The Englishman's Library: Comprising a Series of Historical, Biographical, and National Information, Under the Following Heads, English History, and Lives of Eminent Statesmen, English Scenes, and Essays on Subjects of National Importance, Lives of Eminent English Philosophers, Writers, Etc., and Patriotic Poetry : Being a Selection from the Original Articles of the Plain EnglishmanCharles Knight, 1824 - 394 pages |
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... prince the Great . His right to this title , and his claims to the gratitude of every English heart , even after an interval of nine hundred years , are best proved by the following mention of his actions : -He freed his country from a ...
... prince the Great . His right to this title , and his claims to the gratitude of every English heart , even after an interval of nine hundred years , are best proved by the following mention of his actions : -He freed his country from a ...
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... prince did , at a period when the natives of England were universally dwelling in an ignorance , of which we , in these times , have no adequate conception ; and when the duties of Govern- ment , and the happiness of society , were so ...
... prince did , at a period when the natives of England were universally dwelling in an ignorance , of which we , in these times , have no adequate conception ; and when the duties of Govern- ment , and the happiness of society , were so ...
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... prince was fully sensible that the happi- ness of a state is best preserved by diffusing Christian Knowledge amongst the people . He therefore re- built or restored all the religious edifices that had been destroyed or injured by the ...
... prince was fully sensible that the happi- ness of a state is best preserved by diffusing Christian Knowledge amongst the people . He therefore re- built or restored all the religious edifices that had been destroyed or injured by the ...
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... prince preserved the most sacred regard to the liberty of his people ; and it is a memorable sentiment preserved in his will , that it was just the English should for ever remain as free as their own thoughts . This great monarch died ...
... prince preserved the most sacred regard to the liberty of his people ; and it is a memorable sentiment preserved in his will , that it was just the English should for ever remain as free as their own thoughts . This great monarch died ...
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... prince was communicated to the age in which he lived ; and though many wholesome laws were established , the balance of authority and of interests in our constitu- tion was still very imperfectly exhibited . The vices and frivolity of ...
... prince was communicated to the age in which he lived ; and though many wholesome laws were established , the balance of authority and of interests in our constitu- tion was still very imperfectly exhibited . The vices and frivolity of ...
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