Concise History of England in EpochsOliver & Boyd, 1871 - 336 páginas |
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... allowed , either from fear of me , or through favour to the powerful , or for the purpose of supplying my treasury . I want no money raised by injustice . " TO 1041. ] DANISH DYNASTY . 17 Canute died 1036,1 . 16 [ A.D. 1016 DANISH ...
... allowed , either from fear of me , or through favour to the powerful , or for the purpose of supplying my treasury . I want no money raised by injustice . " TO 1041. ] DANISH DYNASTY . 17 Canute died 1036,1 . 16 [ A.D. 1016 DANISH ...
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... allowed a pension of 3000 marks for himself , with a general pardon for his partisans , and security for the possession of their lands . On Robert's return to Normandy , however , Henry easily found pretexts for banishing the ...
... allowed a pension of 3000 marks for himself , with a general pardon for his partisans , and security for the possession of their lands . On Robert's return to Normandy , however , Henry easily found pretexts for banishing the ...
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... allowed , except in the quarter in which the king himself had taken his stand , where the assailants recoiled from the unmatched force of his terrible arm . The Earl of Chester seeing this , and envious of the glory the king was gaining ...
... allowed , except in the quarter in which the king himself had taken his stand , where the assailants recoiled from the unmatched force of his terrible arm . The Earl of Chester seeing this , and envious of the glory the king was gaining ...
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... allowed to return to her home and former occupation , but Charles determined to continue to avail himself of the enthusiasm she everywhere inspired . She continued to display the same in- trepidity and devotion , but having , as she ...
... allowed to return to her home and former occupation , but Charles determined to continue to avail himself of the enthusiasm she everywhere inspired . She continued to display the same in- trepidity and devotion , but having , as she ...
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... allowed the Yorkists free access to him ; but the Irish , not- withstanding , persisted in believing the impostor to be the genu- ine Warwick . The Duchess of Burgundy , whose court was the focus of opposition to the Lancastrians , sent ...
... allowed the Yorkists free access to him ; but the Irish , not- withstanding , persisted in believing the impostor to be the genu- ine Warwick . The Duchess of Burgundy , whose court was the focus of opposition to the Lancastrians , sent ...
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Página 66 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding ; which I doubt not ; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. 30 I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot : Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry ' God for Harry, England, and Saint George !
Página 106 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Página 59 - Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Página 67 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say " Tomorrow is Saint Crispian " : Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say " These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Página 59 - And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Página 106 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 141 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Página 107 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 68 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Página 66 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height!