The history of England [by J.A. Hessey]. |
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... seems almost superfluous to say , that indifference to great principles has not been among the motives which have influenced them . 5. Some selections from English Poets have been ap- pended to the volume . It is hoped that these will ...
... seems almost superfluous to say , that indifference to great principles has not been among the motives which have influenced them . 5. Some selections from English Poets have been ap- pended to the volume . It is hoped that these will ...
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... seem to deserve : but it is hoped that , in many instances , curiosity will be thus excited , and that the scholar will be induced to pursue his inquiries further , by finding that much remains to be known on several things in which he ...
... seem to deserve : but it is hoped that , in many instances , curiosity will be thus excited , and that the scholar will be induced to pursue his inquiries further , by finding that much remains to be known on several things in which he ...
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... seem to have chosen Vortigern as their king , in the hope of finding a re- medy for their ills under a strong and able ruler . A people , however , that has long trusted to others for protection , cannot soon recover those manly habits ...
... seem to have chosen Vortigern as their king , in the hope of finding a re- medy for their ills under a strong and able ruler . A people , however , that has long trusted to others for protection , cannot soon recover those manly habits ...
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... seems that the germ of these institutions existed in the customs of the Saxons , but they received from Alfred a more fixed and legal character . In order that the process of obtaining justice might be easy to all classes of people , he ...
... seems that the germ of these institutions existed in the customs of the Saxons , but they received from Alfred a more fixed and legal character . In order that the process of obtaining justice might be easy to all classes of people , he ...
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... seems to have been a prince of unscrupulous character . This appears from the adventure of Elfrida , the heiress of Devonshire , of whose beauty the king heard such reports as led him to send Ethelwald , his friend , to ascertain their ...
... seems to have been a prince of unscrupulous character . This appears from the adventure of Elfrida , the heiress of Devonshire , of whose beauty the king heard such reports as led him to send Ethelwald , his friend , to ascertain their ...
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Abbey afterwards Anne Archbishops of Canterbury army barons battle became beheaded Bishop Born British brother brought Buried called Canute Castle Cathedral CHAPTER character Charles Christian Church of Rome claims clergy consecrated court Cranmer Cromwell crown cruelty daughter death declared defeated died Duke of Clarence Duke of York Edgar Atheling Edmund Edward Elizabeth England English Ethelred executed father favour forced French gave George George III Gloucester Henry Henry VIII Henry's Holy honour house of York Ireland James John John of Gaunt Katharine king's kingdom Lancaster land London Lord Louis marriage married Mary murder nation nobles Normandy occasion parliament peace person piety Pope possessed Prayer prelate prince Princess queen reign religion Richard Roman royal Saxon Scotland Scots sent soon sovereign Spain succeeded succession Thomas Thomas Bourchier throne took place Tower victory Wales Westminster Westminster Abbey William Winchester
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Стр. 81 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Стр. 191 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air. What strains of vocal transport round her play ? Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear : They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.
Стр. 187 - Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Стр. 137 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Стр. 190 - Stay, oh stay! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd, unpitied, here to mourn: In yon bright track, that fires the western skies, They melt, they vanish from my eyes. But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glitt'ring skirts unroll?
Стр. 191 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud, Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood, And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me, with joy I see The different doom our fates assign. Be thine despair and sceptred care, To triumph, and to die, are mine.
Стр. 191 - Girt with many a baron bold Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty, appear.
Стр. 188 - King ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day, To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay.
Стр. 188 - Eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Стр. 189 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, through Berkley's roof that ring...