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Page 178 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Page 132 - No man shall be deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers and the law of the land.
Page 2 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 40 - Doric has a masculine grandeur, and a superior air of strength to both the others. It is, therefore, best adapted to works of great magnitude and of a sublime character. The character of sublimity is essentially connected with chasteness and simplicity. Of this order is the temple of Theseus at Athens, built ten years after the battle of Marathon, and at this day almost entire. The Ionic order is light and elegant. The former has a masculine grandeur; the latter a feminine elegance.
Page 371 - Percival, was assassinated in the lobby of the house of commons by a merchant named Bellingham, who fancied that his just claims had been neglected by government.
Page 154 - ... had sustained in those unhappy contests. Industry, good order, and perfect subordination, were the fruit of the excellent laws passed in this reign ; though the temper of the sovereign was despotic, and his avarice, in the latter part of his reign, prompted to the most oppressive exactions. 11. The government of Henry was disturbed by two very singular enterprises ; the attempt of Lambert Simnel, the son of a baker, to counterfeit the person of the earl of Warwick, son of the duke of Clarence...
Page 264 - The king told him he had found out the secret of obliging his enemies as well as his friends ; for the court of Spain had mentioned him in the most honourable terms, with respect to his candid and friendly deportment, in providing transports and other necessaries for the embarkation of their troops, and in protecting them from oppression. He was appointed treasurer...
Page 392 - That to pursue schemes of conquest, and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation.
Page 209 - ... was added a declaration fixing the rights of the subject and the royal prerogative. Of this the most important articles are the following : The king cannot suspend the laws or their execution ; he cannot levy money without consent of parliament : The subjects have right to petition the crown : A standing army cannot be kept up in time of peace but by consent of parliament : Elections and parliamentary debate must be free, and parliaments must be frequently assembled, &c.
Page 223 - Poland was destined to receive a yet more humiliating chastisement. Charles reduced C'ourland and Lithuania, penetrated into the heart of the kingdom, and subdued the capitals of Warsaw and Cracow. He then assembled the states, declared king Augustus deposed, and signified his pleasure that Stanislaus, his own dependant, should be elected sovereign of Poland. The factions of the kingdom aided this revolution, and the will of Charles was complied with. The deposed king retired to his electoral dominions...