A first book in chronology, according to the system of dr. Grey [in his Memoria technica, signed W.B.].F. W. Calder; Simpkin & Marshall, 1840 - 78 Seiten |
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ÆSCHYLUS Ag-afal akda Archbishop authority Barons Battle Battle of Agincourt Battle of Marathon Battle of Salamis began to reign Bishop black armour born Sir Britain Butl-asbe called captivity Charles 1st Charles 2nd Christian Church commencement consonants Council of Trent Cyr-uts death Del-etok deluge died Edward 3rd Edward 6th Elizabeth English Bible ENGLISH HISTORY ENGLISH WRITERS.-Period Euripid-oky Euripides event flourished founder French George GRECIAN Hen-sec-buf Henry 2nd Henry 3rd Henry 8th HISTORICAL MISCELLANIES initial letter Ireland James 1st James 2nd Jehoiakim Jerusalem Joseph-asil Julius Cæsar kingdom of Israel kingdom of Judah learner Lesson Lord Marath-onz Mary Masinissa memorial expressions MEMORIAL LINES monarch Napoleon NICHOLAS UDALL Ogyges Par-L-adso Parliament poet Pope Prin-afon Prince of Orange Punic Queen Rebellion REGAL TABLES reign of Henry represent Richard 1st Rom-put Roman Rome Saxons Scotland Scots Shakespeare Shaks-buso Sophocles sovereign TABLES OF ENGLAND THESPIS Thucydi-foib tribes Turks TYRONE REBELLION vowels WILLIAM 3rd
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Seite 65 - Given at Rome at St. Peter's, under the Ring of the Fisherman, on the 30th day of September, in the year 1850, of our Pontificate the fifth.
Seite 61 - William had even entertained the difficult project of totally abolishing the English language; and for that purpose, he ordered that in all schools throughout the kingdom the youth should be instructed in the French tongue; a practice which was continued from custom till after the reign of Edward III and was never indeed totally discontinued in England. The pleadings...
Seite 61 - Before the reign of Henry III., we cannot discover a deed or law drawn or composed in French. Instead of prohibiting the English language, it was employed by the Conqueror and his successors in their charters until the reign of Henry II., when it was superseded not by the French, but by the Latin language, which had been gradually gaining or rather regaining ground.
Seite 71 - Warton, that they were thought to contribute so much to the information and instruction of the people, that one of the Popes granted a pardon of one thousand days to every person who resorted peaceably to the plays performed in the Whitsun-week at Chester, beginning with the " Creation," and ending with the
Seite 67 - No man was so worthy of the station which he filled, had it not been for the means by which he reached it. He would have governed constitutionally, mildly, mercifully, liberally, if he could have followed the impulses of his own heart, and the wishes of his better mind; self-preservation compelled him to a severe and suspicious system: he was reduced at last to govern without a Parliament, because, pack...
Seite 61 - But this popular notion cannot be easily supported. The example of a Norman aristocracy and a Norman clergy, aided by the literary influence of the writers of the langue d'oil and the utility of that dialect as a medium of general intercourse, ultimately rendered it almost as familiar amongst the English as their own tongue. But before the reign of Henry III. we cannot discover a deed or law drawn or composed in French. Instead of prohibiting the English language, it was employed by the Conqueror...
Seite 66 - French agent who was at that time with the Scotch army before Newark, and the promises of the Scotch made to that agent, that they would receive him as their sovereign, and effectually join with him for the recovery of his just rights, induced him to take that step. ' They have often,' he says, ' professed they have fought not against me but for me. I must now resolve the riddle of their loyalty, and give them opportunity to let the world see they mean not what they do, but what they say.
Seite 71 - Scriptures in their vulgar tongue, resolved to give a version of their own, as favourable to their cause as might be. It was printed on a large paper, with a fair...
Seite 61 - ... all schools throughout the kingdom, the youth should be instructed in the French tongue. The pleadings in the supreme court of judicature were in French, the deeds often were drawn in the same language, and the laws were composed in that idiom.'* But this popular notion cannot be easily supported. The example of a Norman aristocracy and a Norman clergy, aided by the literary influence of the writers of the langue d'oil and the utility of that dialect as a medium of general intercourse, ultimately...
Seite 69 - Caatelnau, and one Rainier or Raoul, both Cistercian or Bernardino monks, as his legates to France, in order to extirpate all these heresies. Dominic, a Spaniard, and the founder of the order of Preachers, returning from Rome in 1206, fell in with the legates, and volunteered...