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Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of England, to the Death of George Ii
Dr Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of England to the Death of George Ii Author:Oliver Goldsmith Subtitle: With a Continuation Till 1828, and Questions for Examination for the Use of Schools, to Which Is Added a Chapter on the British Constitution, by R. Simpson. With a Continuation to the Accession of Queen Victoria General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1840 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the o... more »riginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: GENEALOGICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OPTBE SOVEREIGNS BEFORE THE CONQUEST. First king of Wcmcx, t Commonly called the Elder. t In the reign of this prince, the proper monarchy of England was established. Commonly called the Martyr. II Commonly called Edmund Ironside. Commonly called the Confessor. Genealogical And Chronological Table ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS SINCE THE CONQUEST. Surnamed the Conqueror, whom Edward the Confessor wished to succeed to the crr. u f Surnamed William Rufus. t Cromwell usurped the government from this period till September 1658 : he was sm ceeded by his son Richard, who was deposed April 1659. chapter{Section 4 THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER I. The Britons. SECTION I. ]. For the first authentic account of Britain we are indebted to Julius Caesar, who combined in his character the highest qualities of a general and an historian. Having conquered the greater part of Gaul, he was smitten with a desire to cross the channel, and to add to the territories of the empire the island of Albion, of which some vague details had been conveyed even to the city of Rome by the merchants who traded thither for tin and other commodities. The Britons, by lending aid to his enemies on the neighbouring shores of the continent, had furnished him with a pretext for invasion; and, accordingly, about the end of August, in the fifty-fifth year before the Christian e...« less