Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth ...F. Warne & Company, 1865 - 687 páginas |
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... Edward II . 376. The Death of Edward II . 380. The English Possessions in France 385. The Battle of Cressy 388. The Siege of Calais . 391. The Battle of Poitiers 397. Edward III . and the Countess of Salisbury 404. Bertrand du Guesclin ...
... Edward II . 376. The Death of Edward II . 380. The English Possessions in France 385. The Battle of Cressy 388. The Siege of Calais . 391. The Battle of Poitiers 397. Edward III . and the Countess of Salisbury 404. Bertrand du Guesclin ...
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... Edward VI . and the Annals of his Reign • • • • Page 628. Sonnets - ' Edward VI . ' and Revival of Po- WORDSWORTH . pery ' 629. The Reign of Mary . 632. The Death of Lady Jane ) Grey . 635. The Protestant Martyrs . 639. The Reign of ...
... Edward VI . and the Annals of his Reign • • • • Page 628. Sonnets - ' Edward VI . ' and Revival of Po- WORDSWORTH . pery ' 629. The Reign of Mary . 632. The Death of Lady Jane ) Grey . 635. The Protestant Martyrs . 639. The Reign of ...
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... Edward , who had distinguished himself in the war with Hasting , was chosen by the Anglo - Saxon nobles and elders . One of the sons of Alfred's eldest brother , and predecessor , protested against this election , in virtue of his ...
... Edward , who had distinguished himself in the war with Hasting , was chosen by the Anglo - Saxon nobles and elders . One of the sons of Alfred's eldest brother , and predecessor , protested against this election , in virtue of his ...
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... Edward . The second bore him one , called Etheldred . On Edgar's death Edward , in the usual order of succession , was called to the throne ; but Elfrida caballed in favour of her son ; and finding it impossible to set him up in the ...
... Edward . The second bore him one , called Etheldred . On Edgar's death Edward , in the usual order of succession , was called to the throne ; but Elfrida caballed in favour of her son ; and finding it impossible to set him up in the ...
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... Edward . Harold inherited none of the virtues of Canute ; he banished his mother Emma , murdered his half - brother Alfred , and died without issue after a short reign full of violence , weakness , and cruelty His brother Hardicanute ...
... Edward . Harold inherited none of the virtues of Canute ; he banished his mother Emma , murdered his half - brother Alfred , and died without issue after a short reign full of violence , weakness , and cruelty His brother Hardicanute ...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth Charles Knight Visualização integral - 1899 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abbey ancient Anglo-Saxon archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arms army barons battle battle of Hastings Becket bishop blood Bretwalda brother Cæsar called Canute castle cause chroniclers church commanded Conqueror conquest court crown Danes daughter death defeated duke earl Edward Edward the Confessor enemies English Enter father favour fear feudal force France French friends Gloucester Godwin hand Harold hast hath head heart heaven Henry II holy honour horse John King Henry king of England king of Scots king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc London lord Matilda monks Montfort never noble Norman Normandy oath peace person pope possession priest prince prisoner queen reign Ricola Robert Rochester Castle Roman Rome royal Rufus Saxon Scotland Scots sent slain soldiers soul Stephen sword thee Thomas à Becket thou throne took Tower town Tyrrel unto Wallace William William the Conqueror Winchester Wolfstan words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 478 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Página 452 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Página 566 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 356 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear...
Página 61 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Página 356 - The verse adorn again Fierce War, and faithful Love, And Truth severe, by fairy Fiction drest. In buskin'd measures move Pale Grief, and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast. A voice as of the cherub-choir Gales from blooming Eden bear, And distant warblings lessen on my ear That lost in long futurity expire.
Página 354 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Página 568 - 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 514 - I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate ; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young ; So many weeks ere the poor fools will...
Página 417 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king : The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.