Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George III, 1820, Volume 4

Sampul Depan
 

Halaman terpilih

Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua

Istilah dan frasa umum

Bagian yang populer

Halaman 278 - ... and council, but the doctor, who assured them he had a commission, but knew not how it was gone ; then the lord deputy made answer, « Let us have another commission, ' and we will shuffle the cards in the mean while...
Halaman 50 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed of his free tenement and liberties, or outlawed, or banished, or anywise hurt or injured, unless by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land...
Halaman 176 - It was the misfortune of James, that his maxims and manners were too refined for the age in which he lived. Happy ! had he reigned in a kingdom more civilized ; his love of peace, of justice, and of elegance, would have rendered his schemes successful ; and, instead of perishing because he had attempted too much, a grateful people would have applauded and seconded his efforts to reform and improve them.
Halaman 77 - It hath been through all ages ever seen, That •with the praise of arms and chivalry The prize of beauty still hath joined been, And that for reason's special privity ; For either doth on other much rely ; For he...
Halaman 27 - ... was a general survey of all the lands in the kingdom, their extent in each district, their proprietors, tenures, value; the quantity of meadow, pasture, wood, and arable land, which they contained; and in some counties the number of tenants, cottagers, and slaves of all denominations, who lived upon them.
Halaman 211 - Asia; they took a wider range, and following the course which the ancients had marked out, imported the commodities of the East Indies from Alexandria. When Egypt was torn from the Roman empire by the Arabians, the industry of the Greeks discovered a new channel, by which the productions of India might be conveyed to Constantinople. They were carried up the Indus, as far as that great...
Halaman 25 - ... the kingdom. He introduced into England the feudal law which he found established in France and Normandy, and which, during that age, was the foundation both of the stability and of the disorders in most of the monarchical governments of Europe : he divided all the lands of England, with...
Halaman 278 - This doctor coining with the commission to Chester on his journey, the mayor of that city, hearing that her majesty was sending a messenger into Ireland...
Halaman 49 - London, and all cities and boroughs, shall preserve their ancient liberties, immunities, and free customs : aids shall not be required of them but by the consent of the great council : no towns or individuals shall be obliged to make or support bridges but by ancient custom : the goods of every freeman shall be disposed of according to his will ; if he die intestate, his heirs shall succeed to them.
Halaman 150 - Carthage should be safe ; lest by its fall the remaining power should be able, without contrast or opposition, to execute every purpose and undertaking. And here he acted with great wisdom and prudence. For that is never, on any account, to be overlooked ; nor ought such a force ever to be thrown into one hand, as to incapacitate the neighbouring states from defending their rights against it.

Informasi bibliografi