The History of England from the Accession of James the Second Volume . 2
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second Volume . 2
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Author: Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
Page Count: 248 pages
Published Date: 21 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781236418777
File size: 31 Mb
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...from Salisbury and from Oxford, it was well situated for a rendezvous of his most important adherents. At Salisbury were those noblemen and gentlemen who had accompanied him from Holland or had joined him in the West; and at Oxford were many chiefs of the Northern insurrection. Late on Thursday, the sixth of December, he reached Hungerford. The little town was The Prince soon crowded with men of rank and note Hungerford. who came thither from opposite quarters. The Prince was escorted by a strong body of troops. The northern Lords brought with them hundreds of irregular cavalry, whose accoutrements and horsemanship moved the mirth of men accustomed to the splendid aspect and exact movements of regular armies.1 While the Prince lay at Hungerford a sharp encounter took place between two hundred and sumu, at fifty of his troops and six hundred Irish, who KeadlD8were posted at Reading. The superior discipline of the invaders was signally proved on this occasion. Though greatly outnumbered, they, at one onset, drove 1 Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 7.1688. the King's forces in confusion through the streets of the town into the market place. There the Irish attempted to rally; but, being vigorously attacked in front and fired upon at the same time by the inhabitants from the windows of the neighbouring houses, they soon lost heart, and fled with the loss of their colours and of fifty men. Of the conquerors only five fell. The satisfaction which this news gave to the Lords and gentlemen who had joined William was unmixed. There was nothing in what had happened to gall their national feelings. The Dutch had not beaten the English, but had assisted an English town to free itself from the insupportable dominion of the Irish.1 On the morning of Saturday, the eighth of DecemT...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second Volume . 2 by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
Author: Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
Page Count: 248 pages
Published Date: 21 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781236418777
File size: 31 Mb
File Name: The.History.of.England.from.the.Accession.of.James.the.Second.Volume...2.pdf
Download Link: The History of England from the Accession of James the Second Volume . 2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...from Salisbury and from Oxford, it was well situated for a rendezvous of his most important adherents. At Salisbury were those noblemen and gentlemen who had accompanied him from Holland or had joined him in the West; and at Oxford were many chiefs of the Northern insurrection. Late on Thursday, the sixth of December, he reached Hungerford. The little town was The Prince soon crowded with men of rank and note Hungerford. who came thither from opposite quarters. The Prince was escorted by a strong body of troops. The northern Lords brought with them hundreds of irregular cavalry, whose accoutrements and horsemanship moved the mirth of men accustomed to the splendid aspect and exact movements of regular armies.1 While the Prince lay at Hungerford a sharp encounter took place between two hundred and sumu, at fifty of his troops and six hundred Irish, who KeadlD8were posted at Reading. The superior discipline of the invaders was signally proved on this occasion. Though greatly outnumbered, they, at one onset, drove 1 Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 7.1688. the King's forces in confusion through the streets of the town into the market place. There the Irish attempted to rally; but, being vigorously attacked in front and fired upon at the same time by the inhabitants from the windows of the neighbouring houses, they soon lost heart, and fled with the loss of their colours and of fifty men. Of the conquerors only five fell. The satisfaction which this news gave to the Lords and gentlemen who had joined William was unmixed. There was nothing in what had happened to gall their national feelings. The Dutch had not beaten the English, but had assisted an English town to free itself from the insupportable dominion of the Irish.1 On the morning of Saturday, the eighth of DecemT...
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