Historical tales of illustrious British children1847 |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 38
Pagina 8
... mind , for they only encourage the serving folk in idle pas- times , and serve as a cloak to conceal their wastery when the oaten cakes wax mouldy , or the meat is too fat for their liking : but we are in need of a boy to tend the swine ...
... mind , for they only encourage the serving folk in idle pas- times , and serve as a cloak to conceal their wastery when the oaten cakes wax mouldy , or the meat is too fat for their liking : but we are in need of a boy to tend the swine ...
Pagina 12
... mind . Selwood and his household , indeed , were , nominally speaking , Christians ; but their creed and practice were so corrupted , and inter- woven with pagan superstitions and idolatries , that they were scarcely in less darkness ...
... mind . Selwood and his household , indeed , were , nominally speaking , Christians ; but their creed and practice were so corrupted , and inter- woven with pagan superstitions and idolatries , that they were scarcely in less darkness ...
Pagina 17
... mind , the advantages of that learning which he was ably qualified to communi- cate ; for Eadred was a Saxon monk of distinguished talents and eminent acquirements , who resided in a neighbouring convent , and employed himself in works ...
... mind , the advantages of that learning which he was ably qualified to communi- cate ; for Eadred was a Saxon monk of distinguished talents and eminent acquirements , who resided in a neighbouring convent , and employed himself in works ...
Pagina 18
... mind was to him a kingdom , and the intercourse he enjoyed with the pious and accomplished Eadred , he would not have resigned for all the riches the world could bestow . Books were then rare possessions , confined to the libraries of ...
... mind was to him a kingdom , and the intercourse he enjoyed with the pious and accomplished Eadred , he would not have resigned for all the riches the world could bestow . Books were then rare possessions , confined to the libraries of ...
Pagina 19
... mind of the young slave , as he approached to manhood , manifested its superiority over the ignorant serfs and ceorls , by the improve- ments he suggested , and the good order he contri- buted to establish and maintain . But these days ...
... mind of the young slave , as he approached to manhood , manifested its superiority over the ignorant serfs and ceorls , by the improve- ments he suggested , and the good order he contri- buted to establish and maintain . But these days ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
appeared Archbishop arms attended beautiful bishop Bishop of Ely Brackenbury called cardinal Castle child church Corfe Castle court cried crown Danes daughter dear death Dorothy Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Dunstan Eadred Earl of Rivers Elfrida England Ethelred exclaimed eyes faithful father fear forest Grace Guthred hand Hastings hath heart Henry holda honour Humphrey husband Jarrolds Joan King Edward king's lady Jane Lady Jane Grey Lady Lucy learning London Lord Grey mare Mary master mind mistress monarch monks mother murder never noble Northumberland person Pontefract Castle Prince Richard prisoner queen Redwald reign replied the king Reydon Ricsig Robert Brackenbury sanctuary Saxon Selwood Sir Thomas sisters sorrowful Stony Stratford Suffolk sweet tears thee thing Thomas Wolsey thou thought thrall throne Tower uncle Gloucester uncle Rivers weeping wife Winifred Witenagemot young king young prince young Wolsey youthful
Pasaje populare
Pagina 254 - I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Pagina 254 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it, all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Pagina 254 - I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing whiles I am with him.
Pagina 203 - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Pagina 203 - 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, So...
Pagina 202 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath.
Pagina 203 - 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...
Pagina 232 - Our Lord bless you, good daughter, and your good husband, and your little boy, and all yours, and all my children, and all my godchildren and all our friends. Recommend me when ye may to my good daughter Cicely, whom I beseech our Lord to comfort.
Pagina 201 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Pagina 286 - ... heart; that if his soul were not firm and settled, she could not settle it by her eyes, nor confirm it by her words; that he...