Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volumen19Isaac Collins and sons, 1804 |
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Página 118 - The king himself, being vehemently agitated, burst forth into an exclamation against his servants, whose want of zeal, he said, had so long left him exposed to the enterprises of that ungrateful and imperious prelate.
Página 72 - Leofwin, dismounting, placed himself at the head of his infantry, and expressed his resolution to conquer, or to perish in the action. The first attack of the Normans was desperate, but was received with equal valour by the English; and after a furious combat, which remained long undecided, the former, overcome by the difficulty of the ground, and...
Página 123 - Irish that had ventured to attack him, and as Richard himself, who brought over two hundred horse and a body of archers, joined, a few days after, the victorious English, they made themselves masters of Waterford, and proceeded to Dublin, which was taken by assault.
Página 179 - Wallace during the fury of war, resolved to overawe the Scots by an example of severity : he ordered Wallace to be carried in chains to London, to be tried...
Página 357 - By means of this law, joined to the beginning luxury and refinements of the age, the great fortunes of the barons were gradually dissipated, and the property of the commons increased in England. It is probable that Henry foresaw and intended this consequence; because the constant scheme of his policy consisted in depressing the great, and exalting churchmen, lawyers, and men of new families, who were more dependent on him.
Página 323 - Dighton, and Forest, came in the night-time to the door of the chamber where the princes were lodged, and, sending in the assassins, he bade them execute their commission, while he himself stayed without.
Página 102 - William was put into the longboat, and had got clear of the ship, when, hearing the cries of his natural sister, the Countess of Perche, he ordered the seamen to row back in hopes of saving her ; but the numbers who then crowded in soon sank the boat, and the prince, with all his retinue, perished.
Página 381 - He wrote a book in Latin against the principles of Luther; a performance which, if allowance be made for the subject and the age, does no discredit to his capacity. He sent a copy of it to Leo, who received so magnificent a present with great testimony of regard ; and conferred on him the title of '-defender of the faith;" fm appellation still retained by the kings of England.
Página 46 - Nature also, as if desirous that so bright a production of her skill should be set in the fairest light, had bestowed on him all bodily accomplishments, vigour of limbs, dignity of shape and air, and a pleasant, engaging, and open countenance.
Página 366 - Insatiable in his acquisitions, but still more magnificent in his expense ; of extensive capacity, but still more unbounded enterprise ; ambitious of power, but still more desirous of glory; insinuating, engaging, persuasive, and, by turns, lofty, elevated, commanding; haughty to his equals, but affable to his dependents; oppressive to the people, but liberal to his...