The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Band 1George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... formed their smoother Britannia , was really the name not of the island but of its inhabitants . The termination in , in fact , which has so much perplexed Camden and other able antiquaries , is nothing more than the sign of the plural ...
... formed their smoother Britannia , was really the name not of the island but of its inhabitants . The termination in , in fact , which has so much perplexed Camden and other able antiquaries , is nothing more than the sign of the plural ...
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... formed their smoother Britannia , was really the name not of the island but of its inhabitants . The termination in , in fact , which has so much perplexed Camden and other able antiquaries , is nothing more than the sign of the plural ...
... formed their smoother Britannia , was really the name not of the island but of its inhabitants . The termination in , in fact , which has so much perplexed Camden and other able antiquaries , is nothing more than the sign of the plural ...
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... formed of colours daubed upon or impressed into the skin , the tattooing of the modern South Sea islanders . How- ever this may be , nothing can be more certain , notwithstanding the special pleading by which another theory has been ...
... formed of colours daubed upon or impressed into the skin , the tattooing of the modern South Sea islanders . How- ever this may be , nothing can be more certain , notwithstanding the special pleading by which another theory has been ...
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... formed entirely of earth , and con- sisted principally of a mound and a ditch . Although of considerable strength , however , it was found insufficient to prevent the inroads of the Caledonians . They soon broke through it in various ...
... formed entirely of earth , and con- sisted principally of a mound and a ditch . Although of considerable strength , however , it was found insufficient to prevent the inroads of the Caledonians . They soon broke through it in various ...
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... forming the usual and the sole protecting force of the province , were suddenly recalled to repel the inroads of the ... formed but a valueless substitute for the martial skill and ardour which long habits of peace had lulled asleep ...
... forming the usual and the sole protecting force of the province , were suddenly recalled to repel the inroads of the ... formed but a valueless substitute for the martial skill and ardour which long habits of peace had lulled asleep ...
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Seite 623 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Seite 703 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations, and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Seite 518 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Seite 563 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Seite 514 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will, he will endanger the one half of his kingdom. "I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite; but could not prevail...
Seite 310 - He was a prince sad, serious, and full of thoughts and secret observations, and full of notes and memorials of his own hand, especially touching persons. As, whom to employ, whom to reward, whom to inquire of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies, what were the factions, and the like ; keeping, as it were, a journal of his thoughts.
Seite 748 - This was the first blood spilt in that fatal quarrel, which was not finished in less than a course of thirty years ; which was signalized by twelve pitched battles ; which opened a scene of extraordinary fierceness and cruelty ; is computed to have cost the lives of eighty princes of the blood ; and almost entirely annihilated the ancient nobility of England.
Seite 703 - I owe thee a death, Lord, let it not be terrible, and then take thine own time: I submit to it: let not mine, O Lord! but let thy will be done.
Seite 503 - ... prison, and by sundry artificial devices and terrors to extort from them great fines and ransoms, which they termed compositions and mitigations. Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming...
Seite 338 - The Countess of Montfort came down from the castle to meet them, and with a most cheerful countenance, kissed Sir Walter Manny, and all his companions, one after the other like a noble and valiant dame.