Concise History of England in EpochsThomas Constable and Company, 1859 - 312 pàgines |
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... subjects followed his example . Augustin was the first archbishop of Canterbury , and " primate of all England . " Christianity gradually superseded the old Saxon worship of Odin in the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy , but only after ...
... subjects followed his example . Augustin was the first archbishop of Canterbury , and " primate of all England . " Christianity gradually superseded the old Saxon worship of Odin in the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy , but only after ...
Pàgina 13
... subjects an annual tribute of 300 wolves ' heads Edgar extirpated this animal out of England . A.D. 975. - Edgar was succeeded by his son Edward , whose assassination by his Edward the Martyr . Ethelred stepmother , Elfrida , obtained ...
... subjects an annual tribute of 300 wolves ' heads Edgar extirpated this animal out of England . A.D. 975. - Edgar was succeeded by his son Edward , whose assassination by his Edward the Martyr . Ethelred stepmother , Elfrida , obtained ...
Pàgina 15
... subjects ; amongst whom , con- spicuous in infamy , was his brother - in - law , Edric , duke of Cercia , with whose connivance Edmund Ironside was murdered , leaving Edmund Ironside . Edward . two sons , who were brought up at the ...
... subjects ; amongst whom , con- spicuous in infamy , was his brother - in - law , Edric , duke of Cercia , with whose connivance Edmund Ironside was murdered , leaving Edmund Ironside . Edward . two sons , who were brought up at the ...
Pàgina 16
... subjects , English as well as Danes ; and by his marriage with Emma , sister of the Duke of Normandy , and widow of Ethelred , he obtained an im- portant ally , and conciliated the English people . The influence of Earl Godwin , a Saxon ...
... subjects , English as well as Danes ; and by his marriage with Emma , sister of the Duke of Normandy , and widow of Ethelred , he obtained an im- portant ally , and conciliated the English people . The influence of Earl Godwin , a Saxon ...
Pàgina 18
... subjects . He surrounded himself with Nor- mans , and appointed them to all the high posts in the Church- conduct which naturally excited the jealousy of his Saxon subjects . Their opposition to this favouritism had for its leader the ...
... subjects . He surrounded himself with Nor- mans , and appointed them to all the high posts in the Church- conduct which naturally excited the jealousy of his Saxon subjects . Their opposition to this favouritism had for its leader the ...
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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...