Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 23
... give thanks that before my dying day I have won it for my people . ' So long afterwards on the battle- field of Maldon the outnumbered English fought on without hope of victory : " Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener , Mood ...
... give thanks that before my dying day I have won it for my people . ' So long afterwards on the battle- field of Maldon the outnumbered English fought on without hope of victory : " Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener , Mood ...
Page 181
... give judgment by rules it regarded as unjust , barbarous or unchristian . The Crown , the indignant Welsh Prince was informed , must ' according to God and justice do what the prelates and magnates of the realm shall advise ' . Instead ...
... give judgment by rules it regarded as unjust , barbarous or unchristian . The Crown , the indignant Welsh Prince was informed , must ' according to God and justice do what the prelates and magnates of the realm shall advise ' . Instead ...
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... 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 , With mine own hands I give away my crown , With mine own tongue ...
... 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 , With mine own hands I give away my crown , With mine own tongue ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
Copyright | |
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