History of Great Britain and Ireland1849 |
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... nearly a thousand years after the birth of Christ , most readers , and the young especially , take little interest in a narrative which does not enlist their sympathies by the heroic exploits of great men and the triumphs or reverses of ...
... nearly a thousand years after the birth of Christ , most readers , and the young especially , take little interest in a narrative which does not enlist their sympathies by the heroic exploits of great men and the triumphs or reverses of ...
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... nearly as much to do with this country as the battle of Bannockburn or of Waterloo . He tells us , that young Ascanius , who fled with his father Æneas from Troy , had a son called Brute , from whose name this island was called Brutain ...
... nearly as much to do with this country as the battle of Bannockburn or of Waterloo . He tells us , that young Ascanius , who fled with his father Æneas from Troy , had a son called Brute , from whose name this island was called Brutain ...
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... nearly as long before the Christian era as we are now living after it ; and while little more is truly known about Scotland a thousand years back than the names of a few chiefs or kings , the annalists profess to give us a minute ...
... nearly as long before the Christian era as we are now living after it ; and while little more is truly known about Scotland a thousand years back than the names of a few chiefs or kings , the annalists profess to give us a minute ...
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... nearly the same depth below it , to keep them steady , those who erected them must have been able to move solid stones about forty feet long , and weighing hundreds of tons . At Constantine , in Cornwall , one many stone , thirty ...
... nearly the same depth below it , to keep them steady , those who erected them must have been able to move solid stones about forty feet long , and weighing hundreds of tons . At Constantine , in Cornwall , one many stone , thirty ...
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... nearly proved fatal to the invaders : on the fourth night after the disembarkation a violent storm arose , which almost entirely destroyed their fleet , and cut off all hope of immediate return to Gaul . The natives , gaining con ...
... nearly proved fatal to the invaders : on the fourth night after the disembarkation a violent storm arose , which almost entirely destroyed their fleet , and cut off all hope of immediate return to Gaul . The natives , gaining con ...
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afterwards arms army attacked authority barons battle became bishops bound Britain British brother Calais called Canute castle Charles chief church clergy coast Commons compelled contains court crown Danes daughter death declared defeated Describe Duke Duke of York Earl Edinburgh Edinburgh Academy Edition Edward Edward III enemies England English EXERCISES favour favourite fleet followed France French Grammar Guienne hands head Henry Henry II Henry VIII Henry's honour hostilities House of Lords houses inhabitants invaded Ireland Irish island James king king's kingdom land laws London Lord marched marriage married measures ment Mercia millions minister monarch nation Norman Norman conquest Normandy parliament party peace person Picts pope possession Prince Prince of Wales principal prisoners queen received reign Richard Roman royal Saxon Scotland Scots Scottish sent soon sovereign Spain succeeded succession throne tion took treaty troops victory Wales Warwick William
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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...
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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.