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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... means of conjecturing even with an approach to certainty . There are reasons , however , for concluding that it had overflowed a great part of the continent of Europe , as well as the half - separated peninsulas of Greece and Italy - in ...
... means of conjecturing even with an approach to certainty . There are reasons , however , for concluding that it had overflowed a great part of the continent of Europe , as well as the half - separated peninsulas of Greece and Italy - in ...
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... means the white island , and the name was probably given to Great Britain from the chalk cliffs which it presented to the view of the people on the opposite coast . As for the word Britain , numerous interpretations have been given of ...
... means the white island , and the name was probably given to Great Britain from the chalk cliffs which it presented to the view of the people on the opposite coast . As for the word Britain , numerous interpretations have been given of ...
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... means of this princess that Chris- tianity was first introduced among the Anglo - Saxons . She would not consent to give her hand to Ethelbert until he had promised to allow her the free exercise of her own religion , and the liberty of ...
... means of this princess that Chris- tianity was first introduced among the Anglo - Saxons . She would not consent to give her hand to Ethelbert until he had promised to allow her the free exercise of her own religion , and the liberty of ...
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... means clearly ascertained that he really translated the whole Bible , or even any considerable portion of it.15 We may well wonder how the necessary leisure for all these literary exertions could be found by a monarch who , in the ...
... means clearly ascertained that he really translated the whole Bible , or even any considerable portion of it.15 We may well wonder how the necessary leisure for all these literary exertions could be found by a monarch who , in the ...
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... means so formidable as that which Alfred had to encounter and overcome in as- cending the throne . Edward had many children . His first marriage produced two sons , Ethelward and Edwin , and six daughters . Four of Chron . Sax . 102 ...
... means so formidable as that which Alfred had to encounter and overcome in as- cending the throne . Edward had many children . His first marriage produced two sons , Ethelward and Edwin , and six daughters . Four of Chron . Sax . 102 ...
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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.