Half hours of English history, selected and illustr. by C. Knight, Volume 11851 |
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... England in a very tolerable state of population in less than two centuries after the first invasion of the Saxons ; and it is hard to imagine cither the transplantation , or the increase , of that single people to have been , in so ...
... England in a very tolerable state of population in less than two centuries after the first invasion of the Saxons ; and it is hard to imagine cither the transplantation , or the increase , of that single people to have been , in so ...
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... England ; and Ethelwulf , who allowed one of his sons to reign in Wessex during his own life , may have contemplated , as other Saxon sovereigns did even at a later period , a re - division of the kingdom , and may have been eager to ...
... England ; and Ethelwulf , who allowed one of his sons to reign in Wessex during his own life , may have contemplated , as other Saxon sovereigns did even at a later period , a re - division of the kingdom , and may have been eager to ...
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... England . But efforts were made to obtain more books on the Continent , and to collect such as had escaped the ... England with a more desperate army than had ever been seen before ; and a new war was commenced , which was prosecuted ...
... England . But efforts were made to obtain more books on the Continent , and to collect such as had escaped the ... England with a more desperate army than had ever been seen before ; and a new war was commenced , which was prosecuted ...
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... England was already a meteor flag , and no ship of any other nation met it at sea without paying honour to it . Alfred , who had learned the importance of fortifications during his wars with the Danes , and especially in his long ...
... England was already a meteor flag , and no ship of any other nation met it at sea without paying honour to it . Alfred , who had learned the importance of fortifications during his wars with the Danes , and especially in his long ...
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... England , but more especially such as are of gentle kind and in easy circumstances , may be grounded in letters - for they cannot profit in any pursuit until they be wel ! able to read English . " His mind was too lofty for pedantry to ...
... England , but more especially such as are of gentle kind and in easy circumstances , may be grounded in letters - for they cannot profit in any pursuit until they be wel ! able to read English . " His mind was too lofty for pedantry to ...
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Page 218 - 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!
Page 167 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell; Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 67 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 217 - 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...
Page 98 - Took it in snuff - and still he smil'd and talk'd: And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 73 - Now mark me how I will undo myself : — I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of kingly sway from out my heart ; With mine own tears I wash away my balm...
Page 65 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Page 296 - Heaven's sake, Hubert, let me not be bound! Nay, hear me, Hubert! drive these men away, And I will sit as quiet as a lamb. I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word; Nor look upon the iron angerly : Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you, Whatever torment you do put me to.
Page 166 - With that sour ferryman which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul, Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick; Who cried aloud, 'What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
Page 8 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof. The thread is spun.) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove. The work is done.) Stay, oh stay!