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... died Duke William conquered England St. Paul's Church the fiift Time burnt Weftminster - hall was built The first Lord Mayor of London The Bible divided into Chapters London - Bridge was built with Stone The Invention of Guns Years ...
... died Duke William conquered England St. Paul's Church the fiift Time burnt Weftminster - hall was built The first Lord Mayor of London The Bible divided into Chapters London - Bridge was built with Stone The Invention of Guns Years ...
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... died General Monk's March from Scotland to London The Lord Monk brought in the secluded Members The Healing Parliament , April 25 . K. Charles II . happily arrived in London , May 29 . K. Charles II , crown'd at Westminster , April 23 ...
... died General Monk's March from Scotland to London The Lord Monk brought in the secluded Members The Healing Parliament , April 25 . K. Charles II . happily arrived in London , May 29 . K. Charles II , crown'd at Westminster , April 23 ...
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... died Queen Anne crowned , April 23 . The great Wind , November 27 . The Victory at Hochfted England and Scotland made Great - Britain Peace concluded with France Gibraltar was taken by the English and Dutch The Battle of Ramillies 85 83 ...
... died Queen Anne crowned , April 23 . The great Wind , November 27 . The Victory at Hochfted England and Scotland made Great - Britain Peace concluded with France Gibraltar was taken by the English and Dutch The Battle of Ramillies 85 83 ...
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... Died , K. Geo . I. Suc . 54 123 1715 Rebellion in the North 119 1716 A very Great Frost 117 1727 K.Geo . I. Died , & K . Geo.II.Suc.4r 110 1739 The laft Great Froft 108 1739 War against Spain declared - 29 1743 A Great Comét appeared ...
... Died , K. Geo . I. Suc . 54 123 1715 Rebellion in the North 119 1716 A very Great Frost 117 1727 K.Geo . I. Died , & K . Geo.II.Suc.4r 110 1739 The laft Great Froft 108 1739 War against Spain declared - 29 1743 A Great Comét appeared ...
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... dying BRIDE , There , Orphans weep their kind , parental Guide : While ftooping Age laments his Strength decay'd , AWALKING - STICK his firm Supporter's made . My PEN grows bad ; pray , Mr. Bentley , fend Some , on GooD - FRIDAY , to ...
... dying BRIDE , There , Orphans weep their kind , parental Guide : While ftooping Age laments his Strength decay'd , AWALKING - STICK his firm Supporter's made . My PEN grows bad ; pray , Mr. Bentley , fend Some , on GooD - FRIDAY , to ...
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Page 5 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 5 - Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of...
Page 13 - ... prodigies and predictions. For as it is the chief concern of wise men to retrench the evils of life by the reasonings of philosophy, it is the employment of fools to multiply them by the sentiments of superstition.
Page 5 - The golden zones of heaven; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time, and space, and fate's unbroken chain, And will's quick impulse; others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains, to explore What healing virtue swells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers...
Page 17 - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Ed-ward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV...
Page 13 - Sibyls, that fore- bodes and prophefies from one end of the year to the other. She is always feeing apparitions and hearing death-watches ; and was the other day almoft frighted out of her wits by the great houfe-dog, that howled ia the liable at a time when me lay ill of the tooth-ach.
Page 14 - Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.