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... kings was , by common consent , regarded as supreme , and bore the title of Bret- walda . The wars caused by the ... king of Paris , already professed the Christian faith . Ethelbert was ere long baptized , and his subjects followed ...
... kings was , by common consent , regarded as supreme , and bore the title of Bret- walda . The wars caused by the ... king of Paris , already professed the Christian faith . Ethelbert was ere long baptized , and his subjects followed ...
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... king , Regner Lodbrog , landed on the coast of Northumberland , where he was made prisoner by Ella , the tributary king of that part of Britain . ( A.D. 865 ) , and thrown into a dungeon filled with vipers . This cruelty was afterwards ...
... king , Regner Lodbrog , landed on the coast of Northumberland , where he was made prisoner by Ella , the tributary king of that part of Britain . ( A.D. 865 ) , and thrown into a dungeon filled with vipers . This cruelty was afterwards ...
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... king was counselled by the Witenagemote , an assemblage of the bishops and the leading nobles and proprietors of the land , and the germ of the future British parlia- ment . This body seems to have met three times a year , and they had ...
... king was counselled by the Witenagemote , an assemblage of the bishops and the leading nobles and proprietors of the land , and the germ of the future British parlia- ment . This body seems to have met three times a year , and they had ...
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... kings was so prosperous as that of Edgar , though disgraced by the king's own immoralities . During the sixteen years he filled the throne , England enjoyed uninterrupted peace , feared and respected by enemies at home and abroad . This ...
... kings was so prosperous as that of Edgar , though disgraced by the king's own immoralities . During the sixteen years he filled the throne , England enjoyed uninterrupted peace , feared and respected by enemies at home and abroad . This ...
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... king of France . In imitation of this , Sweyn , king of Denmark , sought to establish his dynasty and race in England ; and the whole reign of Ethelred was taken up , not so much in resisting incursions of the Danes as in bribing them ...
... king of France . In imitation of this , Sweyn , king of Denmark , sought to establish his dynasty and race in England ; and the whole reign of Ethelred was taken up , not so much in resisting incursions of the Danes as in bribing them ...
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الصفحة 65 - No matter where; of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs ; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
الصفحة 66 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
الصفحة 73 - 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.
الصفحة 73 - Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us.
الصفحة 147 - 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. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
الصفحة 74 - 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.
الصفحة 73 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it...
الصفحة 113 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
الصفحة 110 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
الصفحة 112 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let 's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught th.ee ; Say, Wolsey,— that once trod the ways of...