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... laws , and a common notion of patriotism and of resistance to the invaders ; neither should they imagine that there was any national disgrace in a scanty barbarous population being overpowered by the highly disciplined legions of the ...
... laws , and a common notion of patriotism and of resistance to the invaders ; neither should they imagine that there was any national disgrace in a scanty barbarous population being overpowered by the highly disciplined legions of the ...
Pagina 12
... law Tacitus , the celebrated Roman historian . It was the policy of Agricola to civilize the people , so that they might be less ferocious as enemies and more useful as subjects . It is believed to have been in the 12 THE BRITONS AND ...
... law Tacitus , the celebrated Roman historian . It was the policy of Agricola to civilize the people , so that they might be less ferocious as enemies and more useful as subjects . It is believed to have been in the 12 THE BRITONS AND ...
Pagina 30
... law , by which it was known even to the time of the Norman conquest . Guthrun's subjects gradually acquired peaceful ... laws for the protection of property and the enforcement of bargains . In The time , however , had not yet arrived ...
... law , by which it was known even to the time of the Norman conquest . Guthrun's subjects gradually acquired peaceful ... laws for the protection of property and the enforcement of bargains . In The time , however , had not yet arrived ...
Pagina 31
... law was enacted by which all freeholders , possessed of not less than two hides of land , were enjoined to send their children to school . Alfred is said to have founded the University of Oxford , and to have endowed it with many ...
... law was enacted by which all freeholders , possessed of not less than two hides of land , were enjoined to send their children to school . Alfred is said to have founded the University of Oxford , and to have endowed it with many ...
Pagina 43
... laws enacted during the reign of Edgar , and promulgated a new code based on the enactments of pre- vious sovereigns . The natives and his Danish followers were FROM THE ACCESSION OF CANUTE TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST. ...
... laws enacted during the reign of Edgar , and promulgated a new code based on the enactments of pre- vious sovereigns . The natives and his Danish followers were FROM THE ACCESSION OF CANUTE TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST. ...
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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.