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Moffatt and Paige. came Pope himself , he sent Augustine and forty other monks as 5missionaries to them . At this time the most powerful of the English kingdoms was Kent . Ethelbert , its king , had married a Christian princess from the ...
Moffatt and Paige. came Pope himself , he sent Augustine and forty other monks as 5missionaries to them . At this time the most powerful of the English kingdoms was Kent . Ethelbert , its king , had married a Christian princess from the ...
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... too founded a monastery . When Oswald became king of Northumbria , he welcomed the help of Aidan and his monks , and Christianity again throve in the kingdom . But Oswald , like Edwin , was defeated and slain by 32 EARLY ENGLAND .
... too founded a monastery . When Oswald became king of Northumbria , he welcomed the help of Aidan and his monks , and Christianity again throve in the kingdom . But Oswald , like Edwin , was defeated and slain by 32 EARLY ENGLAND .
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... monks live . 14 Iona , a small island off the coast of Scotland , west of Mull . 15 Lindesfarn , now called " Holy Island , " off the coast of Northumberland . THE MEETING OF EDWIN AND AUGUSTINE . hal ' - lowed pre - ced ' - ing un ...
... monks live . 14 Iona , a small island off the coast of Scotland , west of Mull . 15 Lindesfarn , now called " Holy Island , " off the coast of Northumberland . THE MEETING OF EDWIN AND AUGUSTINE . hal ' - lowed pre - ced ' - ing un ...
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... monks . added to the litany . 16 66 ' Defend us 14 11 15 aye , ever . grey " such a prayer was fame fa ' - mous brace ' - let ALFRED THE GREAT . suc - cess ' - ful gen ' - er - al worth ' - i - ly fierce fier - ' cest re - mem ...
... monks . added to the litany . 16 66 ' Defend us 14 11 15 aye , ever . grey " such a prayer was fame fa ' - mous brace ' - let ALFRED THE GREAT . suc - cess ' - ful gen ' - er - al worth ' - i - ly fierce fier - ' cest re - mem ...
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... monk . His name was Lanfranc . He was taken in , and as it was found he was a great scholar the abbot urged him to teach . He began to teach accordingly , and in course of time the little monastery grew into a famous school to which 68 ...
... monk . His name was Lanfranc . He was taken in , and as it was found he was a great scholar the abbot urged him to teach . He began to teach accordingly , and in course of time the little monastery grew into a famous school to which 68 ...
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Alfred archbishop army Augustine barons battle became king Becket began bishops Black Death brave Britain Britons Cædmon Cæsar called Canterbury charter chief Christian Church clergy Cnut Confessor conquered Conqueror conquest crown Danes death died Duke of Normandy Edward Edward III Edward the Confessor Egbert English Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelred the Unready Ethelwulf Evesham father fight fought France French Gaul gave Harold heathens Hengest Henry Henry II holy invaded John Julius Cæsar Kent killed king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc language large number Latin leader living London lord marched Mercia Moffatt's monastery monks Montfort nobles Norman Northmen Northumbria over-lord parliament peasants Philip plunder Pope priests Prince prisoner rebel reign religion Richard Roman ruler Saxons Scotland Senlac sent ships slain slew soldiers soon Stephen Langton Swegen swords took town tribes Tyler vassal villeins villenage Wat Tyler Welsh Wessex Wiclif William
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Página 77 - Amidst the knightly ring: A murmur of the restless deep Was blent with every strain, A voice of winds that would not sleep — He never smiled again.
Página 76 - THE bark that held a prince went down, The sweeping waves roll'd on ; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son ? He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; — Why comes not death to those who mourn ? — He never smiled again ! * Originally published in the Literary Gazette.
Página 60 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Página 57 - I climbed to yon heights, Where the Norman encamped him of old, With his bowmen and knights, And his banner all burnished with gold.
Página 107 - Thou, who the verdant plain dost traverse here, While Thames among his willows from thy view Retires; O stranger, stay thee, and the scene Around contemplate well. This is the place Where England's ancient barons, clad in arms And stern with conquest, from their tyrant king (Then render'd tame) did challenge and secure The charter of thy freedom.
Página 107 - No freeman," ran the memorable article that lies at the base of our whole judicial system, "shall be seized or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way brought to ruin : we will not go against any man nor send against him, save by legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Página 107 - Go, call thy sons; instruct them what a debt They owe their ancestors; and make them swear To pay it, by transmitting down entire Those sacred rights to which themselves were born.
Página 151 - ... title to the crown of France ? Shall we sit tamely down beneath these evils, Petitioning for pity ? King of England ! Why are we sold like cattle in your markets, — Deprived of every privilege of man ? Must we lie tamely at our tyrant's feet, And, like your spaniels, lick the hand that beats us ? You sit at ease in your gay palaces ; The costly banquet courts your appetite ; Sweet music soothes your slumbers ; we, the while, Scarce by hard toil can earn a little food, And sleep scarce...
Página 32 - They come — and onward travel without dread, Chanting in barbarous ears a tuneful prayer — Sung for themselves, and those whom they would free! Rich conquest waits them : — the tempestuous sea Of Ignorance, that ran so rough and high And heeded not the voice of clashing swords, These good men humble by a few bare words, And calm with fear of God's divinity.
Página 31 - FOR ever hallowed be this morning fair, Blest be the unconscious shore on which ye tread, And blest the silver Cross, which ye, instead Of martial banner, in procession bear ; The Cross preceding Him who floats in air, The pictured Saviour ! — By...