Stories from English History ...Seeley and Company Limited, 1906 - 679 pàgines |
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Stories from English History: Richard II to Charles I. 1896 Alfred John Church Visualització completa - 1896 |
Stories from English History from Richard II to Charles I. Alfred John Church Visualització completa - 1896 |
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afterwards Anne Boleyn Archbishop archers army attack battle began besiegers Bishop brave brother Calais called camp Canute carried Caswallon cavalry CHAPTER charge Charles chief church command crown death died Duchess of Burgundy Duke Duke of York Earl Earl of Warwick Elizabeth enemy England English escaped Essex father fell fight fire fled fleet followed fought French friends gave give guns hand Harold heard Hengist Henry Henry VI horse hundred killed King Edward King James King of England King of France King's kingdom knew knights land London Lord marched miles never nobles Parliament peace Prince Queen rebels Richard river rode Romans sailed Saladin Scotland seemed sent ships side siege slain soldiers soon Spanish story suffered sword things thought told took town troops trouble victory Vortigern Warwick Wat Tyler wife William wounded
Passatges populars
Pàgina 355 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Pàgina 346 - But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.
Pàgina 452 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Pàgina 554 - Stuart is come over to claim the crown of his ancestors, to win it, or to perish in the attempt; Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home, and learn from the newspapers the fate of his prince...
Pàgina 494 - There they are all dead, said he, and the house stands open ; nobody dares go into it. A poor thief, says he, ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to the churchyard, too, last night.
Pàgina 500 - Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.
Pàgina 484 - Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Pàgina 484 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Pàgina 494 - I lay it down upon that stone, says he, showing me a broad stone on the other side of the street, a good way from his house ; and then, says he, I halloo and call to them till I make them hear, and they come and fetch it.
Pàgina 220 - English archers stepped forth one pace, and let fly their arrows so wholly and thick that it seemed snow. When the Genoese felt the arrows piercing through heads and 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 flee away, he said, ' Slay these rascals, for they shall let and trouble us without reason.