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Pagina 28
... tion between the two races was gradually obliterated . Mercia and East Anglia also no . longer existed as Saxon kingdoms , so that Alfred , with his men of Wessex , had to sustain almost the whole brunt of the contest with the Danes ...
... tion between the two races was gradually obliterated . Mercia and East Anglia also no . longer existed as Saxon kingdoms , so that Alfred , with his men of Wessex , had to sustain almost the whole brunt of the contest with the Danes ...
Pagina 51
... tion of his brother Tostig to the earldom of Northumber- land , vacant by the death of his rival Siward , and by a successful campaign against the Welsh , whom he reduced to submission . The conquered mountaineers agreed to pay tribute ...
... tion of his brother Tostig to the earldom of Northumber- land , vacant by the death of his rival Siward , and by a successful campaign against the Welsh , whom he reduced to submission . The conquered mountaineers agreed to pay tribute ...
Pagina 77
... tion , have all been the work of their hands . We must not , however , infer that the Celts are a permanently in- ferior race . It has already been said , in the last chapter , that there was a time when the Celts of Ireland had more ...
... tion , have all been the work of their hands . We must not , however , infer that the Celts are a permanently in- ferior race . It has already been said , in the last chapter , that there was a time when the Celts of Ireland had more ...
Pagina 81
... tion made a vast wilderness there , which continues to this day . " Language can but faintly describe the horrors of this " dismal slaughter , " as a contemporary calls it , who adds that more than 100,000 victims perished . Famine and ...
... tion made a vast wilderness there , which continues to this day . " Language can but faintly describe the horrors of this " dismal slaughter , " as a contemporary calls it , who adds that more than 100,000 victims perished . Famine and ...
Pagina 117
... tion from the oath he had taken , and also the excommuni- cation of all those who remained under arms for the purpose of enforcing its observance . But no bishop in England could be found to promulgate the sentence , and John thereupon ...
... tion from the oath he had taken , and also the excommuni- cation of all those who remained under arms for the purpose of enforcing its observance . But no bishop in England could be found to promulgate the sentence , and John thereupon ...
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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.