Concise History of England in EpochsOliver & Boyd, 1871 - 336 páginas |
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Página viii
... foreign affairs , 163 163 165 1623. Charles visits Madrid , 163 1625. Charles I. 166 1624. Concessions of the king , 1625. Stinted supplies granted , 164 166 1625. Marries Henrietta of France , 166 1626. Charles's shifts to obtain 1626 ...
... foreign affairs , 163 163 165 1623. Charles visits Madrid , 163 1625. Charles I. 166 1624. Concessions of the king , 1625. Stinted supplies granted , 164 166 1625. Marries Henrietta of France , 166 1626. Charles's shifts to obtain 1626 ...
Página ix
... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1689-97 . War of the Grand Alliance , 207 1690. Naval engagement off Beachy Head , 1691. Fall of Mons , . 208 208 Period of Stuart Rule - continued . FOREIGN AFFAIRS .
... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1689-97 . War of the Grand Alliance , 207 1690. Naval engagement off Beachy Head , 1691. Fall of Mons , . 208 208 Period of Stuart Rule - continued . FOREIGN AFFAIRS .
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... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1690. Battle of the Boyne , 208 1692. Naval battle at La Hogue , 1691. Massacre of Glencoe , 210 1692. Battle of Steinkirk , 1694. Death of Mary , 210 1693. Battle of Landen , 1694. Bank of England estab- lished , 1695 ...
... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1690. Battle of the Boyne , 208 1692. Naval battle at La Hogue , 1691. Massacre of Glencoe , 210 1692. Battle of Steinkirk , 1694. Death of Mary , 210 1693. Battle of Landen , 1694. Bank of England estab- lished , 1695 ...
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... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1793-1802 . War with French Re- public , * 249 1801. Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland , 1802. Peace of Amiens , 255 251 1806. Death of Pitt and Fox , 257 1809. The Jubilee , 259 1803-15 . War with ...
... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1793-1802 . War with French Re- public , * 249 1801. Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland , 1802. Peace of Amiens , 255 251 1806. Death of Pitt and Fox , 257 1809. The Jubilee , 259 1803-15 . War with ...
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... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1854-6 . War with Russia , * 1856. War with Persia , 1857-8 . Indian Revolt , 1856-8 . War with China , 1858. Treaty with Japan , PAGE 287 294 294 297 299 1858. Treaty with China , 297 1859. War with China , 297 1860 ...
... FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 1854-6 . War with Russia , * 1856. War with Persia , 1857-8 . Indian Revolt , 1856-8 . War with China , 1858. Treaty with Japan , PAGE 287 294 294 297 299 1858. Treaty with China , 297 1859. War with China , 297 1860 ...
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Página 66 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding ; which I doubt not ; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. 30 I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot : Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry ' God for Harry, England, and Saint George !
Página 106 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Página 59 - Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Página 67 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say " Tomorrow is Saint Crispian " : Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say " These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Página 59 - And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Página 106 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 141 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Página 107 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 68 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Página 66 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height!