The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part D.
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- English
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- Complete work
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- Written by the author
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- Extent:
- ~260,000 words · 1,212 passages
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- APADavid Hume. (n.d.). The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part D.. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/david-hume/the-history-of-england-in-three-volumes-vol-i-part-d
- MLADavid Hume. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part D.. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/en/works/david-hume/the-history-of-england-in-three-volumes-vol-i-part-d.
- ChicagoDavid Hume. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part D.. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/david-hume/the-history-of-england-in-three-volumes-vol-i-part-d.
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What it is about
A detached part of the first volume of Hume's History of England, in an edition that splits it into fragments.
Context and history
The title says so, but it bears underlining: this is a piece, not a work. The catalogue also holds the whole first volume from another edition, and the two overlap. This happens because digital sources divided the text in different ways. Hume's History is a continuous work running from the Roman invasion to 1688; anyone looking for something particular would do better to start from the complete-volume entry, and to cite by reign and chapter.
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immediately resounded with the joyful acclamations of “God save Queen Elizabeth: long and happily may she reign.” The people, less actuated by faction, and less influenced by private views, expressed a joy still more general and hearty on her proclamation; and the auspicious commencement of this reign prognosticated that felicity and glory which, during its whole course, so uniformly attended it.[*] Elizabeth was at Hatfield when she heard of her sister’s death; and after a few days she went thence to London, through crowds of people, who strove with each other in giving her the strongest testimony of their affection. On her entrance into the Tower, she could not forbear reflecting on the great difference between her present fortune and that which a few years before had attended her, when she was conducted to that place as a prisoner, and lay there exposed to all the bigoted malignity of her enemies. She fell on her knees, and expressed her thanks to Heaven for the deliverance which the Almighty had granted her from her bloody persecutors; a deliverance, she said, no less miraculous than that which Daniel had received from the den of lions. This act of pious gratitude seems to have been the last circumstance in which she remembered any past hardships and injuries. With a prudence and magnanimity truly laudable, she buried all offences in oblivion, and received with affability even those who had acted with the greatest malevolence against her. Sir Henry Benningfield himself, to whose custody she had been committed, and who had treated her with severity, never felt, during the whole course of her reign, any effects of her resentment.[**] Yet was not the gracious reception which she gave, prostitute and undistinguishing.…