A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1853 |
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... died at York , on which his two sons , who succeeded him , both returned to Rome . The history of Britain for more than a century and a half after this time merges in that of the empire of which it formed a part . We cannot here attempt ...
... died at York , on which his two sons , who succeeded him , both returned to Rome . The history of Britain for more than a century and a half after this time merges in that of the empire of which it formed a part . We cannot here attempt ...
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... died the emperor Theodosius , on which the western empire passed into the hands of his youngest son , Honorius , a boy of eleven years of age . From this moment the decline of the Roman glory was rapid and almost uninterrupted . The ...
... died the emperor Theodosius , on which the western empire passed into the hands of his youngest son , Honorius , a boy of eleven years of age . From this moment the decline of the Roman glory was rapid and almost uninterrupted . The ...
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... died soon after . His nephew , Ceolric , however , whom he had made viceroy of Sussex , hav- ing joined the league against him , contrived in this way to be allowed to retain possession both of that conquest and of the kingdom of Wes ...
... died soon after . His nephew , Ceolric , however , whom he had made viceroy of Sussex , hav- ing joined the league against him , contrived in this way to be allowed to retain possession both of that conquest and of the kingdom of Wes ...
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... died , leaving besides Ethelbald three younger sons , Ethelbert , Ethelred , and Alfred , to the first of whom he bequeathed the kingdom of Kent . Ethelwulf , accompanied by his son Alfred , had paid a visit to Rome in the year 855 ...
... died , leaving besides Ethelbald three younger sons , Ethelbert , Ethelred , and Alfred , to the first of whom he bequeathed the kingdom of Kent . Ethelwulf , accompanied by his son Alfred , had paid a visit to Rome in the year 855 ...
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... died , as is generally stated , on the 26th of October , 901 ; but some authorities place his decease a year , and some two years earlier . By his wife Elswitha he had three sons , the second of whom , Edward , succeeded him on the ...
... died , as is generally stated , on the 26th of October , 901 ; but some authorities place his decease a year , and some two years earlier . By his wife Elswitha he had three sons , the second of whom , Edward , succeeded him on the ...
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Page 111 - William, not to be behind with his enemy in vaunting, sent him a message by some monks, requiring him either to resign the kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences.
Page 310 - As, whom to employ, whom to reward, whom to enquire of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies, what were the factions, and the like ; keeping, as it were, a journal of his thoughts. There is to this day a merry tale ; that his monkey...
Page 257 - Some menacing expressions which they had dropped gave a suspicion of their design, and the king dispatched a messenger after them, charging them to attempt nothing against the person of the primate ; but these orders arrived too late to prevent their fatal purpose.
Page 273 - Great, verily, was the glory of the English tongue (An.-Sax.) before the Norman Conquest, in this, that the Old English could express most aptly all the conceits of the mind in their own tongue, without borrowing from any.
Page 222 - So help me God I will keep all these articles inviolate, as I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and anointed.
Page 292 - And for the faithful and loving hearts, and also the great labours that ye have borne and sustained toward me in the recovering of my said right and title which I now possess, I thank you with all my heart, and if I had any better good to reward you withal than my body, ye should have it, the which shall always be ready for your defence, never sparing nor letting for no jeopardy, praying you all of your hearty assistance and good countenance, as I shall be unto you...
Page 415 - Lowth has eloquently expressed, was noble, uniform, and complete. " It was no less than to provide for the perpetual maintenance and instruction of two hundred scholars, to afford them a liberal support, and to lead them through a perfect course of education, from the first elements of letters, through the whole circle of the sciences ; from the lowest class of grammatical learning to the highest degrees in the several faculties.
Page 216 - It seems to be apparent from Glanville that villainage was a generic term for servitude in the reign of Henry II., so that the villain of the Great Charter must have been at least a species of serf. The provision which directs that the supreme civil court shall be stationary, instead of following the king's person, is a proof of that regard to the regularity, accessibility, independence, and dignity of public justice, of which the general predominance peculiarly characterizes that venerable monument...
Page 301 - Christ committed the gospel to the clergy and doctors of the Church, that they might minister it to the laity and weaker persons according to the exigency of the times and the wants of men.
Page 212 - John, however, refused; and the court pronounced judgment, that " whereas John, duke of Normandy, in violation of his oath to Philip his lord, had murdered the son of his elder brother, a homager of the crown of France and near kinsman to the king, and had perpetrated the crime within the seigniory of France, he was found guilty of felony and treason, and was therefore adjudged to forfeit all the lands which he held by homage.