The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volumen1George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... give to the English reader AN ACCOUNT OF HIS NATION IN THE LIVES OF THOSE DISTINGUISHED MEN who gave the tone and ... gives the very soul of history , as seen in the breathing agents of its fulfilment . A combined and general view of ...
... give to the English reader AN ACCOUNT OF HIS NATION IN THE LIVES OF THOSE DISTINGUISHED MEN who gave the tone and ... gives the very soul of history , as seen in the breathing agents of its fulfilment . A combined and general view of ...
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... give , of the manner in which the British islands were originally peopled , and the import of the seve- ral names by which both the country and its earliest inhabitants were distinguished . The sum of the whole is , that the primitive ...
... give , of the manner in which the British islands were originally peopled , and the import of the seve- ral names by which both the country and its earliest inhabitants were distinguished . The sum of the whole is , that the primitive ...
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... give her hand to Ethelbert until he had promised to allow her the free exercise of her own religion , and the liberty of bringing over with her for that purpose a certain number of ecclesiastics , and maintaining them in her household ...
... give her hand to Ethelbert until he had promised to allow her the free exercise of her own religion , and the liberty of bringing over with her for that purpose a certain number of ecclesiastics , and maintaining them in her household ...
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... give the half of it to the poor man , and expressed his trust that God would soon send them more . It is said that when this had been done he read for some time longer , and then both he and the queen fell asleep . When he awakened ...
... give the half of it to the poor man , and expressed his trust that God would soon send them more . It is said that when this had been done he read for some time longer , and then both he and the queen fell asleep . When he awakened ...
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... give a sample of his musi- cal skill in the presence of their princes . The appearance of the English army close upon the unsuspecting Danes soon followed this adventure of Alfred . A battle ensued at Eddington in Wiltshire , which ...
... give a sample of his musi- cal skill in the presence of their princes . The appearance of the English army close upon the unsuspecting Danes soon followed this adventure of Alfred . A battle ensued at Eddington in Wiltshire , which ...
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The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of ..., Volumen1 George Godfrey Cunningham Vista de fragmentos - 1863 |
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Términos y frases comunes
abbot afterwards Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon Anselm appears archbishop archbishop of Canterbury archbishop of York army Asser Athelstan authority barons battle Becket Bede bishop bishop of Winchester BORN A. D. Bretwalda brother Canterbury Canute castle cause character charter Chron church clergy command conquest council court crown Danes daughter death dignity dominions duke duke of Normandy Dunstan earl ecclesiastical Edmund Edward enemy England English Ethelred father favour force France gave Gloucester Godwin Harold Henry Henry III Henry's Hist historians holy honour John king king of England king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc learning London lord ment Mercia monarch monastery monks nation nobles Norman Normandy Northumberland Oxford parliament period person pope possession prelates prince queen received reign Richard Robert of Gloucester Rome royal Saxon says Scots sent soon sovereign subjects succeeded success throne tion took troops whole William Winchester
Pasajes populares
Página 623 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Página 703 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations, and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Página 518 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Página 563 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Página 514 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will, he will endanger the one half of his kingdom. "I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite; but could not prevail...
Página 310 - He was a prince sad, serious, and full of thoughts and secret observations, and full of notes and memorials of his own hand, especially touching persons. As, whom to employ, whom to reward, whom to inquire of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies, what were the factions, and the like ; keeping, as it were, a journal of his thoughts.
Página 748 - This was the first blood spilt in that fatal quarrel, which was not finished in less than a course of thirty years ; which was signalized by twelve pitched battles ; which opened a scene of extraordinary fierceness and cruelty ; is computed to have cost the lives of eighty princes of the blood ; and almost entirely annihilated the ancient nobility of England.
Página 703 - I owe thee a death, Lord, let it not be terrible, and then take thine own time: I submit to it: let not mine, O Lord! but let thy will be done.
Página 503 - ... prison, and by sundry artificial devices and terrors to extort from them great fines and ransoms, which they termed compositions and mitigations. Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming...
Página 338 - The Countess of Montfort came down from the castle to meet them, and with a most cheerful countenance, kissed Sir Walter Manny, and all his companions, one after the other like a noble and valiant dame.