Lectures on the History of EnglandMacmillan, 1879 - 582 Seiten |
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... Master , who never thought it beneath Him to feed the hungry and comfort the sorrowful . This same bishop , Wilfrid , received from the king a grant of land with " all the goods that were therein . " Among these goods were 250 slaves ...
... Master , who never thought it beneath Him to feed the hungry and comfort the sorrowful . This same bishop , Wilfrid , received from the king a grant of land with " all the goods that were therein . " Among these goods were 250 slaves ...
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... Master will soon take me away . ' " the Wednesday " he ordered that we should speedily write what he had begun , and this done , we walked till the third hour with the relics of saints , according to the custom of that day . There was ...
... Master will soon take me away . ' " the Wednesday " he ordered that we should speedily write what he had begun , and this done , we walked till the third hour with the relics of saints , according to the custom of that day . There was ...
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... master , there is yet one sentence not written . ' He answered , ' Write quickly . ' Soon after the boy said , ' The sentence is now written . ' He replied , ' Well , you have said the truth . It is ended . ' Then he said , ' Glory be ...
... master , there is yet one sentence not written . ' He answered , ' Write quickly . ' Soon after the boy said , ' The sentence is now written . ' He replied , ' Well , you have said the truth . It is ended . ' Then he said , ' Glory be ...
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... master , and now another . Though we will not call our ancestors , " kites and crows , " as Milton did , and though all this conflict was really the rough - hewing of the grand English nation , yet we need not linger over it , or burden ...
... master , and now another . Though we will not call our ancestors , " kites and crows , " as Milton did , and though all this conflict was really the rough - hewing of the grand English nation , yet we need not linger over it , or burden ...
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... master to read it , and in due time brought it to his mother and recited it . " 9. This seems to have been when Alfred was about four years old . We are not to suppose the child learned to read , but to repeat the poems ; for it appears ...
... master to read it , and in due time brought it to his mother and recited it . " 9. This seems to have been when Alfred was about four years old . We are not to suppose the child learned to read , but to repeat the poems ; for it appears ...
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Seite 13 - I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. And his drooped head sinks gradually low And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower: and now The arena swims around him - he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Seite 509 - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Seite 175 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King To break the heathen and uphold the Christ...
Seite 510 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Seite 509 - When France in wrath her giant-limbs upreared, And with that oath, which smote air, earth, and sea, Stamped her strong foot and said she would be free, Bear witness for me, how I hoped and feared!
Seite 63 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me : He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house : He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Seite 499 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold ; as he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Seite 207 - Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he spake the word, and they were made ; he commanded, and they were created.
Seite 198 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
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