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... fleet being shat- tered by a storm , they were defeated by the inhabitants , and put to the sword . It was not till about five years after the elevation of Egbert to the sovereignty of England , that their invasions became truly ...
... fleet being shat- tered by a storm , they were defeated by the inhabitants , and put to the sword . It was not till about five years after the elevation of Egbert to the sovereignty of England , that their invasions became truly ...
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... fleet , with which he attacked and destroyed sixteen of their vessels in the port of Harwich . There was now but the port of London open to the invaders ; and as that city was weakly garrisoned , he soon reduced it to capitulation ...
... fleet , with which he attacked and destroyed sixteen of their vessels in the port of Harwich . There was now but the port of London open to the invaders ; and as that city was weakly garrisoned , he soon reduced it to capitulation ...
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... fleet of two hundred sail at the mouth of the river Humber , where he was joined by the shattered remains of Tosti's forces . It was in vain that the earls of Mercia and North- umberland attempted to stop their progress with a body of ...
... fleet of two hundred sail at the mouth of the river Humber , where he was joined by the shattered remains of Tosti's forces . It was in vain that the earls of Mercia and North- umberland attempted to stop their progress with a body of ...
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... fleet that lay in the river Ouse : and had the generosity to give prince Olave , the son of Harfagar , his liberty , and allowed him to depart with twenty vessels . There had never before been in England an engagement between two such ...
... fleet that lay in the river Ouse : and had the generosity to give prince Olave , the son of Harfagar , his liberty , and allowed him to depart with twenty vessels . There had never before been in England an engagement between two such ...
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... fleet of three hundred sail ; and after some small opposition from the weather , landed at Pevensey , on the coast of Sussex , with resolute tranquillity . William himself , as he came on shore , happened to stumble and fall ; but ...
... fleet of three hundred sail ; and after some small opposition from the weather , landed at Pevensey , on the coast of Sussex , with resolute tranquillity . William himself , as he came on shore , happened to stumble and fall ; but ...
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Page 202 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
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Page 207 - But let not your grace ever imagine, that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 453 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
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Page 310 - For shame," said he to the Parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men, to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a Parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.