History of England from the Earliest Times to the Year 1858Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1860 - Всего страниц: 856 |
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... battle and great in power , Athelstane was also great in legis- lation . He enacted many laws , which were all of a liberal and elevating tendency ; he confirmed the franchises and free lands of many of the towns , and left a reputation ...
... battle and great in power , Athelstane was also great in legis- lation . He enacted many laws , which were all of a liberal and elevating tendency ; he confirmed the franchises and free lands of many of the towns , and left a reputation ...
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... battle near Warwick , besought him to act as his guide to the shore of the Severn . Compassion moved the young Saxon , and he led the suppliant in safety to his ship . When success crowned the Danish party , no reward was too high in ...
... battle near Warwick , besought him to act as his guide to the shore of the Severn . Compassion moved the young Saxon , and he led the suppliant in safety to his ship . When success crowned the Danish party , no reward was too high in ...
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... Battle of Stamford Bridge.- § 6. The Norman invasion . William lands near Pevensey Castle . Anecdotes of the Saxons and Normans . - § 7. Battle of Hastings . Death of Harold . § 8. Reflections on the battle and its con- sequences ...
... Battle of Stamford Bridge.- § 6. The Norman invasion . William lands near Pevensey Castle . Anecdotes of the Saxons and Normans . - § 7. Battle of Hastings . Death of Harold . § 8. Reflections on the battle and its con- sequences ...
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... battle near Stamford Bridge , his followers were mercilessly pursued , and the twenty - fifth of September would have been considered the happiest day of Harold's life as it for ever extinguished the hostility of the Scandinavians - if ...
... battle near Stamford Bridge , his followers were mercilessly pursued , and the twenty - fifth of September would have been considered the happiest day of Harold's life as it for ever extinguished the hostility of the Scandinavians - if ...
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... battle . was joined . § 7. It was at nine in the morning of the fourteenth of October that the fatal struggle began . The English with axe and spear poured across the narrow valley , and were received by flights of arrows from yews and ...
... battle . was joined . § 7. It was at nine in the morning of the fourteenth of October that the fatal struggle began . The English with axe and spear poured across the narrow valley , and were received by flights of arrows from yews and ...
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Стр. 729 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Стр. 489 - 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 good will of my subjects...
Стр. 649 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Стр. 649 - That the commission for erecting the late Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
Стр. 11 - Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
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Стр. 302 - I have for a long time wished to meet with them, and now, please God and St. George, we will fight with them ; for, in truth, they have done me so much mischief, that I will be revenged on them, if it be possible.
Стр. 452 - The duke of Somerset had his head cut off upon Tower Hill between eight and nine o'clock in the morning.
Стр. 165 - They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by. day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never were any martyrs tormented as these were.
Стр. 310 - Ah, gentle sir, since I have crossed the sea with great danger to see you, I have never asked you one favour : now, I most humbly ask as a gift, for the sake of the Son of the blessed Mary, and for your love to me, that you will be merciful to these six men.