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... King of Wessex , by a combination of events was enabled to assume the title of King of England . During the existence , however , of the Heptarchy , it appears , there was generally one king , who , for a time , was supreme . But Egbert ...
... King of Wessex , by a combination of events was enabled to assume the title of King of England . During the existence , however , of the Heptarchy , it appears , there was generally one king , who , for a time , was supreme . But Egbert ...
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... king arrived , he seated himself in the open air , being apprehensive , as Bede says , of charms or spells , which in the ... king's curiosity to be more particularly instructed in the nature of the religion those strangers preached . At ...
... king arrived , he seated himself in the open air , being apprehensive , as Bede says , of charms or spells , which in the ... king's curiosity to be more particularly instructed in the nature of the religion those strangers preached . At ...
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... King Edwy , in his seventeenth year , was crowned with great magnificence in the market - place at Kingston . * He was of handsome figure , and a most amiable disposition . Before his ac- cession he had been smitten with the charms of ...
... King Edwy , in his seventeenth year , was crowned with great magnificence in the market - place at Kingston . * He was of handsome figure , and a most amiable disposition . Before his ac- cession he had been smitten with the charms of ...
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... king's name first , then the bishops , abbots , and all the great men that held of the king in chief . Brady , pp . 205-206 . Yet this is not so exact a survey as some historians would repre- sent it ; the monks of Croyland , in ...
... king's name first , then the bishops , abbots , and all the great men that held of the king in chief . Brady , pp . 205-206 . Yet this is not so exact a survey as some historians would repre- sent it ; the monks of Croyland , in ...
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... king died , he dreamed that he was let blood by a surgeon , and that the stream , reaching to heaven , clouded the ... king's guests and dependants . Richard II . ( who rebuilt it in 1397 ) once feasted 10,000 within its walls ; and it ...
... king died , he dreamed that he was let blood by a surgeon , and that the stream , reaching to heaven , clouded the ... king's guests and dependants . Richard II . ( who rebuilt it in 1397 ) once feasted 10,000 within its walls ; and it ...
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Page 201 - My loving people, — -We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
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Page 287 - I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation ; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Page 175 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 215 - It is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness.
Page 201 - I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation and sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all ; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 202 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 309 - It is now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern footman, when farmers and shopkeepers breakfasted on loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a .modern workhouse...
Page 291 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Page 287 - We do not know the worst : but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.