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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... gave their name to the country . Scotland , however , had long before this been peopled both along its coasts , and in part , at least , of the interior , by the gradual movement northwards of the tide of population from South Britain ...
... gave their name to the country . Scotland , however , had long before this been peopled both along its coasts , and in part , at least , of the interior , by the gradual movement northwards of the tide of population from South Britain ...
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... gave in celebration of the reconciliation of the two nations , when , on his uttering a preconcerted exclamation , the Saxons who were present suddenly drew forth their short swords which they had brought with them concealed under their ...
... gave in celebration of the reconciliation of the two nations , when , on his uttering a preconcerted exclamation , the Saxons who were present suddenly drew forth their short swords which they had brought with them concealed under their ...
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... gave his name to the place -- he proceeded to drive the Britons from the whole of the southern part of the island . This at- tempt gave rise to a long and bloody war , which was not brought to a termination during the lifetime of Cerdic ...
... gave his name to the place -- he proceeded to drive the Britons from the whole of the southern part of the island . This at- tempt gave rise to a long and bloody war , which was not brought to a termination during the lifetime of Cerdic ...
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... gave his daughter Eadburga , a woman animated with all his own unscrupulous ambition , in marriage to Brithric , the sovereign of that kingdom . Having thus widely extended his influence in his dominions , he sum moned a great council ...
... gave his daughter Eadburga , a woman animated with all his own unscrupulous ambition , in marriage to Brithric , the sovereign of that kingdom . Having thus widely extended his influence in his dominions , he sum moned a great council ...
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... gave his hostilities an importance that endangered the public peace , and threatened the nation with a renewal of those convul- sions , from which the valour and policy of Alfred had so lately rescued them . At the head of the rebels he ...
... gave his hostilities an importance that endangered the public peace , and threatened the nation with a renewal of those convul- sions , from which the valour and policy of Alfred had so lately rescued them . At the head of the rebels he ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abbot afterwards Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon Anselm appears archbishop archbishop of Canterbury archbishop of York army Asser Athelstan authority barons battle Becket Bede bishop bishop of Winchester BORN A. D. Bretwalda brother Canterbury Canute castle cause character charter Chron church clergy command conquest council court crown Danes daughter death dignity dominions duke duke of Normandy Dunstan earl ecclesiastical Edmund Edward enemy England English Ethelred father favour force France gave Gloucester Godwin Harold Henry Henry III Henry's Hist historians holy honour John king king of England king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc learning London lord ment Mercia monarch monastery monks nation nobles Norman Normandy Northumberland Oxford parliament period person pope possession prelates prince queen received reign Richard Robert of Gloucester Rome royal Saxon says Scots sent soon sovereign subjects succeeded success throne tion took troops whole William Winchester
Beliebte Passagen
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.