The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century; a Comprehensive History, Founded Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation, Volum 6F.R. Niglutsch, 1905 |
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Pàgina 973
... rule extended over both that province and Wessex . Six years later , Æthelred , his brother , succeeded . Alfred was at that time seventeen years old , and was emphatically the right - hand man of the king , serving as his chief of ...
... rule extended over both that province and Wessex . Six years later , Æthelred , his brother , succeeded . Alfred was at that time seventeen years old , and was emphatically the right - hand man of the king , serving as his chief of ...
Pàgina 973
... in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire among themselves . According to the rules of warfare of those days , this was the end for a time ALFRED SINGING IN THE HALL OF GUTHRUM PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR 974 The Story of the Greatest Nations.
... in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire among themselves . According to the rules of warfare of those days , this was the end for a time ALFRED SINGING IN THE HALL OF GUTHRUM PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR 974 The Story of the Greatest Nations.
Pàgina 975
... Rule , and he remarked , re- ferring to the former : " He who keeps them shall not need any other law book . " He first made a collection of the Kentish and West Saxon and Mercian statutes , which amended those that had descended ...
... Rule , and he remarked , re- ferring to the former : " He who keeps them shall not need any other law book . " He first made a collection of the Kentish and West Saxon and Mercian statutes , which amended those that had descended ...
Pàgina 981
... rule lasting from 1017 to 1035 . Canute began his reign with great harshness , banishing or putting to death the leading Englishmen who had fought against him ; but this severity did not last . He soon sought the good - will of the ...
... rule lasting from 1017 to 1035 . Canute began his reign with great harshness , banishing or putting to death the leading Englishmen who had fought against him ; but this severity did not last . He soon sought the good - will of the ...
Pàgina 985
... rule , along the ancient Roman roads , and two or three houses might form a " town , " for each dwelling , sur- rounded as it was by a rampart of earth set with a dense hedge of sharp stakes , with a deep ditch beyond , was a " tun ...
... rule , along the ancient Roman roads , and two or three houses might form a " town , " for each dwelling , sur- rounded as it was by a rampart of earth set with a dense hedge of sharp stakes , with a deep ditch beyond , was a " tun ...
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The Story of the Greatest Nations, from the Dawn of ..., Volum 6;Volum 30 Edward Sylvester Ellis Visualització completa - 1906 |
The Story of the Greatest Nations, From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth ... Edward Sylvester Ellis Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to ..., Volums 5-6 Edward Sylvester Ellis Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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Abbey Æthelred Alfred Anne Anne Boleyn Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury army barons battle became king bishops Britain British brother brought Canterbury castle Catholic Charles Church colonies compelled Conqueror Council court Cromwell crown Danes daughter death declared defeated died Duke Duke of York Earl Edward VII eldest Elizabeth enemy England-The English father fight fleet followed force France friends gave George George III head Henry II Henry VIII House House of Lords Ireland James John King's kingdom knights land later leader London Lord married Mary Minister monks nation Norman Normandy Parliament passed peace Pope Prince of Wales prisoner Protestant PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR Puritans quarrel Queen Reform refused reign Richard Roman royal ruler Rump Parliament sailed Saxons Scotland Scots sent ships soldiers sovereign Spain Spanish thousand throne tion took Tower troops victory Wessex Westminster Abbey Whigs wife William William the Conqueror
Passatges populars
Pàgina 1135 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Pàgina 1111 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Pàgina 1037 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Pàgina 1135 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Pàgina 1041 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Pàgina 1027 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Pàgina 1061 - I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman (for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes). Icame into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor...
Pàgina 1135 - Will You solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective Laws and Customs of the same ? King.
Pàgina 1073 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Pàgina 1061 - ... a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his voice sharp and untunable ; and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subject-matter would not bear much of reason, it being in behalf...