The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 1George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... father's imperial sceptre drop from his hands . The dignity of which he had shown himself to be unworthy was , by unanimous consent , be- stowed upon Redwald , king of East Anglia , grandson of Uffa , the founder of that monarchy , who ...
... father's imperial sceptre drop from his hands . The dignity of which he had shown himself to be unworthy was , by unanimous consent , be- stowed upon Redwald , king of East Anglia , grandson of Uffa , the founder of that monarchy , who ...
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... father , had fled with his two brothers , Anfrid and Oswy , to Scotland , and had been since hospitably entertained at the court of the northern monarch . As soon as Oswald raised his stand- ard , the ancient subjects of his father ...
... father , had fled with his two brothers , Anfrid and Oswy , to Scotland , and had been since hospitably entertained at the court of the northern monarch . As soon as Oswald raised his stand- ard , the ancient subjects of his father ...
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... father's friend , the emperor of France ; Charlemagne , from regard to Offa , not only sheltered her , but placed her in a rich abbey as its abbess ; but even in this quiet retreat her conduct was so depraved that after a short time it ...
... father's friend , the emperor of France ; Charlemagne , from regard to Offa , not only sheltered her , but placed her in a rich abbey as its abbess ; but even in this quiet retreat her conduct was so depraved that after a short time it ...
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... father's sceptre . He was a peaceable and rather slothful prince ; and the Danes took full advantage of his mild and unwarlike disposition to renew their ravages . They now indeed began to visit some part of England pretty regularly ...
... father's sceptre . He was a peaceable and rather slothful prince ; and the Danes took full advantage of his mild and unwarlike disposition to renew their ravages . They now indeed began to visit some part of England pretty regularly ...
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... father till the year 852 , when he was slain in a great battle fought with the Danes at Okeley in Surrey , in which , however , the Eng- lish were victorious . Ethelwulf now resumed the entire sovereignty , re- fusing for a long time to ...
... father till the year 852 , when he was slain in a great battle fought with the Danes at Okeley in Surrey , in which , however , the Eng- lish were victorious . Ethelwulf now resumed the entire sovereignty , re- fusing for a long time to ...
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abbot afterwards Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon Anselm appears archbishop archbishop of Canterbury archbishop of York army Asser Athelstan authority barons battle Becket Bede bishop bishop of Winchester BORN A. D. Bretwalda brother Canterbury Canute castle cause character charter Chron church clergy command conquest council court crown Danes daughter death dignity dominions duke duke of Normandy Dunstan earl ecclesiastical Edmund Edward enemy England English Ethelred father favour force France gave Gloucester Godwin Harold Henry Henry III Henry's Hist historians holy honour John king king of England king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc learning London lord ment Mercia monarch monastery monks nation nobles Norman Normandy Northumberland Oxford parliament period person pope possession prelates prince queen received reign Richard Robert of Gloucester Rome royal Saxon says Scots sent soon sovereign subjects succeeded success throne tion took troops whole William Winchester
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Page 623 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 703 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations, and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Page 518 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Page 563 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Page 514 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will, he will endanger the one half of his kingdom. "I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite; but could not prevail...
Page 310 - He was a prince sad, serious, and full of thoughts and secret observations, and full of notes and memorials of his own hand, especially touching persons. As, whom to employ, whom to reward, whom to inquire of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies, what were the factions, and the like ; keeping, as it were, a journal of his thoughts.
Page 748 - This was the first blood spilt in that fatal quarrel, which was not finished in less than a course of thirty years ; which was signalized by twelve pitched battles ; which opened a scene of extraordinary fierceness and cruelty ; is computed to have cost the lives of eighty princes of the blood ; and almost entirely annihilated the ancient nobility of England.
Page 703 - I owe thee a death, Lord, let it not be terrible, and then take thine own time: I submit to it: let not mine, O Lord! but let thy will be done.
Page 503 - ... prison, and by sundry artificial devices and terrors to extort from them great fines and ransoms, which they termed compositions and mitigations. Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming...
Page 338 - The Countess of Montfort came down from the castle to meet them, and with a most cheerful countenance, kissed Sir Walter Manny, and all his companions, one after the other like a noble and valiant dame.