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... honour of God and all his saints . " [ His own son , Osburn , and his sister's son , Sihward , had been slain the year before in Scotland , in the battle against Macbeth ; and the earldom , it seems , had become vacant . ] " The king ...
... honour of God and all his saints . " [ His own son , Osburn , and his sister's son , Sihward , had been slain the year before in Scotland , in the battle against Macbeth ; and the earldom , it seems , had become vacant . ] " The king ...
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... honour of founding what has since been called the English Monarchy . We have dwelt so largely upon this subject , so errone- ously represented in our popular histories , that we have neither time nor space for the quotation of those ...
... honour of founding what has since been called the English Monarchy . We have dwelt so largely upon this subject , so errone- ously represented in our popular histories , that we have neither time nor space for the quotation of those ...
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... honour he had , or of how many lands he was lord , then will we write about him as well as we understand him ; we who often looked upon him , and lived some time in his court . This King William , then , that we speak about , was a very ...
... honour he had , or of how many lands he was lord , then will we write about him as well as we understand him ; we who often looked upon him , and lived some time in his court . This King William , then , that we speak about , was a very ...
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... honour , in consequence of his retirement from all public business to Dropmore , and other rea- sons of a personal nature . On the 11th of July , the adjournment till winter took place ; and thus it may be said the second year was spent ...
... honour , in consequence of his retirement from all public business to Dropmore , and other rea- sons of a personal nature . On the 11th of July , the adjournment till winter took place ; and thus it may be said the second year was spent ...
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... honour . The medals were very hand- some , having the head of his Majesty on the obverse , and a whole length figure of Mercury , engraved from a beautiful gem in the Florentine Museum , on the reverse . During the donor's lifetime and ...
... honour . The medals were very hand- some , having the head of his Majesty on the obverse , and a whole length figure of Mercury , engraved from a beautiful gem in the Florentine Museum , on the reverse . During the donor's lifetime and ...
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Página 358 - ... to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward, and shot their arrows with such force and quickness that it seemed as if it snowed. When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their...
Página 393 - ROGER OF WENDOVER'S Flowers of History, comprising the History of England from the Descent of the Saxons to AD 1235, formerly ascribed to Matthew Paris.
Página 228 - His favorite and most elaborate work is, The History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster ; the unfinished state of which he frequently laments.
Página 358 - return to him, and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for any adventure that falleth, as long as my son is alive. And also say to them that they suffer him this day to win his spurs; for if God be pleased, I will this journey be his and the honour thereof, and to them that be about him.
Página 358 - Now, sir Thomas, return back to those that sent you, and tell them from me, not to send again for me this day, or expect that I shall come, let what will happen, as long as my son has life ; and say, that I command them to let the boy win his spurs; for I am determined if it please God, that all the glory and honor of this day shall be given to him, and to those into whose care I have intrusted him.
Página 358 - We be not well ordered to fight this day, for we be not in the case to do any great deed of arms; we have more need of rest.
Página 271 - ... whirlpool ; day by day the freemen, deprived of their old national defences, wringing with difficulty a precarious subsistence from incessant labour, sullenly yielded to a yoke which they could not shake off, and commended themselves (such was the phrase) to the protection of a lord; till a complete change having thus been operated in the opinions of men, and consequently in every relation of society, a, new order of things...
Página 358 - There were about fifteen thousand Genoese crossbowmen; but they were quite fatigued, having marched on foot that day six leagues, completely armed and with their cross-bows. They told the constable they were not in a fit condition to do any great things that day in battle. The Earl of Alencon, hearing this, said, "This is what one gets by employing such scoundrels, who fall off when there is any need for them.
Página 358 - Genoways felt the arrows piercing through heads, arms, and breasts, many of them cast down their cross-bows, and did cut their strings and returned discomfited. When the French King saw them fly away, he said, "Slay these rascals, for they shall let and trouble us without reason.
Página 358 - During this time a heavy rain fell, accompanied by thunder and a very terrible eclipse of the sun ; and before this rain a great flight of crows hovered in the air over all those battalions, making a loud noise.