Sketches from English HistoryArthur Martin Wheeler |
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Alfred archbishop archers arms army attack Azincourt barons battle became Becket bishop Black Death Britain British brother Bruce called castle Celts Charles Christianity Church civilization clergy Cnut Commons Conqueror conquest count of Nevers court Coxe Hill Cromwell crown Danish death duke duke of Alençon Dunstan earl ecclesiastical Edward Edward Bruce Edward III enemy England English Englishmen father fear fight followed force France French hand Harfleur head Henry Henry VIII honor horse House house of Lancaster hundred John king king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc London Lord married monasteries monks nation never nobles Norman Normandy Parliament passed peace pope prince queen realm reign Richard river Roman Roman Britain Rome royal Rufus Scotch Scotland Scots seemed sent side Simon soldiers soon spirit stood struggle summoned sword thing throne tion took troops victory Wessex whole William
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Page 225 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Page 341 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Page 265 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Page 178 - Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.
Page 227 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 337 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 225 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 338 - Mens aqua in arduis,' such was the aspect with which the great Proconsul presented himself to his judges. His counsel accompanied him, men all of whom were afterwards raised by their talents and learning to...
Page 345 - I feel something rising in my breast," putting his hand on his left side, " which tells me so." And upon Beatty's inquiring whether his pain was very great, he replied, " So great that he wished he was dead «» Yet," said he, in a lower voice, " one would like to live a little longer too!
Page 337 - ... grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art. There were seated round the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the House of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the -world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage.