Thus a great king, who had yet a good army and a strong fleet, did choose to abandon all than to expose himself to any danger with that part of the
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The Glorious Revolution – 3
News was brought him that the Earls of Devonshire and Danby, and Lord Lumley, were drawing great bodies together, and that both York and Newcastle had
The Glorious Revolution – 2
All that belonged to us was so soon and so happily landed that by the next day at noon we were in full march and marched four miles that
The Glorious Revolution
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionWith the accession of William and Mary to the throne of England not only did the
Reign of Catherine the Great – 6
Today's installment concludes Reign of Catherine the Great,our selection by W. Knox Johnson.If you have journeyed through all of the
Reign of Catherine the Great – 5
Yet here were these declaimers threatening to overrun Europe, and "Equality setting peoples at the throats of kings!"Continuing Reign of Catherine
Reign of Catherine the Great – 4
But her attention soon became diverted. She was not, as Gunning thought, insincere, only fickle; she wanted patience and continuity of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 3
Such was the tragedy of Peter III. He dies, as Catherine said, unpitied: a fool, echo her friends, who perished in his folly.Continuing Reign of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 2
After Voltaire and Madame de Sévigné, came Montesquieu, Baronius, Tacitus, Bayle, Brantôme, and the early volumes of the Encyclopædia.Continuing