History of England |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Æthelstan afterwards Anne Archbishop army barons battle became beheaded Bishop Britain brother brought called Canterbury Castle CHAPTER Charles chief Christian Church Cnut Commons Conqueror Conquest Count of Boulogne court Cromwell crown Danes Danish daughter death declared defeated died Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl Edmund Edward Edward III Elizabeth England English Essex Ethelred favourite fleet foreign France French gave George Gloucester Harold Harthacnut HENRY IV Henry VIII Henry's honour House invasion Ireland James John John of Gaunt Katharine King of Scots King's kingdom knights Lancaster land London Lord Louis Margaret married Mary Matilda monks Mortimer Norman Normandy Northumberland Parliament party peace Philip Piers Pope Prince of Wales prisoner Queen rebellion reform reign Richard Richard II Robert Roman Romanists Rome royal Scotland Scottish Sept Somerset soon sovereign Stephen surnamed Thomas throne took vassal victory Welsh Westminster wife William young
Popular passages
Page 180 - And whereas it hath been found by experience, that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant kingdom, to be governed by a Popish prince...
Page 180 - Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.
Page ii - It. is hoped in time to take in short histories of all the chief countries of Europe and America, giving the results of the latest historical researches in as simple a form as may be.
Page 108 - Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.
Page 231 - That it shall be lawful for any of His Majesty's Subjects professing the Roman Catholic Religion to hold, exercise, and enjoy all Civil and Military Offices and Places of Trust or Profit under His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, and to exercise any other Franchise or Civil Right, except as herein-after...
Page 177 - the soldiers are glad that the bishops are acquitted." "Do you call that nothing ?" said James. And then he repeated, " So much the worse for them."* He might well be out of temper.
Page ii - The object of this series is to put forth clear and correct views of history in simple language, and in the smallest space and cheapest form in which it could be done.
Page 22 - ... ever resisted my commands with impunity. I command you, then, not to flow over my land, nor presume to wet the feet and the robe of your lord.
Page 200 - Hanover exert his liberality at the expense of Great Britain ? " It is too apparent, Sir, that this powerful, this great, this mighty nation is considered only as a province to a despicable Electorate How much reason the transactions of every year have given for suspecting this absurd, ungrateful, and perfidious partiality, it is not necessary to declare ! To dwell on all the instances of that partiality, and the yearly visits which have been paid to that DELIGHTFUL country — to reckon up all...
Page 237 - The principal points of this proposed charter are, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parliaments, the division of the country into equal electoral districts, the abolition of property qualification in members and paying them for their services. The...