Cassell's History of England, Vol. 4 (of 8): From the Fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular WarAnonymous
History
Cassell's History of England, Vol. 4 (of 8): From the Fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular War
Anonymous
Great Britain -- History
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (the "Young Pretender") 97
Prince Charlie's Vanguard at Manchester 101
Culloden House 105
The Standard of Prince Charlie's Bodyguard, taken at Culloden 108
The End of the '45 109
Flora Macdonald 113
Wedding in the Fleet 117
Defeat of General Braddock in the Indian Ambush 121
London Bridge in 1760 125
Lord Clive 129
Surprise of Frederick at Hochkirch 132
Admiral Rodney bombarding Le Hâvre 133
Death of Wolfe 137
Martello Tower on the Plains of Abraham, Quebec 140
George Whitefield preaching 141
John Wesley 144
Interior of the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey 145
Henry Fielding 149
Costumes of the Period of George II. 153
Mrs. Arabella Hunt singing to Queen Mary 156
Handel 157
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and Ludgate Hill, as it was 161
William Hogarth 165
Great Seal of George III. 169
George III. 173
Temple Bar in 1800 176
Lord Bute and the Londoners 177
John Wilkes 181
Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling Vessel 185
Troops escorting the Stamped Paper to the City Hall, New York 189
The Mob releasing Mr. Wilkes on his Way to Prison 193
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 197
Affray at Boston between the Soldiers and Rope-Makers 201
Spade Guinea of George III. 204
Five-Shilling Piece of George III. 204
Twopenny Piece of George III. 204
Press-Gang at Work 205
Boston "Boys" disguised as Indians throwing the Tea Chests
into the Harbour 209
Benjamin Franklin 213
American Twenty Dollars Bill (1775) 216
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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