A Short History of the English PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 872 sider |
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Side 13
... followed the course of the Trent . Those who occupied the wooded country between the Trent and the Humber took from their position the name of Southumbrians . A second division , advancing along the curve of the former river and ...
... followed the course of the Trent . Those who occupied the wooded country between the Trent and the Humber took from their position the name of Southumbrians . A second division , advancing along the curve of the former river and ...
Side 20
... followed the British army to the field . Æthelfrith watched the wild gestures and outstretched arms of the strange company as it stood apart , intent upon prayer , and took the monks for enchanters . ' Bear they arms or no , " said the ...
... followed the British army to the field . Æthelfrith watched the wild gestures and outstretched arms of the strange company as it stood apart , intent upon prayer , and took the monks for enchanters . ' Bear they arms or no , " said the ...
Side 22
... followed Eadwine was defeated and slain . The victory was turned to profit by the ambition of Penda , while Northumbria was torn with the strife which followed Eadwine's fall . To complete his dominion over Mid - Britain , Penda marched ...
... followed Eadwine was defeated and slain . The victory was turned to profit by the ambition of Penda , while Northumbria was torn with the strife which followed Eadwine's fall . To complete his dominion over Mid - Britain , Penda marched ...
Side 30
... followed by Wilfrid , whose energy soon brought the quarrel to a head . The strife between the two parties rose so high at last that Oswiu was prevailed upon to summon in 664 a great council at Whitby , where the future ecclesiastical ...
... followed by Wilfrid , whose energy soon brought the quarrel to a head . The strife between the two parties rose so high at last that Oswiu was prevailed upon to summon in 664 a great council at Whitby , where the future ecclesiastical ...
Side 31
... followed by that of their people . The English bishops were thus at first royal chaplains , and their diocese was naturally nothing but the kingdom . The kingdom of Kent became the diocese of Canterbury , and the kingdom of Northumbria ...
... followed by that of their people . The English bishops were thus at first royal chaplains , and their diocese was naturally nothing but the kingdom . The kingdom of Kent became the diocese of Canterbury , and the kingdom of Northumbria ...
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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.