A Short History of the English PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 872 sider |
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Side 67
... success . But the greatness of his rule hung solely on the greatness of his temper , and at his death the empire he had built up at once fell to pieces . Denmark and England , parted for a few years by the accession of his son Harald to ...
... success . But the greatness of his rule hung solely on the greatness of his temper , and at his death the empire he had built up at once fell to pieces . Denmark and England , parted for a few years by the accession of his son Harald to ...
Side 82
... success set the king free to fulfil his oath of vengeance on the North . After a long delay before the flooded waters of the Aire he entered York , and ravaged the whole country as far as the Tees with fire and sword . Town and village ...
... success set the king free to fulfil his oath of vengeance on the North . After a long delay before the flooded waters of the Aire he entered York , and ravaged the whole country as far as the Tees with fire and sword . Town and village ...
Side 89
... success was disturbed by a rebellion of his son Robert and a quarrel with France ; as he rode down the steep street ... successful resistance to the stern rule beneath which they had bowed . William bequeathed Normandy to his eldest son ...
... success was disturbed by a rebellion of his son Robert and a quarrel with France ; as he rode down the steep street ... successful resistance to the stern rule beneath which they had bowed . William bequeathed Normandy to his eldest son ...
Side 100
... success . At his accession Anjou was the least important of the greater pro- vinces of France . At his death in 1040 it stood , if not in extent , at least in real power , first among them all . Cool - headed , clear - sighted , quick ...
... success . At his accession Anjou was the least important of the greater pro- vinces of France . At his death in 1040 it stood , if not in extent , at least in real power , first among them all . Cool - headed , clear - sighted , quick ...
Side 113
... success of these wider plans , and Richard saw that its defence could no longer rest on the loyalty of the Norman people . His father might trace his descent through Matilda from the line of Hrolf , but the Angevin ruler was in fact a ...
... success of these wider plans , and Richard saw that its defence could no longer rest on the loyalty of the Norman people . His father might trace his descent through Matilda from the line of Hrolf , but the Angevin ruler was in fact a ...
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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.