Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to Illustrate A Short History of EnglandProvides primary sources on Great Britain's history taken from works such as those by Tacitus, excerpts from Beowulf, Froissart, legal statutes, love letters, Fox's book of martyrs, diaries, personal letters etc. |
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... held Defeat of the itself within the narrow pass as a fortification , after it had ex- hausted the weapons with unerring aim upon the enemy who came a little nearer ; then suddenly the legion rushed forth in a wedge - shaped column ...
... held Defeat of the itself within the narrow pass as a fortification , after it had ex- hausted the weapons with unerring aim upon the enemy who came a little nearer ; then suddenly the legion rushed forth in a wedge - shaped column ...
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... held in the tents to complete the rest of the war . The emperor increased the forces by two thousand legionary soldiers sent from Germany , eight thousand auxiliaries , and one thousand horsemen , upon whose arrival the ninth legion was ...
... held in the tents to complete the rest of the war . The emperor increased the forces by two thousand legionary soldiers sent from Germany , eight thousand auxiliaries , and one thousand horsemen , upon whose arrival the ninth legion was ...
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... held in honor , and the toga was often seen . Gradually they fell a prey to the allurements of vice , the porticoes , the baths , the dainties of the banquet ; this in the judgment of the ignorant was called civilization , although it ...
... held in honor , and the toga was often seen . Gradually they fell a prey to the allurements of vice , the porticoes , the baths , the dainties of the banquet ; this in the judgment of the ignorant was called civilization , although it ...
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... Christianity in Roman Britain is to be found in the list of the signers of the canons adopted at the Council of Arles , in Gaul , held in A.D. 314 ; alongside 22. British Christians in A.D. 314 of the bishops of Roman Britain 31.
... Christianity in Roman Britain is to be found in the list of the signers of the canons adopted at the Council of Arles , in Gaul , held in A.D. 314 ; alongside 22. British Christians in A.D. 314 of the bishops of Roman Britain 31.
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... held Fast in the earth's embrace . Tight is the clutch Of the grave , while overhead of living men A hundred generations pass away . Long this red wall , now mossy gray , withstood , While kingdom followed kingdom in the land , Unshaken ...
... held Fast in the earth's embrace . Tight is the clutch Of the grave , while overhead of living men A hundred generations pass away . Long this red wall , now mossy gray , withstood , While kingdom followed kingdom in the land , Unshaken ...
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Page 410 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear.
Page 625 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
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Page 547 - Westminster do resolve that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen of England, France and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging, to hold the crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to them, the said prince and princess, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
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Page 499 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd.
Page 741 - It shall not be required as a condition of any child being admitted into or continuing in the school, that he shall attend or abstain from attending any Sunday school, or any place of religious worship, or that he shall attend any religious observance or any instruction in religious subjects in the school or elsewhere...