A Short History of the English PeopleMacmillan, 1874 - 847 páginas |
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... reign of Ecgfrith marks the highest pitch of Northumbrian power . His armies chased the Britons from the kingdom of Cumbria , and made the district of Carlisle English ground . A large part of the conquered country was bestowed upon the ...
... reign of Ecgfrith marks the highest pitch of Northumbrian power . His armies chased the Britons from the kingdom of Cumbria , and made the district of Carlisle English ground . A large part of the conquered country was bestowed upon the ...
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... reign covered the long period from 688 to 726 , carried on during the whole of it the war which Centwine had begun . He pushed his way southward round the marshes of the Parret to a more fertile territory , and guarded the frontier of ...
... reign covered the long period from 688 to 726 , carried on during the whole of it the war which Centwine had begun . He pushed his way southward round the marshes of the Parret to a more fertile territory , and guarded the frontier of ...
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... king . Wulfere was a vigorous and active ruler , and the peace- ful reign of Oswi left him free to build up again during seventeen years of vigorous rule ( 659-675 ) , the Mercian overlordship 30 [ CHAP . HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE .
... king . Wulfere was a vigorous and active ruler , and the peace- ful reign of Oswi left him free to build up again during seventeen years of vigorous rule ( 659-675 ) , the Mercian overlordship 30 [ CHAP . HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE .
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... reign from 758 to 796 covers with that of Æthelbald nearly the whole of the eighth century , it rose to a height unknown before . The energy of the new king was shown in his struggle with the Welsh on his western border . Since the ...
... reign from 758 to 796 covers with that of Æthelbald nearly the whole of the eighth century , it rose to a height unknown before . The energy of the new king was shown in his struggle with the Welsh on his western border . Since the ...
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... reign . It seems likely that the king's rendering of Bæda's history gave the first impulse towards the compilation of what is known as the English or Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , which was certainly thrown into its present form during his ...
... reign . It seems likely that the king's rendering of Bæda's history gave the first impulse towards the compilation of what is known as the English or Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , which was certainly thrown into its present form during his ...
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Página 210 - But is there no quick recreation granted? King. Ay, that there is : our court, you know, is haunted With a refined traveller of Spain; A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Página 344 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
Página 258 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Página 316 - I must tell you, there are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland. There is King James, the head of the commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus the King, and his kingdom the Kirk, whose subject King James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member.
Página 397 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Página 343 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his...
Página 283 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and. inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 292 - ... and that your Majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings to the prejudice of your people, in any of the premises, shall not be drawn hereafter into consequence or example : and that your Majesty would be also graciously pleased, for the further comfort and safety of your people, to declare your royal will and pleasure, that in the things aforesaid all your officers and ministers shall serve you, according to the laws and statutes of this realm, as they tender...
Página 561 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms — never, never, never...
Página 403 - ... as now they are ; with other things appertaining to what hath been called the New Philosophy, which from the times of Galileo at Florence, and Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) in England, hath been much cultivated in Italy, France, Germany, and other parts abroad, as well as with us in England.