... to the further side, whom the Romans following, through lacke of knowledge in the nature ofthe places, they fell into the marish grounds, and so came to lose manie of their men, namelie ofthe ... places ofthe streames there, and withall were verie skilfull in swimming (as the maner of Chronicles : TheHistorieofEngland 23 the countrie then was) he appointed them to passe ouer on the sudden ... some of them slue their wiues and children, as mooued thereto with a certeine fond regard of pitie to rid them out of further miserie and danger of thraldome The next day the certeintie of the...
... noteth) in the yéere of Christ 51 9, after the building of Rome 1270, ofthe world 44 85, ofthe comming ofthe Saxons 70, of Iustinus Anicius emperour ofthe east, the first and third ofthe renowmed ... exact yéere ofthe erection ofthe kingdome ofthe Eastsaxons to begin with the end ofthe eight of Cerdicus king ofthe Westsaxons, that is, the 52 7 of Christ, and 78 after the comming ofthe Saxons ... touching the time ofthe being héere ofthe said Germane, than the opinion of other, which afirme that it was in the time ofthe reigne of Vter The like is to be found in the residue of Hector...
... defense of themselues, and of their king that was present there with them, beating backe the enimies, chasing them from the walles, and Chronicles : TheHistorieofEngland 14 otherwise dooing their ... Chronicles : TheHistorieofEnglandHISTORIEOFENGLAND ***** _Egelred succeedeth Edward the martyr in the kingdoms of England, the decaie ofthe realme in his reigne, Dunstane ... seuentéenth yeere ofthe emperour Henrie the second, Chronicles : TheHistorieofEngland 26 surnamed Claudus, in the twentith yéere ofthe reigne of Robert king of France, and about the yeere of Malcolme...
... Noe was the father to Sem the father of Bedwi, the father of Wala, the father of Hatria or Hathra, the father of Itermod, the father of Heremod, the father of Sheaf or Seaf, the father of Seldoa ... Sceldua, the father of Beatu or Beau, the father of Teathwij aliàs Tadwa or Teathwy, the father of Geta, reputed for a god among the gentiles, the father of Fingodulph otherwise Godulph, the father of ... otherwise Friuin, the father of Freolaf aliàs Freolater, the father of Frethwold or Friderwald, the father ofthe aforenamed Woden or Othen ***** _The peeres are in doubt to whome the rule of...
... the sonne of Theomantius was ofthe Britains made king after the deceasse of his father, in the yeare ofthe world 3944, after the building of Rome 728, and before the [Sidenote: Fabian out of ... Brennus 357 4.] Brennus and Belinus began to reigne iointlie as kings in Britaine, in the yéere ofthe world 357 4, after the building ofthe citie of Rome 355 , and after the deliuerance ofthe Israelites ... ***** The ioint-gouernment of Belinus and Brennus the two sonnes of Mulmucius, their discontentment, the stratagems ofthe one against the other, the expulsion of Brennus out of Britaine THE SECOND...
... THE HISTORY OFENGLAND Volume One of Three FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR TO THE END OFTHE REIGN OF JAMES THE SECOND, BY DAVID HUME, ESQ 1688 In Three Volumes: VOLUME ONE: The History Of ... to the majority ofthe house of commons, and suited their religious principles But as the impatience ofthe people, the danger of delay, the general disgust towards faction, and the authority of ... History OfEngland From The Invasion Of Julius Cæsar To The End OfThe Reign Of James The Second by David Hume, Esq VOLUME TWO: Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George...
... to the maintenance ofthe true Protestant religion, with due consideration to the just ease of tender consciences, to the settling ofthe rights ofthe crown and of parliament, the laws ofthe ... continued by the papists, for the sole purpose ofthe establishment of popery on the ruins of Protestantism The constant repetition acted on the minds ofthe people as a sufficient proof ofthe charge; ... as in the case ofthe earl of Strafford The commons had not been present at the trial of Laud; they had not heard the evidence, they had not even read the depositions ofthe witnesses; they pronounced...
... along the margin of a field, they crouched there together till the commander ofthe ships was tired of firing The queen's destination was York, the great and ancient capital ofthe north ofEngland ... remove the young Prince of Wales In the mean time they began to gather together their forces, and to provide munitions of war The king did the same He sent the young prince to the western part ofthe ... partly by the urgency ofthe queen, to make the attempt The circumstances of this case, so far as the action ofthe king was concerned in them, are fully related in the history of Charles the First...
