A Short History of the English PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 872 sider |
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... broke the history of the people , taken from the merely ecclesiastical point of view , into two irreconcilable fractions , and utterly destroyed any possibility of artistic treatment of the story as a whole . In a new plan he looked far ...
... broke the history of the people , taken from the merely ecclesiastical point of view , into two irreconcilable fractions , and utterly destroyed any possibility of artistic treatment of the story as a whole . In a new plan he looked far ...
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... broke in on the Empire as it sank into decay . In the western dominions of Rome the triumph of the invaders was complete . The Franks conquered and colonized Gaul . The West - Goths conquered and colonized Spain . The Vandals founded a ...
... broke in on the Empire as it sank into decay . In the western dominions of Rome the triumph of the invaders was complete . The Franks conquered and colonized Gaul . The West - Goths conquered and colonized Spain . The Vandals founded a ...
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... broke their inaction we cannot tell . We only know that Cynric , whom Cerdic's death left king of the West - Saxons , again took up the work of invasion by a new advance in 552. The capture of the hill - fort of Old Sarum threw open the ...
... broke their inaction we cannot tell . We only know that Cynric , whom Cerdic's death left king of the West - Saxons , again took up the work of invasion by a new advance in 552. The capture of the hill - fort of Old Sarum threw open the ...
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... broke out on his departure in civil strife which left Wessex an easy prey to the suc- cessor of Ceolred . Among those who sought Guthlac's retirement at Crowland came Æthelbald , a son of Penda's brother , flying from Ceolred's hate ...
... broke out on his departure in civil strife which left Wessex an easy prey to the suc- cessor of Ceolred . Among those who sought Guthlac's retirement at Crowland came Æthelbald , a son of Penda's brother , flying from Ceolred's hate ...
Side 40
... broke from his lips were some English rimes upon death . ΤΟ 828 Death of Bæda But the noblest proof of his love of England lies in the work which immortalizes his name . In his " Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation " Bæda ...
... broke from his lips were some English rimes upon death . ΤΟ 828 Death of Bæda But the noblest proof of his love of England lies in the work which immortalizes his name . In his " Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation " Bæda ...
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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.