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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... spirit of the barons , which he wanted to re- press ; and he entirely forbade them during his reign ; by which means he perhaps did himself injury . Soon after his three sons had left England , as we have mentioned , it was discovered ...
... spirit of the barons , which he wanted to re- press ; and he entirely forbade them during his reign ; by which means he perhaps did himself injury . Soon after his three sons had left England , as we have mentioned , it was discovered ...
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... spirit . This Great Charter was signed on the fifteenth of June , 1215 . After this time King John did nothing very worthy of notice . He was a cruel , violent wretch , and some of his actions look more like those of a madman than of a ...
... spirit . This Great Charter was signed on the fifteenth of June , 1215 . After this time King John did nothing very worthy of notice . He was a cruel , violent wretch , and some of his actions look more like those of a madman than of a ...
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... spirit of it , and was constantly trying to break through the barrier it imposed upon him . He repeatedly indeed broke his promises to the barons , and they were determined on bringing him to renew them in a more solemn manner in the ...
... spirit of it , and was constantly trying to break through the barrier it imposed upon him . He repeatedly indeed broke his promises to the barons , and they were determined on bringing him to renew them in a more solemn manner in the ...
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... spirit of the people was not broken ; and during the whole of the rest of his life , he was kept in employment by them . If I were to tell you their wonderful struggles , their bravery , and perse- verance and sufferings , I should take ...
... spirit of the people was not broken ; and during the whole of the rest of his life , he was kept in employment by them . If I were to tell you their wonderful struggles , their bravery , and perse- verance and sufferings , I should take ...
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... spirit , and it was encouraged by every one around him . Though the people in the end might suffer from his exactions , they were not yet aware of the evil and folly of indulging a warlike spirit . They loved to see tournaments and ...
... spirit , and it was encouraged by every one around him . Though the people in the end might suffer from his exactions , they were not yet aware of the evil and folly of indulging a warlike spirit . They loved to see tournaments and ...
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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!