... ACTION OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS 491 31 CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXIX THE RISE AND FALL OFTHE CAUCUS THE LIBERALS 50 1 32 CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXX THE RISE AND FALL OFTHE CAUCUS THE CONSERVATIVES 53 5 VOLUME ... work, and who has read the whole ofthe proof sheets except the chapters that deal with the Empire These friends have made the writing ofthe book possible, and saved the author from many blunders ... Hale, now ofthe Harvard Law School, and Mr Thomas N Hoover ofthe Harvard Graduate School, the last of these having also verified the citations and prepared the index APRIL, 1908 TABLE OF CONTENTS...
... in them we can often find a germ of truth The legends are given for what they are worth There is no need to relate the fate ofthe mutineers The fate of mutineers is the same the world over They ... Russia the adventurers must have heard of Peter the Great's plan to find the North Passage The finding ofthe Passage had been one ofthe reasons for the granting ofthe charter, and the fur ... more ofthe fur lords and explorers in the great West and North of Canada; ofthe fierce warfare between the rival traders; ofthe opening up of great rivers to commerce, and ofthe founding of...
... custom in the purlieus ofthe court; and of these brokers the most successful had been, in the days of Charles, the harlots, and in the days of James, the priests From the palace which was the chief ... ofthe authority of Scripture He was therefore required to profess his faith in the divinity ofthe Son and ofthe Holy Ghost, and in the inspiration ofthe Old and New Testaments Such were the ... been schismatics? Had the Convocation of 156 2, that Convocation which had finally settled the doctrine ofthe Church of England, been itself out ofthe pale ofthe Church of Christ? Nothing could...
... into the water at Oldbridge and another to cross the bridge of Slane If the constitution gave him the command ofthe forces ofthe State, the constitution gave him also the direction ofthe foreign ... the monuments of its subjugation Such monuments every where met the eye ofthe Irish Roman Catholics In front ofthe Senate House of their country, they saw the statue of their conqueror If they ... twenty leagues off, abandoned the open sea, and retired into the depths ofthe harbour of Brest The appearance of an English squadron in the estuary ofthe Shannon had decided the fate ofthe last...
... But the citizen of Westminster passed his days in the vicinity ofthe palace, ofthe public offices, ofthe houses of parliament, ofthe courts of law He was familiar with the faces and voices of ... all the Strand, all the river were in commotion Before midnight the King's apartments, the Queen's apartments, the Wardrobe, the Treasury, the office ofthe Privy Council, the office ofthe Secretary ... been the first object of his curiosity For the grace and dignity ofthe French King, the splendour ofthe French Court, the discipline ofthe French armies, and the genius and learning of the...
... considered, the Standing Committee meets at principals level, comprising the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, the Governor ofthe Bank and the Chairman ofthe FSA (or senior alternates) The Bank and the ... authority would: • assess the situation and co-ordinate their response within the framework agreed with the other authorities The form ofthe response would depend on the nature ofthe event and would ... responsibilities, where: a) the nature ofthe operations has been agreed according to the provisions of paragraphs 13 and 14 of this Memorandum; and b) the operations not fall within the ambit ofthe Bank defined...
... lord of Ireland, the last daie of September, in the yeare ofthe world 53 66, of our Lord 1399, ofthe reigne ofthe emperour Wenceslaus the two and twentith, of Charles the first king of France the ... reason ofthe tenure of his manour of Wilmundale in the countie of Hertford, serued the king ofthe first cup of drinke which he tasted of at his dinner the daie of his coronation: the cup was of ... effect ofthe articles which these confederats were agréed vpon touching their offer to the king of England, were as followeth The articles of couenants which they offered to the king of England...
... 1 352 Capture of Guînes 29 Aug., 1 350 Battle ofthe Spaniards-on -the- sea April, 1 354 Preliminaries of peace signed at Guînes 1 355 Failure ofthe negotiations and renewal ofthe war Failure of ... and ofthe whole of Périgord The surrender of La Réole opened up the passage ofthe Garonne, and the capture of Bazas gave the French a foothold to the south of that river Only the people of Bordeaux ... action The three years' vacancy ofthe see of Canterbury, after the death of Richard le Grand, paralysed the action ofthe Church After the pope's rejection ofthe first choice ofthe convent of...
... amount of money either at call or for a given period of time, at an agreed interest rate The loan is not tradable The offer rate is the interest rate at which banks are willing to lend cash to other ... notional principal, at the In practice, various factors (such as lags in the publication ofthe price index) mean the inflation protection is not perfect 3 start of each of a number of successive periods ... size’ The British Bankers’ Association’s (BBA) London interbank offer rate (LIBOR) fixings are calculated by taking the average ofthe middle eight offer rates collected at 11 am from a pool of...