The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death of George III.J. Fairburn, 1821 - 286 Seiten |
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... kingdom , and how much appertained to each person , which he wrote in a book called Doomsday - book . And he built a strong castle . ] The intolerable tyranny of William drove the people into continual rebellion ; to retain them in ...
... kingdom , and how much appertained to each person , which he wrote in a book called Doomsday - book . And he built a strong castle . ] The intolerable tyranny of William drove the people into continual rebellion ; to retain them in ...
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... kingdom , that at the ringing of a bell , all his subjects , from the greatest even unto the least , should extinguish their fires , and suffer no light to appear in their houses upon pain of death . So it was called the curfew - bell ...
... kingdom , that at the ringing of a bell , all his subjects , from the greatest even unto the least , should extinguish their fires , and suffer no light to appear in their houses upon pain of death . So it was called the curfew - bell ...
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... kingdom contained about 700 chief tenants , and 60,215 knights'- fees ; none of the natives were admitted into the first rank , but were glad to be receive into the second , and thus be the dependants of some powerful Norman . 3. In Li ...
... kingdom contained about 700 chief tenants , and 60,215 knights'- fees ; none of the natives were admitted into the first rank , but were glad to be receive into the second , and thus be the dependants of some powerful Norman . 3. In Li ...
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... kingdom , and seek elsewhere that tranquillity they could not find in their native country . " How exact the picture ! — Vol . 1. p . 144 . Nevertheless he was a valiant prince ] As a proof of his generosity , it is related of him ...
... kingdom , and seek elsewhere that tranquillity they could not find in their native country . " How exact the picture ! — Vol . 1. p . 144 . Nevertheless he was a valiant prince ] As a proof of his generosity , it is related of him ...
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... kingdoms he travelled . A council was summoned at Clermont ; where the greatest princes , nobles , and prelates assembled ; and the Hermit and the Pope renewing their pathetic exhortations , the whole assemblage , as if impelled by ...
... kingdoms he travelled . A council was summoned at Clermont ; where the greatest princes , nobles , and prelates assembled ; and the Hermit and the Pope renewing their pathetic exhortations , the whole assemblage , as if impelled by ...
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Seite 90 - 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...
Seite 104 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement: but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Seite 133 - What shall we do with this bauble? Here, take it away. It is you," said he, addressing himself to the house, "that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work.
Seite 126 - 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 254 - ... nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that, and I will distinctly subscribe to the condition which you required through lady Cholmondeley, that even in the event...
Seite 133 - 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." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this proceeding, he cried with a loud voice, "0 Sir Harry Vane ! Sir Harry Vane ! The Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane ! " Taking hold of Martin by the cloak, " Thou art a whorem aster,
Seite 254 - The letter which you announce to me as the last, obliges me to communicate to the King, as to my Sovereign, and my Father, both your avowal and my answer. You will find enclosed the copy of my letter to the King.
Seite 234 - One there was, though of another species, the noblest figure I ever saw, the high constable of Scotland, Lord Errol ; as one saw him in a space capable of containing him, one admired him. At the wedding, dressed in tissue, he looked like one of the giants in Guildhall new gilt. It added to the energy of his person, that one considered him acting so considerable a part in that very Hall where so few years ago one saw his father, Lord Kilmarnock, condemned to the block.
Seite 195 - This rumour, diffused by his emissaries, acted like a contagion. In five days the directors opened their books for a subscription of one million, at the rate of three hundred pounds for every hundred pounds capital.
Seite 238 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.