The History of England from the Accession of James II., Volumen1Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 - 526 páginas Tidlig amerikansk udgave af den engelske politiker og historiker T.B. Macaulays i datiden meget værdsatte Englandshistorie, der omhandler tiden fra Jacob 2.'s tronbestigelse 1685 over "Den Glorværdige Revolution" 1688 til Wilhelm 3.'s død i 1702. Dansk udgave haves. Bd. 5 har index til hele værket. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 69
Página 27
... tion , and that revolution which , a few generations later , put an end to the property of man in man , were silently and imperceptibly effected . They struck contemporary observers with no surprise , and have re- ceived from historians ...
... tion , and that revolution which , a few generations later , put an end to the property of man in man , were silently and imperceptibly effected . They struck contemporary observers with no surprise , and have re- ceived from historians ...
Página 41
... tion now meets , to go through some venerable form . In England events took a different course . This singular felicity she owed chiefly to her insular situation . Before the end of the fifteenth century great military establishments ...
... tion now meets , to go through some venerable form . In England events took a different course . This singular felicity she owed chiefly to her insular situation . Before the end of the fifteenth century great military establishments ...
Página 47
... tion may be said to assist as spectators rather than as auditors . Here , again , the Church of England took a middle course . copied the Roman Catholic forms of prayer , but translated them into the vulgar tongue , and invited the ...
... tion may be said to assist as spectators rather than as auditors . Here , again , the Church of England took a middle course . copied the Roman Catholic forms of prayer , but translated them into the vulgar tongue , and invited the ...
Página 50
... tion of a sacrament had been valid . Nor did the Church grudge this extensive power to our princes . By them she had been called into exist- ence , nursed through a feeble infancy , guarded from Papists on one side , and from Puritans ...
... tion of a sacrament had been valid . Nor did the Church grudge this extensive power to our princes . By them she had been called into exist- ence , nursed through a feeble infancy , guarded from Papists on one side , and from Puritans ...
Página 51
... tion younger by many years than themselves , an institution which had , under their own eyes , gradually received its form from the pas- sions and interests of a court , began to mimic the lofty style of Rome . Since these men could not ...
... tion younger by many years than themselves , an institution which had , under their own eyes , gradually received its form from the pas- sions and interests of a court , began to mimic the lofty style of Rome . Since these men could not ...
Contenido
| 22 | |
| 29 | |
| 35 | |
| 41 | |
| 53 | |
| 59 | |
| 61 | |
| 67 | |
| 73 | |
| 112 | |
| 118 | |
| 125 | |
| 135 | |
| 142 | |
| 148 | |
| 154 | |
| 162 | |
| 163 | |
| 170 | |
| 179 | |
| 180 | |
| 185 | |
| 186 | |
| 191 | |
| 197 | |
| 205 | |
| 208 | |
| 214 | |
| 225 | |
| 293 | |
| 301 | |
| 310 | |
| 317 | |
| 324 | |
| 331 | |
| 337 | |
| 345 | |
| 351 | |
| 357 | |
| 363 | |
| 369 | |
| 377 | |
| 383 | |
| 390 | |
| 396 | |
| 402 | |
| 409 | |
| 415 | |
| 444 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The History of England from the Accession of James II Thomas Babington Macaulay Vista previa limitada - 2013 |
The History of England from the Accession of James II., Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista de fragmentos - 1879 |
Términos y frases comunes
appeared Argyle arms army Barillon bishops Bloody Assizes Burnet called capital Cavaliers Charles the Second chief Church civil clergy command council court Cromwell crown death declared divine Duchess of Portsmouth Duke of York Earl enemy England English Exclusion Bill favour force France French gentlemen Guildford Halifax head Holland honor horse House of Commons House of Stuart hundred James Jeffreys justice king king's kingdom land Lewis liberty London Gazette Long Parliament Lord ment military militia mind ministers monarchy Monmouth nation never North's Papists parliament party passed persons political population Presbyterians prince privy Protestant Puritans rank regarded regiment religion Restoration Roman Catholic Roundheads royal royalists Rye House plot scarcely Scotland seemed soldiers soon sovereign spirit suffered temper thought thousand pounds throne tion Tory town trainbands troops Westminster Whigs Whitehall whole zealous
Pasajes populares
Página 335 - Richard, Richard, dost thou think we'll hear thee poison the court ? Richard, thou art an old fellow, an old knave ; thou hast written books enough to load a cart, every one as full of sedition, I might say treason, as an egg is full of meat. Hadst thou been whipped out of thy writing trade forty years ago, it had been happy.
Página 119 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Página 43 - But during the last three centuries, to stunt the growth of the human mind has been her chief object. Throughout Christendom, whatever advance has been made in knowledge, in freedom, in wealth, and in the arts of life, has been made in spite of her, and has everywhere been in inverse proportion to her power.
Página 204 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Página 255 - The chief cause which made the fusion of the different elements of society so imperfect was the extreme difficulty which our ancestors found in passing from place to place. Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilisation of our species.
Página 217 - At Enfield, hardly out of sight of the smoke of the capital, was a region of five and twenty miles in circumference, which contained only three houses and scarcely any enclosed fields. Deer, as free as in an American forest, wandered there by thousands.
Página 429 - AD] coarse and scanty fare of those who had defaced his beloved cathedral. His conduct on this occasion was of a piece with his whole life. His intellect was indeed darkened by many superstitions and prejudices: but his moral character, when impartially reviewed, sustains a comparison with any in ecclesiastical history, and seems to approach, as near as human infirmity permits, to the ideal perfection of Christian virtue.
Página 24 - Then was formed that language, less musical indeed than the languages of the south, but in force, in richness, in aptitude for all the highest purposes of the poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone.
Página 227 - He was permitted to dine, with the family; but he was expected to content himself with the plainest fare. He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots : but, as soon as the tarts and cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast, from a great part of which he had been excluded...
Página 232 - A few churches of eminent beauty rose out of a labyrinth of narrow lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses, and danger also that it would break in the cellars. Goods were therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs...