Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English, and the battle of Hastings had become a tale of sorrow, which old men narrated by the light of the embers, until warned to silence by the sullen tolling of the curfew, there was... Old England: Her Story Mirrored in Her Scenes - Seite 37von Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1908 - 347 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Francis Palgrave - 1831 - 450 Seiten
...choir, with great honour and solemnity, many Norman nobles assisting in the requiem. Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English,...anchorite, who inhabited a cell near the Abbey of St. John at Chester, where Edgar celebrated his triumph. This recluse, deeply scarred, and blinded,... | |
| Sir Francis Palgrave - 1831 - 450 Seiten
...with great honour and solemnity, many Norman nobles assisting in the requiem. . i Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English,...anchorite, who inhabited a cell near the Abbey of St. John at Chester, where Edgar celebrated his triumph. This recluse, deeply scarred, and blinded... | |
| 1831 - 372 Seiten
...presumed discovery by his mistress, Editha, and subsequent interment in Waltham Abbey. " Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English,...anchorite, who inhabited a cell near the Abbey of St John, at Chester, where Edgar celebrated his triumph. This recluse, deeply scaned, and bunded in... | |
| 1832 - 614 Seiten
...battle. 'Years afterwards,' \ve are told by one of the most curiously learned of English scholars, ' when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English,...silence by the sullen tolling of the curfew,' there was an ancient anchorite, maimed, and scarred, and blind of an eye, who led a life of penitence and seclusion... | |
| 1832 - 524 Seiten
...fonnd — but at length a mutilated corpse was selected and buried in Waltham Abbey. . ' Years after, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English,...the Battle of Hastings had become a tale of sorrow, there was a decrepid anchorite, who inhabited a cell near the Abbey of St. John, Chester. This rocluse,... | |
| Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - 1835 - 476 Seiten
...government even to the very firesides of our forefathers. Thus, we read of the battle of Hastings becoming a tale of sorrow, which old men narrated by the light of the embers, until warned to silence by the sudden tolling of the curfew. Thomson has inimitably described the tyranny of the custom: The shivering... | |
| William Williams Mortimer - 1847 - 540 Seiten
...escaped with his life. Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English, when the battle of Hastings had become a tale of sorrow,...a decrepit anchorite who inhabited a cell near the church of St. John at Chester. Here, deeply scarred and blind of his left eye, he lived in strict penitence... | |
| William Williams Mortimer - 1847 - 530 Seiten
...escaped with his life. Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English, when the battle of Hastings had become a tale of sorrow,...until warned to silence by the sullen tolling of the rihrfew, there was a decrepit anchorite who inhabited a cell near the church of St. John at Chester.... | |
| John Timbs - 1858 - 296 Seiten
...government, even to the very firesides of our forefathers. Thus, we read of the Battle of Hastings becoming a tale of sorrow, which old men narrated by the light of the embers until warned to silence by the tolling of the curfew. Thomson, in his Seasons, countenances this opinion of the tyranny of the custom... | |
| Sir Francis Palgrave - 1864 - 722 Seiten
...with great honour and solemnity, many Norman nobles assisting in the requiem. § 16. Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English,...anchorite, who inhabited a cell near the Abbey of St. John at Chester, where Edgar celebrated his triumph. This recluse, deeply scarred, and blinded... | |
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