Sketches from English HistoryArthur Martin Wheeler Chautauqua Press, 1886 - 372 pages |
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... gave to the House of Commons a dignity and importance which it could not otherwise have acquired . The Parliament thus constituted soon made its influence felt in all departments of the government , and , in a few years , we see it ...
... gave to the House of Commons a dignity and importance which it could not otherwise have acquired . The Parliament thus constituted soon made its influence felt in all departments of the government , and , in a few years , we see it ...
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... gave , indeed , the English Bible to his subjects , but he himself was to be its interpreter . As the creed of the prince so the creed of the people was a principle some- what widely accepted in those days ; but Henry was the first ...
... gave , indeed , the English Bible to his subjects , but he himself was to be its interpreter . As the creed of the prince so the creed of the people was a principle some- what widely accepted in those days ; but Henry was the first ...
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... gave the nation guarantees of liberty so simple , broad , and strong that they could neither be evaded nor revoked . It fitly closed a long era of constitutional struggle , and at the same time prepared the way for a new development ...
... gave the nation guarantees of liberty so simple , broad , and strong that they could neither be evaded nor revoked . It fitly closed a long era of constitutional struggle , and at the same time prepared the way for a new development ...
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... gave an opportunity for such an ameliorating influence to spring up . They were spared , even in war , by the reverence of the people for the Church ; and they became places where peaceful minds might retire for honest work and learning ...
... gave an opportunity for such an ameliorating influence to spring up . They were spared , even in war , by the reverence of the people for the Church ; and they became places where peaceful minds might retire for honest work and learning ...
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... gave himself up more thoroughly than Alfred did fully to do the duties of his office . His whole life seems to have been spent in doing all he could for the good of his people in And it is wonderful in how many ways his pow- every way ...
... gave himself up more thoroughly than Alfred did fully to do the duties of his office . His whole life seems to have been spent in doing all he could for the good of his people in And it is wonderful in how many ways his pow- every way ...
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Page 120 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it : This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 225 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Page 341 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Page 227 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 339 - ... to that great muster of various talents. Age and blindness had unfitted Lord North for the duties of a public prosecutor ; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood contained an array of speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes...
Page 338 - ... indicated also habitual self-possession and self-respect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow pensive, but not gloomy, a mouth of inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the picture in the council-chamber at Calcutta, Mens aqua in arduis; such was the aspect with which the great Proconsul presented himself to his judges.
Page 225 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 337 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 265 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Page 321 - ... it was no light thing to engage an army twenty times as numerous as his own. Before him lay a river over which it was easy to advance, but over which, if things went ill, not one of his little band would ever return. On this occasion, for the first and for the last time, his dauntless spirit, during a few hours, shrank from the fearful responsibility of making a decision. He called a council of war. The majority pronounced against fighting ; and Clive declared his concurrence with the majority....