The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century; a Comprehensive History, Founded Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation, Volumen6F.R. Niglutsch, 1905 |
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... young , his brother Edred , who had a sickly body but a strong mind , was chosen king . The wisest act of Edred was to EDWARD THE ELDER RAISED ON THE SHIELD BY HIS FOLLOWERS. THE DEATH OF EDWARD THE MARTYR DUNSTAN CROWNING EDWARD THE ...
... young , his brother Edred , who had a sickly body but a strong mind , was chosen king . The wisest act of Edred was to EDWARD THE ELDER RAISED ON THE SHIELD BY HIS FOLLOWERS. THE DEATH OF EDWARD THE MARTYR DUNSTAN CROWNING EDWARD THE ...
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... young Edward's head . The dark stepmother , standing by , vowed a vengeance which was not long delayed . While King Edward was hunting one day , in Dorsetshire , he spurred ahead of his attendants and reached Corfe Castle , where his ...
... young Edward's head . The dark stepmother , standing by , vowed a vengeance which was not long delayed . While King Edward was hunting one day , in Dorsetshire , he spurred ahead of his attendants and reached Corfe Castle , where his ...
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... young William received this doubtful heritage , he set out for England to claim it , not stopping even to close the dying eyes of his father . Henry , the third son , was given a fortune , and he also sped away to make sure of the ...
... young William received this doubtful heritage , he set out for England to claim it , not stopping even to close the dying eyes of his father . Henry , the third son , was given a fortune , and he also sped away to make sure of the ...
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... young man was called " the Handsome , " and always wore in his helmet a sprig of the broom - plant of Anjou . Because of this fact , their son Henry II . is known in history as Planta - genet , the Latin name of the plant being Planta ...
... young man was called " the Handsome , " and always wore in his helmet a sprig of the broom - plant of Anjou . Because of this fact , their son Henry II . is known in history as Planta - genet , the Latin name of the plant being Planta ...
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... wound be brought before him . Looking reproachfully at the young man , the King demanded why he had shot him . " You killed my father and two brothers , " was the defiant reply ; " I am thankful that it was my privilege to kill you ,
... wound be brought before him . Looking reproachfully at the young man , the King demanded why he had shot him . " You killed my father and two brothers , " was the defiant reply ; " I am thankful that it was my privilege to kill you ,
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Página 1135 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Página 1111 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Página 1037 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Página 1135 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Página 1041 - 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.
Página 1027 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Página 1061 - I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman (for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes). Icame into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor...
Página 1135 - Will You solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective Laws and Customs of the same ? King.
Página 1073 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 1061 - ... 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, for the subject-matter would not bear much of reason, it being in behalf...