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... followed , and a bloody battle en- sued , in which the Britons were defeated , and obliged to sue for peace ; but hearing that Cæsar's horse were driven back , and the ships that brought over his army greatly damaged by a tempest , they ...
... followed , and a bloody battle en- sued , in which the Britons were defeated , and obliged to sue for peace ; but hearing that Cæsar's horse were driven back , and the ships that brought over his army greatly damaged by a tempest , they ...
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... followed his example . This is said to have been the first introduc- tion of Christianity into Britain . Ethelbert reclaimed his people from gross ignorance and barbarity , and enacted his body of Laws . II . NORTHUMBERLAND . - This ...
... followed his example . This is said to have been the first introduc- tion of Christianity into Britain . Ethelbert reclaimed his people from gross ignorance and barbarity , and enacted his body of Laws . II . NORTHUMBERLAND . - This ...
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... followed Becket to the altar , assaulted him , and knocked him on the head , and then retired without opposition . The news of this murder so afflicted the king , that he shut himself up , and for three days refused to eat or drink ...
... followed Becket to the altar , assaulted him , and knocked him on the head , and then retired without opposition . The news of this murder so afflicted the king , that he shut himself up , and for three days refused to eat or drink ...
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... followed by other towns , as Norwich , St. Edmunds - Bury , Lincoln , Stamford , and Lynn . 1190 King Richard marries the Lady Berengera , daugh- ter to the king of Navarre , and goes to the Holy Land , having sold some of the crown ...
... followed by other towns , as Norwich , St. Edmunds - Bury , Lincoln , Stamford , and Lynn . 1190 King Richard marries the Lady Berengera , daugh- ter to the king of Navarre , and goes to the Holy Land , having sold some of the crown ...
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... followed with dreadful consequences to him . John collected an army , and came to his mother's relief ; and Arthur , and all the most considerable of the discontented barons , were taken prisoners : the latter were sent over to England ...
... followed with dreadful consequences to him . John collected an army , and came to his mother's relief ; and Arthur , and all the most considerable of the discontented barons , were taken prisoners : the latter were sent over to England ...
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 211 - Nottingham falling into sickness, and affected with the near approach of death, was seized with remorse for her conduct; and, having obtained a visit from the queen, she craved her pardon, and revealed to her the fatal secret. The queen, astonished with this incident, burst into a furious passion: she shook the dying countess in her bed; and crying to her that God might pardon her, but she never could, she broke from her, and thenceforth resigned herself over to the deepest and most incurable melancholy.
Page 218 - A terrible blow, and yet the authors concealed; a danger so sudden, and yet so great ; these circumstances seemed all to denote some contrivance by gunpowder ; and it was thought advisable to inspect all the vaults below the Houses of Parliament. This care belonged to the Earl of Suffolk, lord chamberlain, who purposely delayed the search till the day before the meeting of Parliament. He remarked those great piles of wood and...
Page 284 - I can very sincerely assure you, there is not any thing you can expect or desire from me, which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness and prosperity of England ; and you shall always find me a strict and religious observer of my word.
Page 13 - During these military enterprises, he neglected not the arts of peace. He introduced laws and civility among the Britons, taught them to desire and 'raise all the conveniences of life, reconciled them to the Roman language and manners, instructed them in letters and science, and employed every expedient to render those chains, which he had forged, both easy and agreeable to them.
Page 240 - On the first year of freedom, by God's blessing, restored, 1648." The forms of all public business were changed, from the king's name, to that of the keepers of the liberties of England".
Page 261 - ... he languished only for a few days, and then expired, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, and twenty-fifth of his reign. He...
Page 238 - 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.
Page 237 - At these words the child looked very stedfastly upon him. "Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them!
Page 238 - Though innocent towards his people, he acknowledged the equity of his execution in the eyes of his Maker ; and observed, that an unjust sentence, which he had suffered to take effect, was now punished by an unjust sentence upon himself.