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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… influence was little felt or acknowledged beyond his own country; now kings and Emperors sought his favor. It rested … strength in the cause of literature. What nature and my country denied me, his bounty supplied." These expressions of … the metropolis of England. Labor alternated from town to country and from country to town; learning followed work, and …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Picardy. But this able and active general found the whole country utterly defenceless. To the well appointed and … and, without experiencing any opposition, devastated the country as far as Montdidier. Montdidier was surrendered on … The Constable, he said, was a traitor not less to his country than his King. He had combined with their national …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… whilst he was thus engaged at a distance, "leaving the country ungarnished of men," the Scotch would take advantage … have left the stamp of their iron hoof on the face of the country ever since, served to bring out that pertinacity of … forgive the Earl for the enormous expence to which the country had been subjected by superfluous levies. He thought …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… often furnish for the social and domestic history of this country. The much greater amount of matter contained in these …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… incident which affected the honour or prosperity of the country, may be read with a distinctness which it is scarcely … is it only the general condition of the people, or of the country, which here receives illustration; students of …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… the design he had formed on his first coming to the country of staying there an indefinite time. While waiting … people, since his desire of acquiring an interest in the country would show that his attachment to New York did not … as a personage who, if honest and able, would relieve the country from great confusion. There are also notices of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… if nine orthostatic stones strewn over some two miles of country in the vicinity are in fact the vestige of a … more freely than they do in the somewhat similar hill-country of Cumberland and Westmorland. Their small size, in … from Kent, Wiltshire, Devon, Wales, and other parts of the country. In many cases these mounds were undoubtedly built as …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… inclosed are some interesting and extensive views over the country adjacent. A low eminence called Warden, a little to … prospect, embracing a fine tract of highly cultivated country, with pleasingly diversified scenery, and enlivened … from Liverpool; for the supply of these to the surrounding country Pwllheli forms a great dept, and thus, though small, …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… buildings in the region as well as to some Herefordshire country houses. The central two bays accommodate a hall and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… general establishment of the Christian religion in this country, probably about the year 705; and on the canonization …