...In the reign of Edward III. Laws expressly enact that Parliaments be called every year. In the time of the civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, the party that happened to prevail could do every thing or nothing : yet even then the rights of the people...

...In the reign of Edward III. laws expressly enact that parliaments be called every year. In the time of the civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, the party that happened to prevail could do every thing or nothing: yet even then the rights of the people...

...power of delighting, and the receipt of homage, to the censure of the critic, and the forg^tfulness of the public. Finding his dearest hopes thus dying...productions. The subject itself was ill chosen, and this defect is, by no means, counterbalanced by the excellence of the execution. The author has, in fact,...

...be enrolled among its literary ornaments. Edivard Hall, an eminent lawyer of that age, wrote also a history of the " civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster," which is characterized by fidelity and comparative elegance of style. Hollingshed, to whose writings...

...them he lost by his historical poem : falling from public favor to neglect, in his lifetime. W ith a longing after fame, Daniel saw that reputation gradually...productions. The subject itself was ill chosen, and this defect is, by no means, counterbalanced by the excellence of the execution. The author has, in fact,...

...the doom of oblivion on (lie Utlious and monotonous mediocrity of that lengthy metrical chronicle, "the History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster," which, by a strange but unprecedented fatuity, was the favourite, as it was the most elaborate, work...

...1814, 2 vols, 8vO • 181 . England, to 1814, 2 vuls, 8vo - 1 16 • the Jews, 12mo - - 84 Biondi's History of the Civil Wars, between the Houses of York and Lancaster, foL - - - 0 10 Bisset's History of the Reign of George III. 6 vols, Svo - 33 Blackert Memoirs of the...

...of a modest and amiable man. Ob. 1631. SAMUEL DANIEL. Cockson sc. 1609.— Hit head is before his " History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster, a Poem, in eight Books," Lond. 1623; 4/0. This head has been copied by Bretherton. SAMUEL DANIEL ;...

...Historian's Guide; or Britain's Remembrancer, portrait of James 1 1. neat and scarce, 2s Od 1000 0179 History of the Civil Wars Between the Houses of York and Lancaster, wants title, Itf. lid, morocco, neat, 2s ed.. ¿ISO History of i lu: Cathedral Church of Peterborough,...

...of a modest and amiable man. Ob. 1631. SAMUEL DANIEL. Cocksonsc. 1609.— His head is before his " History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster, a Poem, in eight Books" Land. 1623 ; 4to. This head has been copied by Bretherton. SAMUEL DANIEL ;...