John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the reign of Edward i by J.F. Smith; and from that period by W. Howitt, Band 21875 |
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... English camp . To add to Edward's disgust , Burgundy and his subjects had from the first landing of the English betrayed the utmost reluctance to admit the British forces into any of their towns . Artois and Picardy were shut against ...
... English camp . To add to Edward's disgust , Burgundy and his subjects had from the first landing of the English betrayed the utmost reluctance to admit the British forces into any of their towns . Artois and Picardy were shut against ...
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... English again , and with a king always victorious . That money had cleared France of the English army , broken up the alliance with Burgundy and Brittany , left those princes now very much at his mercy , and , more than all , had tied ...
... English again , and with a king always victorious . That money had cleared France of the English army , broken up the alliance with Burgundy and Brittany , left those princes now very much at his mercy , and , more than all , had tied ...
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... English coast in spring . But on what part of the coast ? That , with all his spies , he could never learn ; and as the landing might be attempted anywhere , he was obliged to be on the alert everywhere . He employed abundance of spies ...
... English coast in spring . But on what part of the coast ? That , with all his spies , he could never learn ; and as the landing might be attempted anywhere , he was obliged to be on the alert everywhere . He employed abundance of spies ...
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... English wear fine wollen cloth in all their apparell . They have also abundance of bed - coverings in their houses , and of all other wollen stuffe . " He says the English people " drink no water , except when they abstain from other ...
... English wear fine wollen cloth in all their apparell . They have also abundance of bed - coverings in their houses , and of all other wollen stuffe . " He says the English people " drink no water , except when they abstain from other ...
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... English turned their arms against the French , and then against each other , and though many of their armies were hastily raised , and therefore ill - disciplined , they not only showed their accustomed bravery , but many advances were ...
... English turned their arms against the French , and then against each other , and though many of their armies were hastily raised , and therefore ill - disciplined , they not only showed their accustomed bravery , but many advances were ...
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Seite 206 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : And thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Seite 206 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends, thou aim'st at, be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.
Seite 473 - Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls ; The seals and maces danced before him. •> His bushy beard, and shoe-strings green, His high-crowned hat, and satin doublet, Moved the stout heart of England's queen, Though Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it.
Seite 227 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...
Seite 197 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Seite 329 - It is a goodly matter to consider your ignorance. It was not long ago that you burned Anne Askew for a piece of bread ; and yet came yourselves soon after to believe and profess the same doctrine for which you burned her: and now, forsooth, you will needs burn me for a piece of flesh, and in the end will come to believe this also, when you have read the scriptures and understand them.
Seite 206 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee ; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Seite 227 - Bulen have been pleasing in your ears — then let me obtain this request; and so I will leave to trouble your grace any further: with mine, earnest prayer to the Trinity to have your grace in his good keeping, and to direct you in all your actions. " From my doleful prison in the Tower, the 6th of May. "Asir BULF.NV...
Seite 92 - But more than that, he had such a crafty and bewitching fashion, both to move pity, and to induce belief, as was like a kind of fascination and enchantment to those that saw him or heard him.
Seite 40 - ... none, upon pain of imprisonment shall, under the colour of pity or alms, give anything to such which may labour, or presume to favour them towards their desires; so that thereby they may be compelled to labour for their necessary living...