A Pictorial History of EnglandJ. H. Butler & Company, 1879 - 448 Seiten |
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... considered as a most acceptable offering . 10. The principal residence of the Druids was in the little island of Anglesea . Suetonius resolved to make himself master of this stronghold . The Britons endeavored to prevent the landing of ...
... considered as a most acceptable offering . 10. The principal residence of the Druids was in the little island of Anglesea . Suetonius resolved to make himself master of this stronghold . The Britons endeavored to prevent the landing of ...
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... considered the only professions for a freeman . 7. The slaves were by far the most numerous class . They were of two kinds , namely , household slaves , who lived in the family , and performed the ordinary duties of domestic servants ...
... considered the only professions for a freeman . 7. The slaves were by far the most numerous class . They were of two kinds , namely , household slaves , who lived in the family , and performed the ordinary duties of domestic servants ...
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... considered as necessary in the king's house- hold . The first in dignity was the mayor of the palace , always a prince of the royal family . The priest was the next in rank , who sat at the royal table to bless the meat , and to chant ...
... considered as necessary in the king's house- hold . The first in dignity was the mayor of the palace , always a prince of the royal family . The priest was the next in rank , who sat at the royal table to bless the meat , and to chant ...
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... considered re- ligious , being very exact in the performance of all religious observ- ances . He certainly showed great instances of generosity , but ambition was his ruling passion . 3. William began his reign with so much prudence and ...
... considered re- ligious , being very exact in the performance of all religious observ- ances . He certainly showed great instances of generosity , but ambition was his ruling passion . 3. William began his reign with so much prudence and ...
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... considered a very handsome allowance in those days . Edgar assented to these terms , and both he and Wil- liam remained true to their agreement . CHAPTER XXVIII . Game Laws established . Rebellion of Robert . - He is besieged by his ...
... considered a very handsome allowance in those days . Edgar assented to these terms , and both he and Wil- liam remained true to their agreement . CHAPTER XXVIII . Game Laws established . Rebellion of Robert . - He is besieged by his ...
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Seite 276 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Seite 313 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Seite 320 - Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head too they will cut off at last! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Seite 342 - The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children...
Seite 12 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 295 - Good Mr. Jowler, we pray you speak to the King (for he hears you every day, and so doth he not us) that it will please his Majesty to go back to London, for else the country will be undone ; all our provision is spent already, and we are not able to entertain him longer.
Seite 287 - King James was wont to be very earnest with the country gentlemen to go from London to their country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, "Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing; but in your country villages you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.
Seite 243 - It was not till the end of this reign that any salads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was used was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders". Queen Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose.
Seite 259 - Guilford, desired permission to see her ; but she refused her consent, and sent him word, that the tenderness of their parting would overcome the fortitude of both, and would too much unbend their minds from that constancy which their approaching end required of them.
Seite 242 - Ho! man: will they not suffer my bill to pass?" And laying his hand on Montague's head, who was then on his knees before him, "Get my bill passed by to-morrow, or else to-morrow this head of yours shall be off.