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What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: The History of England (6 Volumes)User Review - Jesse Lopes - GoodreadsIt is something of a mystery why this book is so very neglected. Most historians are exceptionally dull writers, and we really ought to be more thankful that as colorful and as logically clear a ... Read full review Review: History of England 5User Review - Jon - GoodreadsA lot of political philosophy, I think, passes for history. Or so says the answer that follows the question "What is the ink with which history is written? None other than fluid prejudice." But let me ... Read full review Related books
Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesadvantage Alfred ancient appeared Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arms army attended authority barons Becket Bede Bishop Britons Brompton brother Canterbury Canute castles charter Chron church civil clergy conduct conquerors conquest constitutions of Clarendon council court crown Danes dangerous death defended dominions Duke Duke of Normandy Dunst Eadmer Earl ecclesiastical Edgar Atheling Edward enemy engaged England English enterprise Epist excommunication farther favour feudal French gave Guienne Harold Henry Heptarchy historians honour Hoveden hundred Ibid immediately Ingulph inhabitants justice King of England King of France king's kingdom land laws legate Leicester liberty Malm Mercia military monarch monks nation nobility nobleman Norman Normandy Northumberland obliged Paris person Philip pontiff pope possession prelates pretended primate prince prisoner provinces received reign revenue Richard Roman Rome royal Rymer Saxons scutage soon sovereign Spellm subjects submission success throne valour vassals victory violence William Popular passagesPage 10 - In spring, 1775, I was struck with a disorder in my bowels, which at first gave me no alarm, but has since, as I apprehend it, become mortal and incurable. I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange have, notwithstanding the great decline of my... Page 9 - ... formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent. I retired to my native country of Scotland, determined never more to set my foot out of it; and retaining the satisfaction of never having preferred a request to one great man, or even making advances of friendship to any of them. Page 30 - The religion of the Britons was one of the most considerable parts of their government, and the Druids, who were their priests, possessed great authority among them. Besides ministering at the altar and directing all religious duties, they presided over the education of youth ; they... Page 20 - ... disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight, even those who were the objects of it. To his friends, who were frequently the objects of it, there was not perhaps any one of all his great and amiable qualities, which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that... Page 127 - The merit of this prince, both in private and public life, may, with advantage, be set in opposition to that of any monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age, or any nation, can present to us. He seems, indee"d, to be the complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, the philosophers have, been fond of delineating... Page 7 - Mr. Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book. Page 127 - Nature also, as if desirous that so bright a production of her skill should be set in the fairest light, had... Page 20 - And that gaiety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is so often accompanied with frivolous and superficial qualities, was in him certainly attended with the most severe application, the most extensive learning, the greatest depth of thought, and a capacity in every respect the most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human... Page 7 - I confess, discouraged; and had not the war been at that time breaking out between France and England, I had certainly retired to some provincial town of the former kingdom, have changed my name, and never more have returned to my native country. Page 146 - ... that a merchant, who had made three long sea voyages on his own account, should be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarLuxury And Economic Development: David Hume And Adam SmithAnthony Brewer - 1998 - Scottish Journal of Political Economy Toward an Economic Theory of" FundamentalismLaurence R Iannaccone - 1997 - Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) Looking Backward: A Cross-National Study of Religious TrendsLaurence R Iannaccone, George MasonUniversity References from web pagesThe History of England, Volume I by David Hume - Full Text Free ... HISTENG Chapter 61, David Hume, The History of England from the<br ... The History of England, Vol. II, MAIN INDEX by Tobias Smollett The History of England from the Accession of James the Second ... HUME,David, The History of Great Britain...The Reigns of James I ... Internet Archive: Details: The history of England from the ... 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