History of Great Britain and Ireland1849 |
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... language , and national character , if he carries his studies no farther . The physi- cal geography of the United Kingdom is of more importance than its political geography ; and the directions of its hills and mountains , of its rivers ...
... language , and national character , if he carries his studies no farther . The physi- cal geography of the United Kingdom is of more importance than its political geography ; and the directions of its hills and mountains , of its rivers ...
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... language . 2. ENGLAND . - A monk , named Geoffrey of Monmouth , wrote a history of Britain about the middle of the twelfth century . He gives a list of seventy kings who flourished before the landing of Julius Cæsar , -the earliest fact ...
... language . 2. ENGLAND . - A monk , named Geoffrey of Monmouth , wrote a history of Britain about the middle of the twelfth century . He gives a list of seventy kings who flourished before the landing of Julius Cæsar , -the earliest fact ...
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... language of the countries they overran . We have no reason indeed to believe that the Roman governors were at the trouble of learning the lan- guage of the people over whom they ruled . It is always * The Introductory Chapter being ...
... language of the countries they overran . We have no reason indeed to believe that the Roman governors were at the trouble of learning the lan- guage of the people over whom they ruled . It is always * The Introductory Chapter being ...
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... language quickly rose in public esti- mation , and the Saxon nobles not only learned to speak the new dialect , but imitated the customs and amusements of the foreigners . The lawyers adopted the new idiom and handwriting in their deeds ...
... language quickly rose in public esti- mation , and the Saxon nobles not only learned to speak the new dialect , but imitated the customs and amusements of the foreigners . The lawyers adopted the new idiom and handwriting in their deeds ...
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... language . Meanwhile Godwin , who had taken refuge in Flanders , was preparing for his return . In 1052 , he sailed up the Thames to London , where he was speedily joined by such numbers , that the king , after a little delay , was ...
... language . Meanwhile Godwin , who had taken refuge in Flanders , was preparing for his return . In 1052 , he sailed up the Thames to London , where he was speedily joined by such numbers , that the king , after a little delay , was ...
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Стр. 229 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Стр. 229 - 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,...
Стр. 229 - His overthrow heaped happiness upon him ; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing God.
Стр. 270 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Стр. 83 - ... of forest laws, imported from the continent, whereby the slaughter of a beast was made almost as penal as the death of a man. In the Saxon times, though no man was allowed to kill or chase the king's deer, yet he might start any game, pursue, and kill it upon his own estate.
Стр. 229 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Стр. 63 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...
Стр. 270 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Стр. 63 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Стр. 321 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way ; it will carry you from earth to heaven ; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.