Events to be remembered in the history of England1854 |
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... months , when she effected her escape . The scars on her face had healed ; the brutal work had not been effectually done , and she shone in as great beauty as ever , and was hastening to Kingston , to the em- braces of her royal spouse ...
... months , when she effected her escape . The scars on her face had healed ; the brutal work had not been effectually done , and she shone in as great beauty as ever , and was hastening to Kingston , to the em- braces of her royal spouse ...
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... month of August re - assembled in a body at St. Vallery . Collecting , therefore , ships from every quarter , they awaited the propitious gale which was to carry them to their destination . † When this delayed blowing for several days ...
... month of August re - assembled in a body at St. Vallery . Collecting , therefore , ships from every quarter , they awaited the propitious gale which was to carry them to their destination . † When this delayed blowing for several days ...
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... MONTHS , 25 DAYS . THE CONQUEROR'S COURTSHIP . " Duke William of Normandy , " says William of Jumièges , " having learned that Baldwin , Earl of Flanders , had a daughter named Matilda , very beautiful in person , and of a generous ...
... MONTHS , 25 DAYS . THE CONQUEROR'S COURTSHIP . " Duke William of Normandy , " says William of Jumièges , " having learned that Baldwin , Earl of Flanders , had a daughter named Matilda , very beautiful in person , and of a generous ...
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... MONTHS , 24 DAYS . THE FIRST CRUSADE . Peter the hermit , a native of Amiens , in Picardy , had the honour of originating the holy enterprise for rescuing Jerusalem from the infidels . Having made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land , he saw ...
... MONTHS , 24 DAYS . THE FIRST CRUSADE . Peter the hermit , a native of Amiens , in Picardy , had the honour of originating the holy enterprise for rescuing Jerusalem from the infidels . Having made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land , he saw ...
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... months , the king laid heavy taxes upon the people , so much the more grievous as the money was to be expended on works that were unnecessary , or , at least , might have been deferred to some other time . He not only rebuilt London ...
... months , the king laid heavy taxes upon the people , so much the more grievous as the money was to be expended on works that were unnecessary , or , at least , might have been deferred to some other time . He not only rebuilt London ...
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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.
Page 287 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
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.