The history of England [by J.A. Hessey]. |
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... whole number , Verulamium and Eboracum , were called municipia . Londinium , Rutupiæ , Lindum , and six others , colonia . Cataractonium , Luguvallium , and eight others , were Latii jure donatæ ; and the remainder were called ...
... whole number , Verulamium and Eboracum , were called municipia . Londinium , Rutupiæ , Lindum , and six others , colonia . Cataractonium , Luguvallium , and eight others , were Latii jure donatæ ; and the remainder were called ...
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... whole of Europe . Alfred died in the year A.D. 901 , in the 52nd year of his life . CHAPTER IV . FROM THE REIGN OF ALFRED TO THE REIGN OF CANUTE . From A.D. 901 to A.D. 1016 . THE Saxon kings were for the most part wise and able princes ...
... whole of Europe . Alfred died in the year A.D. 901 , in the 52nd year of his life . CHAPTER IV . FROM THE REIGN OF ALFRED TO THE REIGN OF CANUTE . From A.D. 901 to A.D. 1016 . THE Saxon kings were for the most part wise and able princes ...
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... whole history therefore is very doubtful . It is certain , indeed , that Dunstan was more ambitious of worldly power , and more unscrupulous in seeking it , than became his office ; but he was the author of many useful practical laws ...
... whole history therefore is very doubtful . It is certain , indeed , that Dunstan was more ambitious of worldly power , and more unscrupulous in seeking it , than became his office ; but he was the author of many useful practical laws ...
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... whole kingdom was parcelled out into so many chief baronies , which were held of the crown on condition of military service , and these were in like manner divided into knight's fees , which were held of the superior barons on the same ...
... whole kingdom was parcelled out into so many chief baronies , which were held of the crown on condition of military service , and these were in like manner divided into knight's fees , which were held of the superior barons on the same ...
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... whole days for want of clothes , of which he suf- fered his servants to plunder him . Henry thus became master of Normandy ; but the revolts in favour of William , the son of Robert , ( a gallant prince , who at length was slain before ...
... whole days for want of clothes , of which he suf- fered his servants to plunder him . Henry thus became master of Normandy ; but the revolts in favour of William , the son of Robert , ( a gallant prince , who at length was slain before ...
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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
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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...