Cameos from English History ...Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1896 |
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Pàgina 14
... to the great offices of State ; and General Lambert to the command of the army . Several of these persons were of such an age , and others so unquali- fied , that no one would have dreamt of selecting 14 CAMEOS OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... to the great offices of State ; and General Lambert to the command of the army . Several of these persons were of such an age , and others so unquali- fied , that no one would have dreamt of selecting 14 CAMEOS OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
Pàgina 29
... army as effectually to crush all opposition . It numbered 15,000 , and the command was given to the Duke of Mon- mouth , who was called in Scotland Duke of Buccleuch . He was deeply tainted with the licentiousness of the times , but he ...
... army as effectually to crush all opposition . It numbered 15,000 , and the command was given to the Duke of Mon- mouth , who was called in Scotland Duke of Buccleuch . He was deeply tainted with the licentiousness of the times , but he ...
Pàgina 31
... Army being higher than that of the Duke of Modena . While he was absent , Richard Cameron , a minister who had become the foremost of the extreme party , devised a Declaration , declaring that the wrath of Heaven had visited the nation ...
... Army being higher than that of the Duke of Modena . While he was absent , Richard Cameron , a minister who had become the foremost of the extreme party , devised a Declaration , declaring that the wrath of Heaven had visited the nation ...
Pàgina 38
... army was wanting , but Jephson said 1,000 horses were in Dublin ready to join them as soon as a flag was put up to show that the Castle was taken , and that there were six ministers going about Dublin in perukes , which they laid aside ...
... army was wanting , but Jephson said 1,000 horses were in Dublin ready to join them as soon as a flag was put up to show that the Castle was taken , and that there were six ministers going about Dublin in perukes , which they laid aside ...
Pàgina 47
... army with some other young nobles , wearied to death of the stately pride of the Court . They wrote lively letters , which were seized and read by Louis himself , and when he found himself called a chess - king in war and a stage - king ...
... army with some other young nobles , wearied to death of the stately pride of the Court . They wrote lively letters , which were seized and read by Louis himself , and when he found himself called a chess - king in war and a stage - king ...
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Admiral Anne Archbishop army attack battle Berwick Bishop brother brought called CAMEO CAMEO XV Camisards Cardinal Cardinal de Noailles Castle Charles Charles II Church clergy command Council Court crown daughter death declared died Duchess Duke of Bourbon Duke of Maine Duke of Orleans Dutch Earl Edinburgh Emperor enemy England English escape father favour fire fleet France French friends gave gentlemen George Germany hand Hanover Highlanders honour hope House Huguenots husband Irish Jacobite James Jansenists Jesuits King King's Lady letter lived London Lord Lord Galway Lord George Murray Louis XIV Macdonald Madame de Maintenon Marlborough Mary minister named never night Noailles officers Parliament peace persecution person Philip poor Pope Prince Princess prisoners Protestant Queen refused Regent regiment retreat Roman Catholic royal Scotland sent ships soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish Stanhope taken took Tories troops Walpole Whig wife William young САМЕО
Passatges populars
Pàgina 266 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Pàgina 161 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Pàgina 210 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.
Pàgina 224 - York ! the harmless tool of others' hate ; He sues for pardon,! and repents too late. Now angry Somerset her vengeance vows On Swift's reproaches for her ******* spouse :§ From her red locks her mouth with venom fills, And thence into the royal ear instils.
Pàgina 334 - See these mournful spectres sweeping Ghastly o'er this hated wave, Whose wan cheeks are stain'd with weeping, These were English captains brave: Mark those numbers, pale and horrid, Those were once my sailors bold, Lo, each hangs his drooping forehead, While his dismal tale is told." "I, by twenty sail attended, Did this Spanish town affright; Nothing then its wealth defended But my orders not to fight : O ! that in this rolling ocean I had cast them with disdain, And obey'd my heart's warm motion,...
Pàgina 334 - For resistance I could fear none, But with twenty ships had done What thou, brave and happy Vernon, Hast achieved with six alone. Then the Bastimentos never Had our foul dishonour seen, Nor the sea the sad receiver Of this gallant train had been. "Thus, like thee, proud Spain dismaying, And her galleons leading home, Though condemned for disobeying, I had met a traitor's doom; To have fallen, my country crying, He has played an English part, Had been better far than dying Of a grieved and broken...
Pàgina 363 - Charles put himself at the head of the second line, which was close behind the first, and addressed them in these words: — "Follow me, gentlemen, and by the blessing of " God, I will this day make you a free and happy people...
Pàgina 54 - It is a hard case that I am the last man to have law and justice in the whole nation.
Pàgina 28 - Streven drew up as we was making our retrait, and thoght of a pass to cut us off, but we took courage and fell to them, made them run, leaving a dousain on the place. What these rogues will dou yet I know not, but the contry was flocking to them from all hands. This may be counted the beginning of the rebellion, in my opinion.