Concise History of England in EpochsOliver & Boyd, 1871 - 336 páginas |
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... followed his example . Augustin was the first archbishop of Canterbury , and " primate of all England . " Christianity gradually superseded the old Saxon worship of Odin in the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy , but only after many ...
... followed his example . Augustin was the first archbishop of Canterbury , and " primate of all England . " Christianity gradually superseded the old Saxon worship of Odin in the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy , but only after many ...
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... followed by another of greater im- portance at Ethandune , in Wiltshire ( Edington , Westbury ) , gained under the leadership of Alfred , who had suddenly issued from his place of retreat . After this , the Danish chief , Guthrum ...
... followed by another of greater im- portance at Ethandune , in Wiltshire ( Edington , Westbury ) , gained under the leadership of Alfred , who had suddenly issued from his place of retreat . After this , the Danish chief , Guthrum ...
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... followed by terror and confusion amongst the English . For a moment they thought of proclaiming the boy , Edgar Atheling , but William left them little time for deliberation . He swept down all opposition , and by his energy , combined ...
... followed by terror and confusion amongst the English . For a moment they thought of proclaiming the boy , Edgar Atheling , but William left them little time for deliberation . He swept down all opposition , and by his energy , combined ...
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... followed so great a scarcity that more than a hundred thousand of all ages are said to have perished of want . In armed resistance , or by the axe of the executioner , the English nobility quickly disappeared . A sweeping confiscation ...
... followed so great a scarcity that more than a hundred thousand of all ages are said to have perished of want . In armed resistance , or by the axe of the executioner , the English nobility quickly disappeared . A sweeping confiscation ...
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... followed , which William defeated by promptitude of action , the only virtue he in- herited from his father . He then endeavoured by fraud , corrup- tion , and force , to gain possession of Normandy , which , being ill governed by the ...
... followed , which William defeated by promptitude of action , the only virtue he in- herited from his father . He then endeavoured by fraud , corrup- tion , and force , to gain possession of Normandy , which , being ill governed by the ...
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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!