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... force which a thinly peopled country could bring against them . Cassivellaunus , after a variety of for- tunes , left to his own resources , and unable to repair the losses sustained in successive defeats , could no longer make 10 THE ...
... force which a thinly peopled country could bring against them . Cassivellaunus , after a variety of for- tunes , left to his own resources , and unable to repair the losses sustained in successive defeats , could no longer make 10 THE ...
Pagina 14
... force he defeated the freebooters , en- riching himself and his mariners with the plunder . Anti- cipating the intentions of the emperors to put him to death , he sailed with his fleet to Britain , where he received the imperial diadem ...
... force he defeated the freebooters , en- riching himself and his mariners with the plunder . Anti- cipating the intentions of the emperors to put him to death , he sailed with his fleet to Britain , where he received the imperial diadem ...
Pagina 24
... his arms against Bernulf , who had usurped the crown of Mercia , and had invaded Wessex with all his forces . Bernulf was defeated in 823 A.D. } 800 . on the banks of the Willy , and killed in 24 ENGLAND FROM THE SAXON INVASION.
... his arms against Bernulf , who had usurped the crown of Mercia , and had invaded Wessex with all his forces . Bernulf was defeated in 823 A.D. } 800 . on the banks of the Willy , and killed in 24 ENGLAND FROM THE SAXON INVASION.
Pagina 28
... force to Winchester . He soon afterwards , however , defeated another formidable squadron , which so dispirited the Danish king Guthrun , who kept possession of Exeter , that he capitulated , gave hostages , and withdrew his army into ...
... force to Winchester . He soon afterwards , however , defeated another formidable squadron , which so dispirited the Danish king Guthrun , who kept possession of Exeter , that he capitulated , gave hostages , and withdrew his army into ...
Pagina 39
... forces were so numerous as to deprive Canute of every hope of success , and he was therefore constrained to leave England . Meanwhile , all Lindesey was ravaged by Ethelred's troops , and the inhabitants of Danish origin TO CANUTE'S ...
... forces were so numerous as to deprive Canute of every hope of success , and he was therefore constrained to leave England . Meanwhile , all Lindesey was ravaged by Ethelred's troops , and the inhabitants of Danish origin TO CANUTE'S ...
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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.