The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century; a Comprehensive History, Founded Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation, Volumul 6F.R. Niglutsch, 1905 |
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Pagina 961
... looked into the past , approach this tale with quickened heart - beats and a livelier interest . Our land was originally settled by Englishmen ; and , much as immigration has since altered our race , the foundation remains . It is not ...
... looked into the past , approach this tale with quickened heart - beats and a livelier interest . Our land was originally settled by Englishmen ; and , much as immigration has since altered our race , the foundation remains . It is not ...
Pagina 961
... looked farther into the land of the white cliffs and found that it contained numerous rich mines of tin and lead . Tin was highly valued , and the Phoenicians soon opened a brisk trade with the people . One of their captains , Pytheas ...
... looked farther into the land of the white cliffs and found that it contained numerous rich mines of tin and lead . Tin was highly valued , and the Phoenicians soon opened a brisk trade with the people . One of their captains , Pytheas ...
Pagina 963
... looked upon the splendor and magnificence of Rome , he exclaimed : " Why do you who possess all this , covet the poor hovels of my countrymen ? Brought in front of Claudius , Caractacus iooked him defiantly in the face and refused to ...
... looked upon the splendor and magnificence of Rome , he exclaimed : " Why do you who possess all this , covet the poor hovels of my countrymen ? Brought in front of Claudius , Caractacus iooked him defiantly in the face and refused to ...
Pagina 967
... looked upon as a mythical hero , but careful researches leave no doubt that he was a valiant patriot , who struck many stout blows at the invaders of his country . By and by , however , the Saxons pushed inland and their power grew ...
... looked upon as a mythical hero , but careful researches leave no doubt that he was a valiant patriot , who struck many stout blows at the invaders of his country . By and by , however , the Saxons pushed inland and their power grew ...
Pagina 971
... looked upon as the classics in science , literature , and religion . On his way home , he remained for some months with his father at the Court of Charles the Bald , King of the Western Franks , and there he tasted of the best phases of ...
... looked upon as the classics in science , literature , and religion . On his way home , he remained for some months with his father at the Court of Charles the Bald , King of the Western Franks , and there he tasted of the best phases of ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
The Story of the Greatest Nations, from the Dawn of ..., Volumul 6;Volumul 30 Edward Sylvester Ellis Vizualizare completă - 1906 |
The Story of the Greatest Nations, From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth ... Edward Sylvester Ellis Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2018 |
The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to ..., Volumele 5-6 Edward Sylvester Ellis Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2016 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
Abbey Æthelred Alfred Anne Anne Boleyn Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury army barons battle became king bishops Britain British brother brought Canterbury castle Catholic Charles Church colonies compelled Conqueror Council court Cromwell crown Danes daughter death declared defeated died Duke Duke of York Earl Edward VII eldest Elizabeth enemy England-The English father fight fleet followed force France friends gave George George III head Henry II Henry VIII House House of Lords Ireland James John King's kingdom knights land later leader London Lord married Mary Minister monks nation Norman Normandy Parliament passed peace Pope Prince of Wales prisoner Protestant PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR Puritans quarrel Queen Reform refused reign Richard Roman royal ruler Rump Parliament sailed Saxons Scotland Scots sent ships soldiers sovereign Spain Spanish thousand throne tion took Tower troops victory Wessex Westminster Abbey Whigs wife William William the Conqueror
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Pagina 1135 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Pagina 1111 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Pagina 1037 - 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 1135 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Pagina 1041 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Pagina 1027 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Pagina 1061 - I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman (for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes). Icame into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor...
Pagina 1135 - Will You solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective Laws and Customs of the same ? King.
Pagina 1073 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Pagina 1061 - ... a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his voice sharp and untunable ; and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subject-matter would not bear much of reason, it being in behalf...