A Short History of the English PeopleHarper & Brothers, 1897 - 872 sider |
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Ælfred alliance Angevins Archbishop army attack baronage barons battle became Bill bishops borough broke brought Cædmon Catholic Charles Church clergy conquerors conquest Council court Cromwell Crown danger death declared defeat Duke Earl ecclesiastical 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 liberty Lollards London Long Parliament Lord marriage Mary ment Mercia ministers Ministry nobles Norman Normandy Northumbria once Oxford Parlia Parliament party passed passion peace Pitt political Prince Protestant Protestantism Puritan Queen realm reform refused reign religion religious restored revival revolt roused royal Scotch Scotland seemed Spain stood struggle summoned temper thegns THOMAS CROMWELL throne tion Tories town Treaty triumph victory Wessex Whigs William ΤΟ
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Side 781 - 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 602 - 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 439 - ... 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 465 - 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 523 - James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member.
Side 555 - I had rather have a plain russet-coated Captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call "a Gentleman" and is nothing else. I honour a Gentleman that is so indeed!
Side 502 - ... 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 770 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Side 367 - 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 597 - I saw and felt a waft of death go forth against him : and when I came to him he looked like a dead man.