Concise History of England in EpochsThomas Constable and Company, 1859 - Всего страниц: 312 |
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... Normandy ; and while thus strengthening himself by alliance with the French Normans , Ethelred gave orders for a general massacre of the Danes settled in England , the execution of which began on the festival of St. Brice . Amongst the ...
... Normandy ; and while thus strengthening himself by alliance with the French Normans , Ethelred gave orders for a general massacre of the Danes settled in England , the execution of which began on the festival of St. Brice . Amongst the ...
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... Normandy , and widow of Ethelred , he obtained an im- portant ally , and conciliated the English people . The influence of Earl Godwin , a Saxon nobleman , began in this reign . To him was committed the government of Wessex . Canute ...
... Normandy , and widow of Ethelred , he obtained an im- portant ally , and conciliated the English people . The influence of Earl Godwin , a Saxon nobleman , began in this reign . To him was committed the government of Wessex . Canute ...
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... Normandy to assert his claim to the throne . In Hardicanute , son of Canute and Emma , succeeded in 1040 . this reign Earl Godwin , accused of being concerned in the death of the king's half - brother Alfred , was tried , and , although ...
... Normandy to assert his claim to the throne . In Hardicanute , son of Canute and Emma , succeeded in 1040 . this reign Earl Godwin , accused of being concerned in the death of the king's half - brother Alfred , was tried , and , although ...
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... Normandy ; and it is supposed that a visit paid some time after by Harold , another of Godwin's sons , with the view of obtaining the deliverance of his brother and cousin , was the occasion seized by William , duke of Normandy , to ...
... Normandy ; and it is supposed that a visit paid some time after by Harold , another of Godwin's sons , with the view of obtaining the deliverance of his brother and cousin , was the occasion seized by William , duke of Normandy , to ...
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... Normandy , to which duchy he had suc- ceeded in 1035 ; and he justified his pretensions to the English throne , by alleging the existence of a will made in his favour by Edward the Confessor . He also pleaded the Pope's sanc- tion . At ...
... Normandy , to which duchy he had suc- ceeded in 1035 ; and he justified his pretensions to the English throne , by alleging the existence of a will made in his favour by Edward the Confessor . He also pleaded the Pope's sanc- tion . At ...
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Стр. 65 - No matter where; of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs ; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Стр. 66 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
Стр. 73 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Стр. 73 - Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Стр. 147 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Стр. 74 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Стр. 73 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it...
Стр. 113 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Стр. 110 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Стр. 112 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let 's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught th.ee ; Say, Wolsey,— that once trod the ways of...