The history of England [by J.A. Hessey]. |
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... sent here by the Emperor Vespasian , and who succeeded in subduing the southern division of the island , about one hundred and thirty years after the first invasion of Cæsar , and eighty - four years after the birth of Jesus Christ ...
... sent here by the Emperor Vespasian , and who succeeded in subduing the southern division of the island , about one hundred and thirty years after the first invasion of Cæsar , and eighty - four years after the birth of Jesus Christ ...
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... sent to spread the Gospel among neighbouring nations . The Saxon invasions put an end for a time to these holy undertakings . The British bishops with their flocks found refuge chiefly in Wales , where the bishoprics founded by St ...
... sent to spread the Gospel among neighbouring nations . The Saxon invasions put an end for a time to these holy undertakings . The British bishops with their flocks found refuge chiefly in Wales , where the bishoprics founded by St ...
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... sent his son Alfred to be confirmed by Pope Leo IV . , and where Ethelwulf resided a year , when his kingdom could ill spare his presence . During his time , and through the reigns of his three elder sons , Ethelbald , A.D. 858 ...
... sent his son Alfred to be confirmed by Pope Leo IV . , and where Ethelwulf resided a year , when his kingdom could ill spare his presence . During his time , and through the reigns of his three elder sons , Ethelbald , A.D. 858 ...
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... sent a mission to carry alms to the Christians in India , ( whose very existence was afterwards forgotten , till comparatively modern times , ) and restored the ancient school at Oxford , which seems to have existed even from the days ...
... sent a mission to carry alms to the Christians in India , ( whose very existence was afterwards forgotten , till comparatively modern times , ) and restored the ancient school at Oxford , which seems to have existed even from the days ...
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... sent out of the kingdom with such instructions to the Dane who was en- trusted with them , as were likely to ensure their death . They were , however , received by Solomon king of Hun- gary , where one of them , called from his ...
... sent out of the kingdom with such instructions to the Dane who was en- trusted with them , as were likely to ensure their death . They were , however , received by Solomon king of Hun- gary , where one of them , called from his ...
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Abbey afterwards Anne Archbishops of Canterbury army barons battle became beheaded Bishop Born British brother brought Buried called Canute Castle Cathedral CHAPTER character Charles Christian Church of Rome claims clergy consecrated court Cranmer Cromwell crown cruelty daughter death declared defeated died Duke of Clarence Duke of York Edgar Atheling Edmund Edward Elizabeth England English Ethelred executed father favour forced French gave George George III Gloucester Henry Henry VIII Henry's Holy honour house of York Ireland James John John of Gaunt Katharine king's kingdom Lancaster land London Lord Louis marriage married Mary murder nation nobles Normandy occasion parliament peace person piety Pope possessed Prayer prelate prince Princess queen reign religion Richard Roman royal Saxon Scotland Scots sent soon sovereign Spain succeeded succession Thomas Thomas Bourchier throne took place Tower victory Wales Westminster Westminster Abbey William Winchester
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 81 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 191 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air. What strains of vocal transport round her play ? Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear : They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.
Seite 187 - Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Seite 137 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Seite 190 - Stay, oh stay! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd, unpitied, here to mourn: In yon bright track, that fires the western skies, They melt, they vanish from my eyes. But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glitt'ring skirts unroll?
Seite 191 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud, Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood, And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me, with joy I see The different doom our fates assign. Be thine despair and sceptred care, To triumph, and to die, are mine.
Seite 191 - Girt with many a baron bold Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty, appear.
Seite 188 - King ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day, To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay.
Seite 188 - Eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Seite 189 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, through Berkley's roof that ring...