A Short History of the English PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 872 sider |
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Side xxiv
... French fleet attacks Dover . Final organization of the English Parlia- ment . 1296 Edward conquers Scotland . 1297 Victory of Wallace at Stirling . Outlawry of the Clergy . Barons refuse to serve in Guienne . 1298 Edward conquers Scots ...
... French fleet attacks Dover . Final organization of the English Parlia- ment . 1296 Edward conquers Scotland . 1297 Victory of Wallace at Stirling . Outlawry of the Clergy . Barons refuse to serve in Guienne . 1298 Edward conquers Scots ...
Side xxv
... French descents on England . 1405 Revolt of Archbishop Scrope . 1407 French attack Gascony . Warwick the King - maker . 1464 Edward marries Lady Grey . 1470 Warwick driven to France . Flight of Edward to Flanders . Battles of Barnet and ...
... French descents on England . 1405 Revolt of Archbishop Scrope . 1407 French attack Gascony . Warwick the King - maker . 1464 Edward marries Lady Grey . 1470 Warwick driven to France . Flight of Edward to Flanders . Battles of Barnet and ...
Side xxxi
... French Constitution . Triple Alliance for defence of Turkey . 1790 Quarrel over Nootka Sound . Pitt defends Poland . Burke's " Reflections on the French Revolution . " 1791 Representative Government set up in Canada . Fox's Libel Act ...
... French Constitution . Triple Alliance for defence of Turkey . 1790 Quarrel over Nootka Sound . Pitt defends Poland . Burke's " Reflections on the French Revolution . " 1791 Representative Government set up in Canada . Fox's Libel Act ...
Side 71
... French king , Charles the Simple , at the moment when Alfred's children were beginning their conquest of the English Danelaw . The treaty in which France purchased peace by this cession of the coast was a close imitation of the peace of ...
... French king , Charles the Simple , at the moment when Alfred's children were beginning their conquest of the English Danelaw . The treaty in which France purchased peace by this cession of the coast was a close imitation of the peace of ...
Side 75
... French alliances and the French tongue . William was himself a type of the transition . In the young duke's character the old world mingled strangely with the new , the pirate jostled roughly with the statesman . William was the most ...
... French alliances and the French tongue . William was himself a type of the transition . In the young duke's character the old world mingled strangely with the new , the pirate jostled roughly with the statesman . William was the most ...
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Ælfred alliance Angevins army attack baronage barons battle became Bill bishops boroughs broke brought Catholic Charles Church clergy conquest Council court Cromwell Crown danger death declared defeat Duke Earl ecclesiastical Ecgberht Edward Elizabeth England English fell Flanders fleet followed force France freedom French fresh gave hands Henry Henry's House of Commons House of Lancaster Ireland Irish James John justice King King's kingdom land Lewis Lollards London Long Parliament Lord marriage Mary ment Mercia ministers Ministry nobles Norman Normandy Northumbria once Oxford Parlia Parliament Parliamentary party passed passion peace Pitt political Prince Protestant Protestantism Puritan Queen realm reform refused reign religion religious resolved restored revival revolt roused royal Scotch Scotland seemed Spain Spanish statute stood struggle summoned temper thegns thousand throne tion Tories town Treaty triumph victory Wessex Whigs William ΤΟ
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Side 759 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Side 347 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Side 419 - ... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Side 578 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Side 445 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Side 311 - Kingston, had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Side 505 - James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member.
Side 482 - ... and that your Majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings to the prejudice of your people, in any of the premises, shall not be drawn hereafter into consequence or example : and that your Majesty would be also graciously pleased, for the further comfort and safety of your people, to declare your royal will and pleasure, that in the things aforesaid all your officers and ministers shall serve you, according to the laws and statutes of this realm, as they tender...
Side 737 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Side 532 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.