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Pagina 2
... called Brute , from whose name this island was called Brutain or Bri- tain . After having wandered over the world with an army of Trojans , it seems that he came to an island beyond Gaul , inhabited by giants . Brute and his army are ...
... called Brute , from whose name this island was called Brutain or Bri- tain . After having wandered over the world with an army of Trojans , it seems that he came to an island beyond Gaul , inhabited by giants . Brute and his army are ...
Pagina 6
... called foolish boasting at the present day , if employed by any of our military commanders in reference to uncivilized people . Wherever the Romans went they were opposed coura- geously , but only by the inhabitants of the place . Those ...
... called foolish boasting at the present day , if employed by any of our military commanders in reference to uncivilized people . Wherever the Romans went they were opposed coura- geously , but only by the inhabitants of the place . Those ...
Pagina 7
... called druidical circles , still strike the beholder with astonishment even in this age of wonders . Some of the stones at Stonehenge rise more than twenty- one feet above the surface of the earth , and as they require to have nearly ...
... called druidical circles , still strike the beholder with astonishment even in this age of wonders . Some of the stones at Stonehenge rise more than twenty- one feet above the surface of the earth , and as they require to have nearly ...
Pagina 10
... called Cassivel- launus by the Romans , who always latinized both the names of persons and of places , so that we never know what they really were . " The Britons , " says Cæsar , " fight in small bands on horseback or in chariots ...
... called Cassivel- launus by the Romans , who always latinized both the names of persons and of places , so that we never know what they really were . " The Britons , " says Cæsar , " fight in small bands on horseback or in chariots ...
Pagina 13
... called by the name of Galgacus . Tacitus gives a long and very eloquent speech , which he tells us that Galgacus delivered to his troops ; but it is pretty certain , that besides the difficulty of finding out what a hostile general has ...
... called by the name of Galgacus . Tacitus gives a long and very eloquent speech , which he tells us that Galgacus delivered to his troops ; but it is pretty certain , that besides the difficulty of finding out what a hostile general has ...
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History of Great Britain and Ireland: With an Account of the Present State ... Henry White Vizualizare completă - 1871 |
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Pagina 229 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Pagina 229 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer : And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. Ever witness for him Those twins of learning that he raised in you, Ipswich and Oxford! one* of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that did it ; The other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous,...
Pagina 229 - His overthrow heaped happiness upon him ; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing God.
Pagina 270 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Pagina 83 - ... of forest laws, imported from the continent, whereby the slaughter of a beast was made almost as penal as the death of a man. In the Saxon times, though no man was allowed to kill or chase the king's deer, yet he might start any game, pursue, and kill it upon his own estate.
Pagina 229 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Pagina 63 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...
Pagina 270 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Pagina 63 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Pagina 321 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way ; it will carry you from earth to heaven ; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.