Concise History of England in EpochsThomas Constable and Company, 1859 - 312 pàgines |
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... sent Aulus Plautius to conquer the island . He was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula , who found a resolute antagonist in Caractacus , king or chief of the warlike tribe of the Silures . Caractacus was defeated , and sent captive to Rome ...
... sent Aulus Plautius to conquer the island . He was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula , who found a resolute antagonist in Caractacus , king or chief of the warlike tribe of the Silures . Caractacus was defeated , and sent captive to Rome ...
Pàgina 6
... sent Augustin and other monks as missionaries to England . The soil was in some degree prepared for them , as Bertha , Ethelbert's queen , daughter of Caribert , king of Paris , already professed the Christian faith . Ethelbert was ere ...
... sent Augustin and other monks as missionaries to England . The soil was in some degree prepared for them , as Bertha , Ethelbert's queen , daughter of Caribert , king of Paris , already professed the Christian faith . Ethelbert was ere ...
Pàgina 18
... sent to Normandy ; and it is supposed that a visit paid some time after by Harold , another of Godwin's sons , with the view of obtaining the deliverance of his brother and cousin , was the occasion seized by William , duke of Normandy ...
... sent to Normandy ; and it is supposed that a visit paid some time after by Harold , another of Godwin's sons , with the view of obtaining the deliverance of his brother and cousin , was the occasion seized by William , duke of Normandy ...
Pàgina 36
... sent out of the country the foreign mercenaries introduced by Stephen . He also divided Eng- land into six districts , and appointed itinerant judges to inquire into the administration of the laws . Though his possessions in France were ...
... sent out of the country the foreign mercenaries introduced by Stephen . He also divided Eng- land into six districts , and appointed itinerant judges to inquire into the administration of the laws . Though his possessions in France were ...
Pàgina 37
... sent to the Pope for ratification . He , however , annulled them ; and Becket expressed contrition for his adhesion . Henry's violence at this opposition knew no bounds . On one pretext or another he fined Becket , and finally ...
... sent to the Pope for ratification . He , however , annulled them ; and Becket expressed contrition for his adhesion . Henry's violence at this opposition knew no bounds . On one pretext or another he fined Becket , and finally ...
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Pàgina 65 - No matter where; of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs ; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Pàgina 66 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
Pàgina 73 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Pàgina 73 - Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Pàgina 147 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Pàgina 74 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Pàgina 73 - 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...
Pàgina 113 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pàgina 110 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Pàgina 112 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let 's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught th.ee ; Say, Wolsey,— that once trod the ways of...