A Short History of the English PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 872 sider |
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Side 42
... close of all dreams of supremacy over the English them- selves . Under Offa Mercia sank into virtual isolation . The anarchy into which Northumbria sank after Eadberht's death never tempted him to cross the Humber ; nor was he shaken ...
... close of all dreams of supremacy over the English them- selves . Under Offa Mercia sank into virtual isolation . The anarchy into which Northumbria sank after Eadberht's death never tempted him to cross the Humber ; nor was he shaken ...
Side 43
... close relations with Northern Britain . Ecgberht , the claimant of the West - Saxon throne , had found a refuge with him since Offa's league with Beorhtric in 787. With Offa too his relations seem to have been generally friendly . But ...
... close relations with Northern Britain . Ecgberht , the claimant of the West - Saxon throne , had found a refuge with him since Offa's league with Beorhtric in 787. With Offa too his relations seem to have been generally friendly . But ...
Side 64
... close of the preceding age into a feudal dependent on his lord . The English lords themselves sank into a middle class as they were pushed from their place by the foreign baronage who settled on English soil ; and this change was accom ...
... close of the preceding age into a feudal dependent on his lord . The English lords themselves sank into a middle class as they were pushed from their place by the foreign baronage who settled on English soil ; and this change was accom ...
Side 71
... close imitation of the peace of Wed- more . Hrolf , like Guthrum , was baptized , received the king's daughter in marriage , and became his vassal for the territory which now took the name of " the Northman's land " or Normandy . But ...
... close imitation of the peace of Wed- more . Hrolf , like Guthrum , was baptized , received the king's daughter in marriage , and became his vassal for the territory which now took the name of " the Northman's land " or Normandy . But ...
Side 74
... close his eyes in court and go peacefully to sleep . The Con- quests of the Nor- mans Section IV . - The Conqueror , 1042-1066 . [ Authorities . - Primarily the " Gesta Willelmi " of his chaplain , William of Poitiers , a violent ...
... close his eyes in court and go peacefully to sleep . The Con- quests of the Nor- mans Section IV . - The Conqueror , 1042-1066 . [ Authorities . - Primarily the " Gesta Willelmi " of his chaplain , William of Poitiers , a violent ...
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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.