The History of EnglandSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1854 - 196 pages |
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... princes : and the martyrdom of St. Alban , who suffered at Verulamium ( which has since been called , after him , St. Alban's ) , in the persecution under Diocletian ( A.D. 303 ) , shows that this country was honoured , even at that ...
... princes : and the martyrdom of St. Alban , who suffered at Verulamium ( which has since been called , after him , St. Alban's ) , in the persecution under Diocletian ( A.D. 303 ) , shows that this country was honoured , even at that ...
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... princess . The success of the mission of St. Augustine reflects honour upon Gregory , at whose desire it was undertaken . Unhap- pily , however , that bishop and his successors took occasion , from the circumstance of Rome having been ...
... princess . The success of the mission of St. Augustine reflects honour upon Gregory , at whose desire it was undertaken . Unhap- pily , however , that bishop and his successors took occasion , from the circumstance of Rome having been ...
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... princes , but the successive invasions of the Danes continually marred their efforts for the good of their people . Edward the Elder , who succeeded his father Alfred , is reckoned the founder of the University of Cambridge , as he ...
... princes , but the successive invasions of the Danes continually marred their efforts for the good of their people . Edward the Elder , who succeeded his father Alfred , is reckoned the founder of the University of Cambridge , as he ...
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... princes , from whose claims Canute apprehended danger to his crown . These were Alfred and Edward , the sons of Ethelred the Unready , by Emma of Normandy his second queen . They resided in Normandy , at their uncle's court , and in ...
... princes , from whose claims Canute apprehended danger to his crown . These were Alfred and Edward , the sons of Ethelred the Unready , by Emma of Normandy his second queen . They resided in Normandy , at their uncle's court , and in ...
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... princess was a lady of much piety and learning . Ingulphus , a Saxon historian , who was a scholar in the monastery at Westminster , tells us that the queen used often to meet him and his schoolfellows in her walks . On these occasions ...
... princess was a lady of much piety and learning . Ingulphus , a Saxon historian , who was a scholar in the monastery at Westminster , tells us that the queen used often to meet him and his schoolfellows in her walks . On these occasions ...
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Page 79 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 185 - Weave the warp and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race; Give ample room and verge, enough The characters of hell to trace: Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death through Berkley's roofs that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king!
Page 187 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear.
Page 187 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air, What strains of vocal transport round her play ? Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear ; They breathe a soul to animate thy clay. Bright Rapture calls, and soaring as she sings, Waves in the eye of Heaven her many-colour'd wings. " The verse adorn again Fierce War, and faithful Love, And Truth severe, by fairy Fiction drest. In buskin'd measures move Pale Grief, and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast.
Page 135 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Page 186 - Stay, oh stay! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd, unpitied, here to mourn: In yon bright track, that fires the western skies, They melt, they vanish from my eyes. But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glitt'ring skirts unroll?
Page 184 - Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears!
Page 188 - Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 184 - Eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Page 186 - Eleanor of Castile died a few years after the conquest of Wales. The heroic proof she gave of her affection for her Lord is well known. The monuments of his regret, and sorrow for the loss of her, are still to be seen at Northampton, Geddington, Waltham, and other places.