The Growth of the English NationFlood and Vincent, 1894 - Всего страниц: 300 |
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... held the whole island , but they were driven into the remoter districts or absorbed by the successive waves of Celts that a little later swept over the country . The bulk of the population was composed of Celts of the Aryan group , a ...
... held the whole island , but they were driven into the remoter districts or absorbed by the successive waves of Celts that a little later swept over the country . The bulk of the population was composed of Celts of the Aryan group , a ...
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... held sacred certain objects in na- ture , as the oak and mistletoe . Their priests , called Druids , took an influential part in the government . Cæsar , writing of Gaul , says of them : " The Druids Druidical Ornaments . have charge of ...
... held sacred certain objects in na- ture , as the oak and mistletoe . Their priests , called Druids , took an influential part in the government . Cæsar , writing of Gaul , says of them : " The Druids Druidical Ornaments . have charge of ...
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... held , he felt it necessary to subdue the whole island . He failed in this but he conquered the country as far as the Solway and the Tyne . To protect his conquests he built a line of forts between the Forth and the Clyde , and estab ...
... held , he felt it necessary to subdue the whole island . He failed in this but he conquered the country as far as the Solway and the Tyne . To protect his conquests he built a line of forts between the Forth and the Clyde , and estab ...
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... held by the Teuton invaders . As yet , however , their settlements were a mere fringe along the shore , and for almost fifty years longer they were held at bay by the desperate resistance of the Britons , aided by the Roman fortresses ...
... held by the Teuton invaders . As yet , however , their settlements were a mere fringe along the shore , and for almost fifty years longer they were held at bay by the desperate resistance of the Britons , aided by the Roman fortresses ...
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... held their own in the remoter parts of the island , in the north , in Strathclyde and Cumberland , in Wales and Cornwall , but the richest , the most fertile portion of Britain had become Teuton and pagan . For the conquest of Britain ...
... held their own in the remoter parts of the island , in the north , in Strathclyde and Cumberland , in Wales and Cornwall , but the richest , the most fertile portion of Britain had become Teuton and pagan . For the conquest of Britain ...
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Стр. 178 - 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.
Стр. 163 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine.
Стр. 223 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Стр. 186 - And though you have had and may have many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will be more careful and loving.
Стр. 256 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Стр. 52 - He planted a great preserve for deer, and he laid down laws therewith, that whosoever should slay hart or hind should be blinded. He forbade the harts and also the boars to be killed. As greatly did he love the tall deer as if he were their father. He also ordained concerning the hares that they should go free.
Стр. 93 - No freeman," ran the memorable article that lies at the base of our whole judicial system, " shall be seized or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way brought to ruin: we will not go against any man nor send against him, save by legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." " To no man will we sell," runs another, " or deny, or delay, right or justice.
Стр. 256 - You have now had four years of it,' he said. ' You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and every endowment in the country. You have examined into everybody's affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. I believe that the people of this country have had enough of the policy of confiscation.
Стр. 270 - Among the manufacturers houses are likewise scattered an infinite number of cottages or small dwellings, in which dwell the workmen which are employed, the women and children of whom, are always busy carding, spinning, etc.
Стр. 163 - He married my sisters with five pound, or twenty nobles apiece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours, and some alms he gave to the poor. And all this he did of the said farm...