 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1830 - 584 halaman
...that passionate admiration of her soil and institutions which characterized his future administration. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to order the restoration and adornment of the cities of Attica and the Peloponnesus ;* Athens, Argos,... | |
 | 1851 - 566 halaman
...; neither too arrogant not to seek advice, nor too self-sufficient not to follow it when obtained. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to consult the famous philosopher, Apollonius Tyanes, on the art of good government, who simply answered,... | |
 | M. Young - 1860 - 610 halaman
...power of the Papal See was universally detested, and when all men were exclaiming against its abuses. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to pass an edict annulling its authority in Spain, and forbidding his subjects to plead causes relating... | |
 | 1875 - 588 halaman
...the Magyar —^called by Turks, 'the Law-giver;' by Christians, 'the Great' and the ' Magnificent.' One of his first acts, on coming to the throne, was to despatch aa ambassador to Hungary to demand tribute or declare war if it was refused ; and, to give... | |
 | Annie Russell Wall - 1880 - 196 halaman
...Magnificent. It was a period of great rulers, and Henry bade fair to take a foremost place among them. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to execute the most odious of his father's agents in illegal taxation ; and he soon solemnized his marriage... | |
 | John Collinsworth Simmons - 1891 - 334 halaman
...his brother, thus " plucking up by the roots " these two horns that stood in his way to the throne. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to turn his attention to the possession of Egypt, which was then enjoyed by Ptolemy Philometor, his nephew,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1892 - 332 halaman
...that Antoninus Pius, his father-inlaw, associated him in the government many years before he died. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to give Lucius Aurelius Verus an honored place in the government, thus making him his friend. He was a... | |
 | H. E. Tuell - 1898 - 84 halaman
...constantly in his humility and generosity to the poor.4 His custom of constant prayer became proverbial.6 One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to send to Hy for a man who should instruct the English nation in the Christian faith.6 On the failure... | |
 | Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1903 - 706 halaman
...estates as had not been sold. Probably, however, this tardy reparation did not greatly benefit them. Coeur had not been able to execute any considerable...king's death had at once entered an appeal against his father's sentence, saw his opportunity, and, cherishing a special animosity against Chabannes, took... | |
 | James Alexander Williamson - 1925 - 320 halaman
...the English side Charles II had inherited a powerful fleet from the Commonwealth and Oliver Cromwell. One of his first acts on coming to the throne was to appoint the Duke Lord High Admiral, and it was in that capacity that he sailed to meet the Dutch in... | |
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The latter was the last person in the world to forget an injury, and one of his first acts on coming to the throne was to throw his old opponent into the Bastille and confiscate his estates. 
