Illustrated English history, Parte1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1883 |
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... Danes . - Very likely , if this had been all , they would have separated again as soon as Egbert died . But during the lifetime of Egbert a new enemy appeared . A people who were called Danes here , and were called Northmen or Normans ...
... Danes . - Very likely , if this had been all , they would have separated again as soon as Egbert died . But during the lifetime of Egbert a new enemy appeared . A people who were called Danes here , and were called Northmen or Normans ...
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... Danes knew , too , that the monks could not fight . They killed the monks like . sheep , set fire to the monasteries , and carried off everything that was valuable in them . In some places on the Continent a new petition was added to ...
... Danes knew , too , that the monks could not fight . They killed the monks like . sheep , set fire to the monasteries , and carried off everything that was valuable in them . In some places on the Continent a new petition was added to ...
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... Danes . 4. The First Year of Alfred the Great.- At last the Danes met their match . Alfred , the youngest and the noblest of the grandsons of Egbert , was chosen King on his elder brother's death . That brother had left a son , who ...
... Danes . 4. The First Year of Alfred the Great.- At last the Danes met their match . Alfred , the youngest and the noblest of the grandsons of Egbert , was chosen King on his elder brother's death . That brother had left a son , who ...
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... Danes are known by the ter- mination by at the ends of names of places . Such names as Grimsby or Kirkby tell us that a Dane once settled there . ' By ' means the place where people lived ; Grimsby is the living - place of Grim . Kirkby ...
... Danes are known by the ter- mination by at the ends of names of places . Such names as Grimsby or Kirkby tell us that a Dane once settled there . ' By ' means the place where people lived ; Grimsby is the living - place of Grim . Kirkby ...
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... Danes in the North ; and he con- tented himself with defending his own part of the country . He set on foot a navy that the Danes might not attack him by sea . He did what was better than this ; he tried his best to make the people ...
... Danes in the North ; and he con- tented himself with defending his own part of the country . He set on foot a navy that the Danes might not attack him by sea . He did what was better than this ; he tried his best to make the people ...
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afterwards Alfred Anselm archbishop army asked barons Battle Becket bishop Black Prince brave Britain Britons brother Bruce called Canterbury Canute castles CHAPTER Christian church claimed clergy conquered Conqueror Conquest courts Crecy crown Danes death defeated died Dunstan Earl Simon Edward Edward III Edward IV Egbert eldest enemies ENGLISH HISTORY English King Englishmen father fight fought gave Harold Henry Henry II Henry's House of Lancaster HOUSE OF YORK John of Gaunt killed King of England King of France King's kingdom knights labourers land landowners lived London lords married mercy monks murdered nobles Normandy Normans North Northumberland Parliament peace peasants plunder Pope punish quarrelled reign resist Richard Richard II Romans rule S. R. GARDINER Saxons Scotland Scots and Picts Senlac sent soldiers Stephen Stephen Langton things thought throne towns Treaty of Wedmore tried villeins wanted Wat Tyler William wished Wyclif
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Página 132 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He, that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his friends, And say — to-morrow is Saint Crispian : Then will he strip his sleeve, and show his scars, And say, these wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Página 132 - What's he that wishes so ? My cousin Westmoreland ? — No, my fair cousin : If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss ; and if to live. The fewer men, the greater share of honor. God's will ! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
Página 132 - God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires; But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Página 133 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, ' To-morrow is Saint Crispian ; ' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say, ' These wounds I had on Crispin's day.' Old men forget ; yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did that day ; then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury...
Página 156 - Certainly, my lord,' said Hastings, 'if they have done so heinously, they are worthy of heinous punishment.' Richard pretended to fly into a rage. ' What ! ' he said ; ' dost thou answer me with ifs and ands ? I tell thee they have done it, and that I will make good on thy body, traitor ! ' He struck the table with his fist, and Richard's men, who were standing outside, rushed into the room.
Página 133 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Página 19 - ... and then flying forth from the other vanishes into the wintry darkness whence it came. So tarries for a moment the life of man in our sight, but what is before it, what after it, we know not. If this new teaching tells us aught certainly of these, let us follow it.
Página 133 - And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of...
Página 133 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered ; — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers : For he, to-day that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Página 77 - 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.