The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... Saxons , and their Conversion to Christianity . • · 227 II . Establishment of Christianity - of Monastic Institu- - tions and of their Effects · • • · 240 III . Series of Anglo - Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Al- fred with the Invasion ...
... Saxons , and their Conversion to Christianity . • · 227 II . Establishment of Christianity - of Monastic Institu- - tions and of their Effects · • • · 240 III . Series of Anglo - Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Al- fred with the Invasion ...
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... , deficient in general in crown cases , furnish us with little on this head . As to the crime , in the very early Saxon law I see an offence of this species , called folk - leasing , 110 SPEECH ON THE POWERS OF JURIES.
... , deficient in general in crown cases , furnish us with little on this head . As to the crime , in the very early Saxon law I see an offence of this species , called folk - leasing , 110 SPEECH ON THE POWERS OF JURIES.
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... Saxons called them streets . Of all the Ro- man works , they respected and kept up these alone . They regarded them with a sort of sacred reverence , granting them a peculiar protection and great im- munities . Those who travelled on ...
... Saxons called them streets . Of all the Ro- man works , they respected and kept up these alone . They regarded them with a sort of sacred reverence , granting them a peculiar protection and great im- munities . Those who travelled on ...
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... Saxon pirates , who then began cruelly to infest the northwest parts of Gaul and the opposite shore of Britain . But Carausius made use of the power with which he had been in- trusted , not so much to suppress the pirates as to ...
... Saxon pirates , who then began cruelly to infest the northwest parts of Gaul and the opposite shore of Britain . But Carausius made use of the power with which he had been in- trusted , not so much to suppress the pirates as to ...
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... Saxons and Frisians , by which he at once preserved his own island from their depredations and rendered his maritime power irresistible . He humbled the Picts by several defeats ; he repaired the frontier wall , and supplied it with ...
... Saxons and Frisians , by which he at once preserved his own island from their depredations and rendered his maritime power irresistible . He humbled the Picts by several defeats ; he repaired the frontier wall , and supplied it with ...
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affairs amongst ancient Anglo-Saxons appear arms army authority barbarous barons bishops body Britain Britons Cæsar called Canute Carausius cause character Christianity Church Church of England civil clergy conquest considerable Constitution court crown Danes danger death dignity dominions Druids ecclesiastical Edgar Atheling election Emperor Empire enemy England English established Europe favor force formed fortune Gaul Guienne Henry honorable gentleman House of Commons INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES INDIANENSIS island judge jury justice King of France King of Scotland king's kingdom land Lanfranc liberty lord manner marriage means ment mind nation natural never nobility Norman Normandy object obliged opinion Parliament party peace person Picts political Pope possession prince principle province punished reason reign religion Roman Rome rude Saxon Saxon laws secure seemed SIGILLUM sort spirit subsisted success supported Tanistry things tion tithes toleration UNIVERSITATIS vassals whilst whole William