàgina 311 - Mark, child, what I say. They will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a King. But mark what I say, you must not be a King, so long as your brothers Charles and James do live; for they will cut off your brothers' heads (when they can catch them) and cut off thy head too at the last; and therefore I charge you, do not be made a king by them.