Pax Britannica: A Study of the History of British PacificationMacmillan, 1913 - 319 páginas |
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American amongst anarchy Anglo-Saxon arbitration arms Bretwalda Britain British castles Catholics Celts century chapter Charles Church civil civilisation clergy Colonies commerce Commission conquerors conquest constitutional Court Cromwell crown Danes Danish declared dispute dominion Edward Empire England English favour feudal force foreign France freedom French gave Henry II Henry VIII historian honour hundred influence Ireland Irish John justice king King's land lawless liberty London Long Parliament Lord maritime ment Mercia military modern Norman Norman Conquest North Northumbria opinion organisation pacification Parliament parties patriotism Pax Britannica peace period political population Puritans racial reign religious Revolution Roman Roman Britain royal Scotch Scotland Scottish seas secured settlement social society struggle Stuart supremacy territory tion toleration towns trade Treaty Treaty of Ghent Tudor tyranny Union United Kingdom unity vessels victory Wales Welsh Wessex West Saxons whilst whole William
Pasajes populares
Página 198 - In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
Página 277 - Alabama claims. And whereas Her Britannic Majesty has authorized her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels.
Página 306 - The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty.
Página 129 - Edinburgh as ye conveniently can; sack Leith, and burn and subvert it, and all the rest, putting man, woman, and child to fire and sword, without exception, when any resistance shall be made against you.
Página 212 - Tis well ! from this day forward we shall know That in ourselves our safety must be sought ; That by our own right hands it must be wrought ; That we must stand unpropped, or be laid low.
Página 268 - ... over the other, that vast expense will be incurred and the danger of collision augmented in like degree. The President is sincerely desirous to prevent an evil which it is presumed is equally to be deprecated by both governments. He therefore authorizes you to propose to the British Government such an arrangement respecting the naval force to be kept on the lakes by both governments as will demonstrate their pacific policy and secure their peace.
Página 93 - They had done homage to him, and sworn oaths, but they no faith kept, all became forsworn, and broke their allegiance, for every rich man built his castles, and defended them against him, and they filled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men.
Página 293 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Página 176 - No GREATER moral change ever passed over a nation than passed over England during the years which parted the middle of the reign of Elizabeth from the meeting of the Long Parliament. England became the people of a book, and that book was the Bible.
Página 50 - That the sacerdotal order should encroach on the functions of the civil magistrate would, in our time, be a great evil. But that which in an age of good government is an evil may, in an age of grossly bad government, be a blessing. It is -better that mankind should be governed by •wise laws well administered, and by an enlightened public opinion, than by priestcraft : but it is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by brute violence, by such a prelate as Dunstan than by such a...