A School History of England ...Clark & Maynard, 1885 - 318 Seiten |
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... caused him to be considered the founder of many institutions which had existed among the Anglo - Saxons before his time , and which he only restored or enforced . His peculiar merit , indeed , was not so much that of a lawgiver , as of ...
... caused him to be considered the founder of many institutions which had existed among the Anglo - Saxons before his time , and which he only restored or enforced . His peculiar merit , indeed , was not so much that of a lawgiver , as of ...
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... caused his barge to be rowed down the Dee by eight tributary kings . 23. Although a most efficient monarch , Edgar's charac- ter in private life is said , by some of the early historians , to have been exceedingly licentious ; but there ...
... caused his barge to be rowed down the Dee by eight tributary kings . 23. Although a most efficient monarch , Edgar's charac- ter in private life is said , by some of the early historians , to have been exceedingly licentious ; but there ...
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... caused his remains to be exhumed , and thrown into a fen ; but Godwin , who was accused of being an accomplice in the murder , was released , after taking the oath of compurgation . * He also conciliated the king by the present of a ...
... caused his remains to be exhumed , and thrown into a fen ; but Godwin , who was accused of being an accomplice in the murder , was released , after taking the oath of compurgation . * He also conciliated the king by the present of a ...
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... caused a very useful body of laws to be compiled . He was the first to touch for the scrofula ( called the King's Evil ) ; and for seven centuries those afflicted with that disease were , at times , presented to the English monarchs to ...
... caused a very useful body of laws to be compiled . He was the first to touch for the scrofula ( called the King's Evil ) ; and for seven centuries those afflicted with that disease were , at times , presented to the English monarchs to ...
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... causes himself in his courts of justice ; the great desires of his heart were , to do right to all his subjects ... caused him violent and frequent pain , that nothing could relieve . He bore it , as he had borne all the troubles of ...
... causes himself in his courts of justice ; the great desires of his heart were , to do right to all his subjects ... caused him violent and frequent pain , that nothing could relieve . He bore it , as he had borne all the troubles of ...
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Seite 209 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Seite 132 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Seite 277 - The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
Seite 277 - ... loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person small and emaciated, yet deriving dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, indicated also habitual self-possession and selfrespect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow pensive, but not gloomy, a mouth of inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the picture in...
Seite 218 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in...
Seite 277 - Westminster election against palace and treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes.
Seite 61 - He died in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and the thirty-fifth of his reign ; leaving by will his daughter, Matilda, heir of all his dominions, without making any mention of her husband Geoffrey, who had given him several causes of displeasure.
Seite 277 - The castles of Glengary and Lochiel were plundered and burned ; every house, hut, or habitation met with the same fate, without distinction ; all the cattle and provisions were carried off; the men were either shot upon the mountains, like wild beasts, or put to death in cold blood, without form of trial ; the women, after having seen their husbands and fathers murdered, were subjected to brutal violation, and then turned out naked, with their children, to starve on the barren heaths.
Seite 158 - The night had been rainy, and just where the young gentleman stood, a small quantity of mud interrupted the queen's passage. As she hesitated to pass on, the gallant, throwing his cloak from his shoulders, laid it on the miry spot, so as to insure her stepping over it dry-shod. Elizabeth looked at the young man, who accompanied this act of devoted courtesy with a profound reverence, and a blush that overspread his whole countenance.
Seite 25 - ... overtake: when they are pursued, their escape is certain. They despise danger: they are inured to shipwreck : they are eager to purchase booty with the peril of their lives. Tempests, which to others are so dreadful, to them are subjects of joy. The storm is their protection when they are pressed by the enemy, and a cover for their operations when they meditate an attack. Before they quit their own shores, they devote to the altars of their gods, the tenth part of the principal captives : and...