Pictorial History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Death of George II.Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1849 - 484 Seiten |
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... royal blood , named Elgiva , whose beauty had made a strong impression upon Surnamed Edward the Elder , from being the first of that name who sat on the throne of England . He obtained many victories over the Northum- brian rebels ...
... royal blood , named Elgiva , whose beauty had made a strong impression upon Surnamed Edward the Elder , from being the first of that name who sat on the throne of England . He obtained many victories over the Northum- brian rebels ...
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... and his two valiant brothers , fighting by his side , shared the same fate . He fell with his sword in his hand , amidst heaps of slain ; and , after the bat- tle , the royal corpse could hardly be distinguished among HAROLD . 43.
... and his two valiant brothers , fighting by his side , shared the same fate . He fell with his sword in his hand , amidst heaps of slain ; and , after the bat- tle , the royal corpse could hardly be distinguished among HAROLD . 43.
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... royal corpse could hardly be distinguished among the dead . * This was the end of the Saxon monarchy in England , which had continued for more than six hundred years . The English in this battle neither used the long - bow nor cross ...
... royal corpse could hardly be distinguished among the dead . * This was the end of the Saxon monarchy in England , which had continued for more than six hundred years . The English in this battle neither used the long - bow nor cross ...
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... royal treasures , which he knew to be the best assistant in seconding his aims . The barons , as well as the people , acquiesced in a claim which they were unprovided to resist , and yielded obedience , from the fear of immediate danger ...
... royal treasures , which he knew to be the best assistant in seconding his aims . The barons , as well as the people , acquiesced in a claim which they were unprovided to resist , and yielded obedience , from the fear of immediate danger ...
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... royal treasures at Winchester , and had his title ratified by the pope with a part of the money . 4. It was not long , however , that Matilda * delayed assert- ing her claim to the crown . She landed upon the coast of She was the only ...
... royal treasures at Winchester , and had his title ratified by the pope with a part of the money . 4. It was not long , however , that Matilda * delayed assert- ing her claim to the crown . She landed upon the coast of She was the only ...
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Seite 256 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 417 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Seite 216 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Seite 256 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Seite 250 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Seite 245 - ... sixty. This atrocious invasion of the parliamentary rights commonly passed by the name of Pride's Purge, and the remaining members were called the Rump. These soon voted that the transactions of the house a few days before were entirely illegal, and that their general's conduct was just and necessary. 10. A committee was appointed to bring...
Seite 216 - I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow — this parliament, and yet they shall not see...
Seite 172 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Seite 235 - That they have traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fundamental laws and government of the kingdom of England, to deprive the King of his regal power, and to place in subjects an arbitrary and tyrannical power over the lives, liberties and estates of His Majesty's liege people.
Seite 172 - London, to appear as a criminal, where he had acted as a king. In his way he stayed a fortnight at the earl of Shrewsbury's ; where, one day, at dinner, he was -taken ill, not without violent suspicions of having poisoned himself. Being brought forward from thence, he with much difficulty reached Leicester-abbey; where the monks coming out to meet him, he said, " Father Abbot, I am come to lay my bones among you;" and immediately ordered his bed to be prepared.