Concise History of England in EpochsThomas Constable and Company, 1859 - Всего страниц: 312 |
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... taken . This victory was followed by another of greater im- portance at Ethandune , in Wiltshire ( Edington , Westbury ) , gained under the leadership of Alfred , who had suddenly issued from his place of retreat . After this , the ...
... taken . This victory was followed by another of greater im- portance at Ethandune , in Wiltshire ( Edington , Westbury ) , gained under the leadership of Alfred , who had suddenly issued from his place of retreat . After this , the ...
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... taken up , not so much in resisting incursions of the Danes as in bribing them off . The money raised for this purpose became a tax called the Danegelt . The Saxon nobility , as well as their king , were unequal to the difficulties of ...
... taken up , not so much in resisting incursions of the Danes as in bribing them off . The money raised for this purpose became a tax called the Danegelt . The Saxon nobility , as well as their king , were unequal to the difficulties of ...
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... taken possession of his new kingdom , he resolved on visiting Normandy , leaving the direction of Eng- lish affairs in the hands of his half - brother Odo , bishop of Bayeux , and William Fitzosborne . He carried with him , in his ...
... taken possession of his new kingdom , he resolved on visiting Normandy , leaving the direction of Eng- lish affairs in the hands of his half - brother Odo , bishop of Bayeux , and William Fitzosborne . He carried with him , in his ...
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... taken prisoners , and Normandy fell again under the English crown . Robert was confined in Cardiff Castle , where he lived to the age of eighty . Henry's possession of Normandy was some years afterwards contested by Robert's son William ...
... taken prisoners , and Normandy fell again under the English crown . Robert was confined in Cardiff Castle , where he lived to the age of eighty . Henry's possession of Normandy was some years afterwards contested by Robert's son William ...
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... taken his stand , where the assailants recoiled from the unmatched force of his terrible arm . The Earl of Chester seeing this , and envious of the glory the king was gaining , threw himself upon him with the whole weight of his men ...
... taken his stand , where the assailants recoiled from the unmatched force of his terrible arm . The Earl of Chester seeing this , and envious of the glory the king was gaining , threw himself upon him with the whole weight of his men ...
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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...