England and Its People Or: A Familiar History of the Country, and the Social and Domestic Manners of Its InhabitantsHoulston and Company, 1839 - 171 Seiten |
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... court , and would be like a father to him , and teach him every thing worth his learning . In due time King Edward of England died ; and Athelstan succeeded ; and , as soon as he was fairly seated on the throne , messengers came from ...
... court , and would be like a father to him , and teach him every thing worth his learning . In due time King Edward of England died ; and Athelstan succeeded ; and , as soon as he was fairly seated on the throne , messengers came from ...
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... court were Christians . Their faith , indeed , was mixed with many su- perstitious notions and practices . They had too much confidence in men like themselves , who , because they were Bishops and Monks , were looked upon as fountains ...
... court were Christians . Their faith , indeed , was mixed with many su- perstitious notions and practices . They had too much confidence in men like themselves , who , because they were Bishops and Monks , were looked upon as fountains ...
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... court , for the Saxon women were the best work women in the world , and their dresses and the king's and priests ' garments were often richly embroidered by their hands . The king's bed was boarded at the head and feet , and had ...
... court , for the Saxon women were the best work women in the world , and their dresses and the king's and priests ' garments were often richly embroidered by their hands . The king's bed was boarded at the head and feet , and had ...
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... come to any decision ; but Harold being on the spot , and having much in- fluence over the court , prevailed on the people at once to acknowledge him as king . THE NORMANS . WILLIAM THE I. , CALLED ALSO WILLIAM 30 ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE .
... come to any decision ; but Harold being on the spot , and having much in- fluence over the court , prevailed on the people at once to acknowledge him as king . THE NORMANS . WILLIAM THE I. , CALLED ALSO WILLIAM 30 ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE .
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... court , Norman - French was spoken . They wore the tunic shorter ; their cloaks were smaller ; and their hairs were clipped , and their beards shaven in imitation of the French ; but still the bulk of the people in England spoke the ...
... court , Norman - French was spoken . They wore the tunic shorter ; their cloaks were smaller ; and their hairs were clipped , and their beards shaven in imitation of the French ; but still the bulk of the people in England spoke the ...
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Seite 37 - Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. And he said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Seite 60 - Those ministers of vengeance were so alert in the execution of their office, that in a few days there was neither house, cottage, man, nor beast, to be seen in the compass of fifty miles : all was ruin, silence, and desolation.
Seite 44 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 37 - It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found.
Seite 34 - My house shall be called a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Seite 61 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Seite 61 - There is but one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus...
Seite 28 - Saturday, the 29th of January 1820, in the eighty-second year of his age, and the sixtieth of his reign.
Seite 60 - A LETTER of ADVICE to his GRANDCHILDREN, —Matthew, Gabriel, Anne, Mary, and Frances Hale. By Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice in the Reign of Charles II. Now first printed from an Original Manuscript, and collated with the Copy in the British Museum.
Seite 16 - As I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, as I am a king!