Outline of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1902Longmans, Green & Company, 1903 - 564 páginas |
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... whole or in part , are others of Continental countries or districts which were the scenes of events connected more or less closely with English History . Indian and Colonial development also obtain due recognition . THE FIRST TWO ...
... whole or in part , are others of Continental countries or districts which were the scenes of events connected more or less closely with English History . Indian and Colonial development also obtain due recognition . THE FIRST TWO ...
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... whole the Romans tried to rule justly . They encouraged trade , and made good laws in their dominions in Britain as well as on the Continent , so that every man might have what belonged to him . All this was possible , just as it is ...
... whole the Romans tried to rule justly . They encouraged trade , and made good laws in their dominions in Britain as well as on the Continent , so that every man might have what belonged to him . All this was possible , just as it is ...
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... whole of England was full of bloodshed and con- fusion . The kings were perpetually fighting with one another . Sometimes one , sometimes another would have the upper hand . At last Egbert , the King of the West Saxons , subdued all the ...
... whole of England was full of bloodshed and con- fusion . The kings were perpetually fighting with one another . Sometimes one , sometimes another would have the upper hand . At last Egbert , the King of the West Saxons , subdued all the ...
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... to resist the sea - robbers . Sometimes they won victories , sometimes they were defeated . But on the whole the sea - robbers pressed on . They were no longer content to plunder and to sail away . 18 OUTLINE OF ENGLISH HISTORY .
... to resist the sea - robbers . Sometimes they won victories , sometimes they were defeated . But on the whole the sea - robbers pressed on . They were no longer content to plunder and to sail away . 18 OUTLINE OF ENGLISH HISTORY .
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... whole . Yet that piece was better for him than the whole would have been . In the part that was under him were three of the old kingdoms , Wessex , Sussex , and Kent , a small part of Essex , and half of Mercia . Even if he had been ...
... whole . Yet that piece was better for him than the whole would have been . In the part that was under him were three of the old kingdoms , Wessex , Sussex , and Kent , a small part of Essex , and half of Mercia . Even if he had been ...
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Página 109 - 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 accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Página 109 - 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.
Página 109 - : 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...
Página 359 - Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back; Their shots along the deep slowly boom: Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail; Or in conflagration pale Light the gloom.
Página 108 - 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...
Página 373 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow!
Página 108 - 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 185 - And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty-three.
Página 180 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Página 372 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.