A Complete History of England, From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, 1748, Vol. 7 PDF Download

Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334716508
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558

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Excerpt from A Complete History of England, From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, 1748, Vol. 7: Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years All. Benefits. He reflored to his title Thomas How's ard, fon of the earl of Arundel whohad been con demned in the reign of Elizabeth. By thefe Preps, he fignified his difapprobation of her conduct; and payed f0 little regard to her memory, that he would nor fulfer any perfon to appear at his court in mourning. Notwithftanding the good-will which the Engliih people had manifefied towards their new king, they foon began to draw odious com parifons between him and his predecef'for. They were [hocked at his referve 3 they ridiculed his per-r fon, and they defpifed his conduct. He had al ready difcovered marks of idle prodigality; and dealt out his honours with fugh a lavifh hand, that, before he reached London, he had conferred the order of knighthood upon two hundred perfonsa In a few days after his arrival in the capital, he doubled that number. Thomas Sackville, baron of Buckhurft, and lor'd - treafurer, was created earl of Dorfet: the barony of Effendon was bellowed upon Sir Robert Cecil the fecretary, afterwards count Cranburn, and finally earl of Salisbury Philip Herbert, brother to the earl of Pembroke, was promoted to the earldom of Montgomery.) While the king was on the road from Scotland, he had given orders for releafing the earl of South ampton, who, with the fon of eeex, was reftored to his honours and eftate: but the lords Grey, Cobham, Carew, and Sir Walter Raleigh, met with a very cold reception from his majefty. They had beon concerned in the death of Effex, and were now deferred By Cecil, though he had aeted as their confederate in that tragedy. The king's te fentment demanded a facrifice; and the fecretary was not forry at the difgrace of Raleigh, whofe ta lents had excited his jealoufy. This cunning poli tician foon gained an afcendancy over the fpirit of James, who, with very little experience and judg. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."