Goldsmith's History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II, with a Continuation to the Present TimeBaudry's European Library, 1844 - 510 pages |
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... hope was lost in despair . 8. The wisdom and virtues of one man alone were found sufficient to bring back happiness , security , and order ; and all the calamities of the times found redress from Alfred . 9. This prince seemed born not ...
... hope was lost in despair . 8. The wisdom and virtues of one man alone were found sufficient to bring back happiness , security , and order ; and all the calamities of the times found redress from Alfred . 9. This prince seemed born not ...
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... hopes of better fortune . 4. It is said , that one day , being commanded by the herdsman's wife , who was ignorant of his quality , to take care of some cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , on which she ...
... hopes of better fortune . 4. It is said , that one day , being commanded by the herdsman's wife , who was ignorant of his quality , to take care of some cakes which were baking by the fire , he happened to let them burn , on which she ...
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... hopes of extending the authority of the church , he immediately pro- nounced Harold an usurper . With such favourable incentives , William soon found himself at the head of a chosen army of sixty thousand brave adventurers , all ...
... hopes of extending the authority of the church , he immediately pro- nounced Harold an usurper . With such favourable incentives , William soon found himself at the head of a chosen army of sixty thousand brave adventurers , all ...
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... hopes of saving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . About a hundred and forty young no- blemen , of the principal families of England and Normandy , were A town and harbour of Normandy . lost on this ...
... hopes of saving their lives , numbers leaped in , and the whole went to the bottom . About a hundred and forty young no- blemen , of the principal families of England and Normandy , were A town and harbour of Normandy . lost on this ...
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... hopes , for three days , that his son had put into some distant port in England ; but when certain intelligence of the calamity was brought to him he fainted away , and was never seen to smile from that moment till the day of his death ...
... hopes , for three days , that his son had put into some distant port in England ; but when certain intelligence of the calamity was brought to him he fainted away , and was never seen to smile from that moment till the day of his death ...
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