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The Wars of the Roses , arising out of the rival claims of the Houses of York and Lancaster , began under Henry vi . ( 1453 ) . They brought about the destruction of the power of the nobles , and with it , of the feudal system .
The Wars of the Roses , arising out of the rival claims of the Houses of York and Lancaster , began under Henry vi . ( 1453 ) . They brought about the destruction of the power of the nobles , and with it , of the feudal system .
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Some years after , this wall was strengthened and improved by the Emperor Severus ( twenty - first Emperor of Rome ) , who died at York ( A.D. 211 ) . When the Romans invaded this island , they found it , as we have seen , inhabited by ...
Some years after , this wall was strengthened and improved by the Emperor Severus ( twenty - first Emperor of Rome ) , who died at York ( A.D. 211 ) . When the Romans invaded this island , they found it , as we have seen , inhabited by ...
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... and whose virtues and learning form an agreeable contrast to the treachery and the destructive wars that signalized the period of the Hep- tarchy . About the same time lived Alcuin of York , whose A.D. 828. ] MONARCHY UNDER EGBERT .
... and whose virtues and learning form an agreeable contrast to the treachery and the destructive wars that signalized the period of the Hep- tarchy . About the same time lived Alcuin of York , whose A.D. 828. ] MONARCHY UNDER EGBERT .
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They landed in Nor- thumberland , and after a desperate struggle got possession of York . Harold , whose attention had been fixed on the southern coast , in anticipation of the threatened Norman invasion , hastened at once to the north ...
They landed in Nor- thumberland , and after a desperate struggle got possession of York . Harold , whose attention had been fixed on the southern coast , in anticipation of the threatened Norman invasion , hastened at once to the north ...
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He was crowned on Christmas day 1066 , in Westminster Abbey , by the Archbishop of York . The acclama- tions of assent from the Norman and English nobility was the signal out of doors , apparently under some misunderstanding , for a ...
He was crowned on Christmas day 1066 , in Westminster Abbey , by the Archbishop of York . The acclama- tions of assent from the Norman and English nobility was the signal out of doors , apparently under some misunderstanding , for a ...
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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...