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... kings received instruction in Eng- land ; Alan of Bretagne , Louis of France , and Haco of Norway . Athelstan defeated the Welsh under Howel the Good , and overthrew the Danes , who were assisted by Constantine , king of Scotland , at ...
... kings received instruction in Eng- land ; Alan of Bretagne , Louis of France , and Haco of Norway . Athelstan defeated the Welsh under Howel the Good , and overthrew the Danes , who were assisted by Constantine , king of Scotland , at ...
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... French ; and of these vain attempt to destroy our noble language , some traces still exist in the ancient forms of our public courts . To subdue , however , the ... king . 25 lfully cially stody even f the e in- · 24 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR .
... French ; and of these vain attempt to destroy our noble language , some traces still exist in the ancient forms of our public courts . To subdue , however , the ... king . 25 lfully cially stody even f the e in- · 24 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR .
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... Louis VII . , the king of France . In the course of his reign he acquired Bretagne , by the marriage of Geoffrey , one of his younger sons , with Constance the heiress of that duchy . It may be doubted whether these foreign provinces ...
... Louis VII . , the king of France . In the course of his reign he acquired Bretagne , by the marriage of Geoffrey , one of his younger sons , with Constance the heiress of that duchy . It may be doubted whether these foreign provinces ...
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... Henry and the King of France , those monarchs held his stirrup as he mounted , and led his horse by the bridle . On the death of Archbishop Theobald the king looked out for some successor to that prelate , on whom he could rely in his ...
... Henry and the King of France , those monarchs held his stirrup as he mounted , and led his horse by the bridle . On the death of Archbishop Theobald the king looked out for some successor to that prelate , on whom he could rely in his ...
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... king himself , if he did not dread its spiritual effect , was alarmed lest it should shake his subjects ' allegiance . At any rate , finding at length that his interests were much affected by that prelate's residence in France , he ...
... king himself , if he did not dread its spiritual effect , was alarmed lest it should shake his subjects ' allegiance . At any rate , finding at length that his interests were much affected by that prelate's residence in France , he ...
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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.