Beauties of Dr. Robertson: Containing the Most Prominent and Interesting Passages in the Works of that Illustrious Historian, Being the Lives and Characters of the Principal Personages, Together with the Most Memorable Events |
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... extremely impolitic , and his reign . was disastrous as well as his end tragical . He both hated and feared his nobles , kept them at an undue distance , and bestowed every mark of con- fidence and affection upon a few mean persons of ...
... extremely impolitic , and his reign . was disastrous as well as his end tragical . He both hated and feared his nobles , kept them at an undue distance , and bestowed every mark of con- fidence and affection upon a few mean persons of ...
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... extremely young , the full authority of a king . He was inferior to no prince of that age in gracefulness of person , or in vigour of mind ; his understanding was good , and his heart warm ; the former capable of great improvement , and ...
... extremely young , the full authority of a king . He was inferior to no prince of that age in gracefulness of person , or in vigour of mind ; his understanding was good , and his heart warm ; the former capable of great improvement , and ...
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... extremely proper for the commission of that crime , with a view to which , it seems manifestly to have been chosen . Mary continued to attend the king with the most assiduous care . She seldom was absent from him through the day ; she ...
... extremely proper for the commission of that crime , with a view to which , it seems manifestly to have been chosen . Mary continued to attend the king with the most assiduous care . She seldom was absent from him through the day ; she ...
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... extremely solicitous to discover those who had rid her of an husband whom she had so violently hated . It was Bothwell's interest , who had the supreme direction of this , as well as of all other affairs , to stifle and suppress ...
... extremely solicitous to discover those who had rid her of an husband whom she had so violently hated . It was Bothwell's interest , who had the supreme direction of this , as well as of all other affairs , to stifle and suppress ...
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... extremely limited , and the power of the nobles so formidable , he durst not venture on the last action , towards which all his ambitious . projects tended , without their approbation . In order to secure this , he , immediately after ...
... extremely limited , and the power of the nobles so formidable , he durst not venture on the last action , towards which all his ambitious . projects tended , without their approbation . In order to secure this , he , immediately after ...
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Page 309 - ... threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation mingled with reverence. They implored him to pardon their ignorance, incredulity, and insolence, which had created him so much unnecessary disquiet, and had so often obstructed the prosecution of his well-concerted plan; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another, they now pronounced the man, whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by heaven with sagacity...
Page 29 - Polite, affable, insinuating, sprightly, and capable of speaking and of writing with equal ease and dignity. Sudden, however, and violent in all her attachments; because her heart was warm and unsuspicious. Impatient of contradiction ; because she had been accustomed from her infancy to be treated as a queen. No stranger, on some occasions, to dissimulation ; which, in that perfidious court where she received her education, was reckoned among the necessary arts of government.
Page 310 - Columbus was the first European who set foot in the new world which he had discovered. He landed in a rich dress, and with a naked sword in his hand. His men followed, and kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see.
Page 309 - October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes ; all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes.
Page 28 - ... with an audible voice, and in the English tongue, recommended unto God the afflicted state of the church, and prayed for prosperity to her son, and for a long life and peaceable reign to Elizabeth. She declared that she hoped for mercy only through the death of Christ, at the foot of whose image she now willingly shed her blood ; and lifting up and kissing the crucifix, she thus addressed it: "As thy arms, O Jesus, were extended on the cross ; so with the outstretched arms of thy mercy receive...
Page 226 - But these indecencies of which Luther was guilty, must not be imputed wholly to the violence of his temper. They ought to be charged in part on the manners of the age. Among a rude people, unacquainted with those maxims, which, by putting continual restraint on the passions of individuals, have polished society and rendered it agreeable ; disputes of every kind were managed with heat, and strong emotions were uttered in their natural language, without reserve or delicacy. At the same time, the works...
Page 308 - ... and undaunted courage. Happily for himself, and for the country by which he was employed, he joined to the ardent temper and inventive genius of a projector, virtues of another species, which are rarely united with them. He possessed a thorough knowledge of mankind, an insinuating address, a patient perseverance in executing...
Page 226 - A gentle call would neither have reached, nor have excited those to whom it was addressed. A spirit more amiable, but less vigorous than Luther's, would have shrunk back from the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities, the infirmities of his temper increased upon him, so that he grew daily more peevish, more irascible, and more impatient of contradiction.
Page 310 - ... discovered. He landed in a rich dress, and with a naked sword in his hand. His men followed, and, kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see. They next erected a crucifix, and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the country for the crown of Castile and Leon, with all the formalities which the Portuguese were accustomed to observe in acts of this kind...
Page 309 - From every ship an island was seen, about two leagues to the north, whose flat and verdant fields, well stored with wood and watered with many rivulets, presented the aspect of a delightful country. The crew of the Pinta instantly began the Te Deum...