 | Joseph Guy (of Bristol.) - 1836 - 298 pàgines
...regency, embarked for Hanover. In his journey he was seized with a disorder, of which he died at Osnaburg, in the sixtyeighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign. George I. had great qualities, a considerable capacity, discernment, policy, and a talent for negociation.... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1892 - 658 pàgines
...suddenly died. He was on his way back to England from Hanover when he expired at Osuabruck, on June 9th, 1727, in the sixty-eighth year of his age and the thirteenth of his reign. The first of the Georges was not an imposing monarch in any sense. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu styled him... | |
 | 1887 - 832 pàgines
...in his carriage before he could reach the palace of his brother, the bishop of Osnabrilck, June 11, 1727, in the sixtyeighth year of his age and the thirteenth of his reign. His death is said to have been caused by the shock of receiving a letter from his wife (who had died... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 766 pàgines
...died of apoplexy in his carriage during his annual visit to his German Electorate of Hanover, June 10, 1727, in the sixty-eighth year of his age and the thirteenth of his reign over Great Britain, and was succeeded as Elector of Hanover and as King of Great Britain and Ireland... | |
 | Gilbert Abbott À Beckett - 1894 - 728 pàgines
...majesty was only being driven to extremities, for on the 11th of June, 1727, he expired at Osnaburgh, in the sixtyeighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign. been attributed. Eesumiug his journey towards Hanover at 3 AM he was seized with griping pains, but... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 430 pàgines
...attacked with a fit in his carriage, and died before he could reach his castle-gate. He had attained the sixty-eighth year of his age and the thirteenth of his reign. On the next day after the intelligence of his father's death reached London, George Augustus, prince... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 436 pàgines
...superstition, seems to have shortened the life of George the First. King George expired on the 1 1th of June, 1727, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign over England. His remains were interred at Hanover on the 3d of September following. In person he was... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 426 pàgines
...superstition, seems to have shortened the life of George the First. King George expired on the I 1th of June, 1727, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign over England. His remains were interred at Hanover on the 3d of September following. In person he was... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1910 - 478 pàgines
...attacked with a fit in his carriage, and died before he could reach his castle-gate. He had attained the sixty-eighth year of his age and the thirteenth of his reign. On the next day after the intelligence of his father's death reached London, George Augustus, prince... | |
 | r. abercrombie, m.a. - 1884 - 1138 pàgines
...of June, and while on the road to Osnabruck was seized with apoplexy and died the next day. He was in the sixty-eighth year of his age and the thirteenth of his reign. The last of the Georges— "George the Magnificent" — closed an inglorious career on June 26th, 1830.... | |
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Fabrice's arms, he never recovered. but expired about eleven o'clock the next morning, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign Questions for Examination, \ What was the conduct of the South Sea scheme ? 2 Explain the nature... 
