An Abridgement of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the SecondM. Carey, 1806 - Всего страниц: 336 |
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... fleet being shattered by a storm , they were defeated by the inhabitants , and put to the sword . It was not till about five years after the accession of Egbert , that their invasions became truly formidable . From that time they ...
... fleet being shattered by a storm , they were defeated by the inhabitants , and put to the sword . It was not till about five years after the accession of Egbert , that their invasions became truly formidable . From that time they ...
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... fleet , me- ditating slaughter , and furious with revenge . Ethelred was obliged to fly into Normandy , and the whole country thus came under the power of Sweyn , his victorious rival . Canute , afterwards surnamed the Great , succeeded ...
... fleet , me- ditating slaughter , and furious with revenge . Ethelred was obliged to fly into Normandy , and the whole country thus came under the power of Sweyn , his victorious rival . Canute , afterwards surnamed the Great , succeeded ...
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... fleet of three hundred sail ; and , after some small opposition from the weather , landed at Pevensey , on the coast .. of Essex , with resolute tranquillity . Harold , who seemed resolved . to defend his right to the crown , and retain ...
... fleet of three hundred sail ; and , after some small opposition from the weather , landed at Pevensey , on the coast .. of Essex , with resolute tranquillity . Harold , who seemed resolved . to defend his right to the crown , and retain ...
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... fleet and an army , in order to take possession of the rich provinces thus consigned to his trust . But an accident put an end to all his ambitious projects ; he was shot by an arrow that Sir Walter Tyrrell discharged at a deer in the ...
... fleet and an army , in order to take possession of the rich provinces thus consigned to his trust . But an accident put an end to all his ambitious projects ; he was shot by an arrow that Sir Walter Tyrrell discharged at a deer in the ...
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... fleet , his son , and several young noblemen , the com- panions of his pleasures , went together to render the passage more agrecable . The king set sail from Barfleur , and was soon carried by a fair wind out of sight of land . The ...
... fleet , his son , and several young noblemen , the com- panions of his pleasures , went together to render the passage more agrecable . The king set sail from Barfleur , and was soon carried by a fair wind out of sight of land . The ...
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Стр. 29 - Above a hundred and forty young noblemen of the principal families of England and Normandy were lost on this occasion. A butcher of Rouen was the only person on board who escaped ; he clung to the mast, and was taken up the next morning by some fishermen.
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