The History of EnglandSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1854 - 196 Seiten |
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... king of the Silures ' , after a noble resistance to the Romans , was taken prisoner in battle , A.D. 50. Being sent to Rome , and observing the splendour of that city , he exclaimed , " How could a people possessed of such magni ...
... king of the Silures ' , after a noble resistance to the Romans , was taken prisoner in battle , A.D. 50. Being sent to Rome , and observing the splendour of that city , he exclaimed , " How could a people possessed of such magni ...
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... kings were for the most part wise and able princes , but the successive invasions of the Danes continually marred their ... King of all Britain . He is said to have taken a cruel course with his brother Edwin , by turning him adrift in a ...
... kings were for the most part wise and able princes , but the successive invasions of the Danes continually marred their ... King of all Britain . He is said to have taken a cruel course with his brother Edwin , by turning him adrift in a ...
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... king has been called Edgar the Peaceable , from the peace which England enjoyed under his reign . His power was such , that his barge was rowed on the river Dee by the king of Man and several Welsh and Scottish chieftains , while he ...
... king has been called Edgar the Peaceable , from the peace which England enjoyed under his reign . His power was such , that his barge was rowed on the river Dee by the king of Man and several Welsh and Scottish chieftains , while he ...
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... ( kings of Denmark and Norway ) , resolved on avenging the slaughter of their countrymen by the ruin of England . Ethelred fled to Richard , the duke of Normandy , whose sister Emma he had married ; and Sweyne was proclaimed king of Eng ...
... ( kings of Denmark and Norway ) , resolved on avenging the slaughter of their countrymen by the ruin of England . Ethelred fled to Richard , the duke of Normandy , whose sister Emma he had married ; and Sweyne was proclaimed king of Eng ...
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... king of Denmark and Norway , as well as of England , acquired the affections of his Saxon subjects by the wisdom and equity of his government ; but his character is stained by the cruelty with which he treated the two sons of Edmund ...
... king of Denmark and Norway , as well as of England , acquired the affections of his Saxon subjects by the wisdom and equity of his government ; but his character is stained by the cruelty with which he treated the two sons of Edmund ...
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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 father favour forced French gave George George III Gloucester Henry Henry VIII Henry's Holy honour Ireland James John John of Gaunt Katharine king of France king's kingdom Lancaster land London Lord Louis marriage married Mary ment monks murder nation nobles Normandy occasion parliament peace person Pope possessed Prayer prelate prince Princess queen received 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
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Seite 79 - 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 185 - Weave the warp and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race; 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 roofs that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king!
Seite 187 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear.
Seite 187 - 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. Bright Rapture calls, and soaring as she sings, Waves in the eye of Heaven her many-colour'd wings. " The verse adorn again Fierce War, and faithful Love, And Truth severe, by fairy Fiction drest. In buskin'd measures move Pale Grief, and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast.
Seite 135 - 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 186 - 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 184 - Tho' 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 188 - 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 184 - 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 186 - Eleanor of Castile died a few years after the conquest of Wales. The heroic proof she gave of her affection for her Lord is well known. The monuments of his regret, and sorrow for the loss of her, are still to be seen at Northampton, Geddington, Waltham, and other places.