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
... ships , and were in truth more eager for battle than the Romans themselves . The savages had flung off their clothing of skins , so they were literally " stripped for the fight , " and many who were on horseback forced their animals far ...
... ships , and were in truth more eager for battle than the Romans themselves . The savages had flung off their clothing of skins , so they were literally " stripped for the fight , " and many who were on horseback forced their animals far ...
Pagina 973
... ships from the Northmen or from the Frisians , whom he employed later . Be that as it may , he was able to stop a Danish fleet heading for the Thames , and to send it scurrying away . Stealing along the coast , the enemy found a landing ...
... ships from the Northmen or from the Frisians , whom he employed later . Be that as it may , he was able to stop a Danish fleet heading for the Thames , and to send it scurrying away . Stealing along the coast , the enemy found a landing ...
Pagina 991
... ship in which he was crossing the Chan- nel was wrecked . He had put off from the sinking vessel , when the shrieks of his half - sister caused him to row back to her rescue . So many leaped into his boat that it went down , and he and ...
... ship in which he was crossing the Chan- nel was wrecked . He had put off from the sinking vessel , when the shrieks of his half - sister caused him to row back to her rescue . So many leaped into his boat that it went down , and he and ...
Pagina 1003
... ship that sails out upon the ocean , no certain tidings ever came back from him . It is generally believed that on the night of April 3 , 1203 , the King came to the prison , accompanied by his esquire , Peter De Maulac , and that they ...
... ship that sails out upon the ocean , no certain tidings ever came back from him . It is generally believed that on the night of April 3 , 1203 , the King came to the prison , accompanied by his esquire , Peter De Maulac , and that they ...
Pagina 1013
... ships in the English Channel . Such was the state of affairs when Edward III . came to the throne in 1327. He lost no time in allying himself with the people of Flanders , against whom the French King had made deter- mined war ...
... ships in the English Channel . Such was the state of affairs when Edward III . came to the throne in 1327. He lost no time in allying himself with the people of Flanders , against whom the French King had made deter- mined war ...
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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...