A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page vii
... , which had their origin before 1832 , have been passed over for the present in silence , and reserved for future treatment in subsequent volumes . LONDON : August 1878 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . CHAPTER I. PAGE The PREFACE . vii.
... , which had their origin before 1832 , have been passed over for the present in silence , and reserved for future treatment in subsequent volumes . LONDON : August 1878 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . CHAPTER I. PAGE The PREFACE . vii.
Page xv
... passed Strike of the Lancashire Cotton Spinners The Budget of 1818 Grant to Spain for abolishing the Slave Trade Grant for New Churches The Dissolution and General Election Prospects of Increased Prosperity The Resumption of Cash ...
... passed Strike of the Lancashire Cotton Spinners The Budget of 1818 Grant to Spain for abolishing the Slave Trade Grant for New Churches The Dissolution and General Election Prospects of Increased Prosperity The Resumption of Cash ...
Page 7
... passed since the election of Maxi- milian of Austria to the imperial throne . At the close of the revolutionary war , nearly three centuries had passed since the election of Maximilian's grandson Charles to the same dignity had united ...
... passed since the election of Maxi- milian of Austria to the imperial throne . At the close of the revolutionary war , nearly three centuries had passed since the election of Maximilian's grandson Charles to the same dignity had united ...
Page 8
... passed through a greater number of crises than any other State , but , hydra - headed , it rose stronger after every reverse . During the sixteenth century Austria was the barrier on which the waves of Mahome- tan invasion beat in vain ...
... passed through a greater number of crises than any other State , but , hydra - headed , it rose stronger after every reverse . During the sixteenth century Austria was the barrier on which the waves of Mahome- tan invasion beat in vain ...
Page 12
... passed since the great Frederick had raised his country for the first time in her story to the front rank in Europe ... Passing successive relays of the population through the ranks , they succeeded , in an incredibly short time , in ...
... passed since the great Frederick had raised his country for the first time in her story to the front rank in Europe ... Passing successive relays of the population through the ranks , they succeeded , in an incredibly short time , in ...
Contents
64 | |
68 | |
71 | |
83 | |
130 | |
132 | |
142 | |
149 | |
155 | |
156 | |
157 | |
159 | |
164 | |
166 | |
169 | |
172 | |
176 | |
180 | |
182 | |
185 | |
194 | |
201 | |
204 | |
303 | |
304 | |
322 | |
324 | |
332 | |
333 | |
338 | |
365 | |
398 | |
403 | |
442 | |
462 | |
465 | |
484 | |
512 | |
513 | |
523 | |
529 | |
590 | |
596 | |
631 | |
645 | |
646 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addington admirable afterwards Algiers army Bank became bill borough Brindley Britain British Brougham career Castlereagh CHAP Chron Colchester commencement compelled consequence corn cotton death debt Duke duties eighteenth century election England English Europe expenditure exports France French George George III Government Grenville Hansard Hist honour House of Commons House of Lords important increased India influence invention Ireland Irish king kingdom labour Lady land less London Lord Castlereagh Lord Eldon Lord Ellenborough Lord Grenville Lord Liverpool Lord Sidmouth Lord Wellesley Manchester manufacturers ment minister ministry nation never obtained parish Parliament party passed peace Perceval period persons Pitt political poor population Porter's Progress Prince princess prisoners queen reform Regent reign returned revenue Romilly Scotland Scott Sidmouth succeeded success tion Tory town trade United Kingdom vote Wales water frame weaver Whig Wilberforce wool wrote СНАР
Popular passages
Page 648 - History of Civilisation in England and France, Spain and Scotland. By HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. 3 vols. crown 8vo. 24*. Lectures on the History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of King Edward II. By W. LONGMAN, FSA Maps and Illustrations. 8vo. 15*. History of the Life & Times of Edward III. By W. LONGMAN, FSA With 9 Maps, 8 Plates, and 1 6 Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo. 28^.
Page 648 - A STUDENT'S MANUAL of the HISTORY of INDIA, from the Earliest Period to the Present.
Page 246 - AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow, — A people starved and stabbed in the...