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... execution of his design . Em- barking his army during the night , he arrived the next morning on the coast near Dover , where he beheld the rocks and cliffs covered with men to oppose his landing . The naked and ill - armed Britons made ...
... execution of his design . Em- barking his army during the night , he arrived the next morning on the coast near Dover , where he beheld the rocks and cliffs covered with men to oppose his landing . The naked and ill - armed Britons made ...
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... executed ; and the Danes , who by a solemn treaty had been permitted to inhabit England , were shame- fully and barbarously murdered . ( A. D. 1013. ) This treachery did not long remain unpunished . Sweyn , king of Denmark , suddenly ...
... executed ; and the Danes , who by a solemn treaty had been permitted to inhabit England , were shame- fully and barbarously murdered . ( A. D. 1013. ) This treachery did not long remain unpunished . Sweyn , king of Denmark , suddenly ...
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... executed . Thanes , viz . servants , were officers of the crown , whom the king recompensed with lands . The Thanes were succeeded by the Barons , a title brought in by the Normans . Ceorl ( whence our word Churl ) was a freeholder and ...
... executed . Thanes , viz . servants , were officers of the crown , whom the king recompensed with lands . The Thanes were succeeded by the Barons , a title brought in by the Normans . Ceorl ( whence our word Churl ) was a freeholder and ...
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... executed commonly at Smithfield . But the rigour of the Norman government and the licen- tiousness of part of the nobles proved ultimately favour- able to general liberty . The defect of the Norman title induced their kings to listen to ...
... executed commonly at Smithfield . But the rigour of the Norman government and the licen- tiousness of part of the nobles proved ultimately favour- able to general liberty . The defect of the Norman title induced their kings to listen to ...
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... execute me . I am in your power ; but I shall endure the most severe torments with pleasure , since Heaven has afforded me the means of avenging my family . " Struck with the boldness of the reply , and humbled by his approaching ...
... execute me . I am in your power ; but I shall endure the most severe torments with pleasure , since Heaven has afforded me the means of avenging my family . " Struck with the boldness of the reply , and humbled by his approaching ...
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Page 349 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Page 344 - Can the pope or cardinals, or any body of men, or any individual of the church of Rome, absolve or dispense with his majesty's subjects, from their oath of allegiance, upon any pretext whatsover ? 3.
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Page 372 - The king thinks it necessary, in consequence of the arrival of the queen, to communicate to the House of Lords certain papers respecting the conduct of her majesty since her departure from this kingdom, which he recommends to the immediate and serious attention of this House.
Page 181 - Kingston, had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 356 - You will consider whether the removal of those disabilities can be effected consistently with the full and permanent security of our establishments in church and state, with the maintenance of the reformed religion established by law, and of the rights and privileges of the bishops and of the clergy of this realm, and of the churches committed to their charge.
Page 353 - Does not a tremendous organization extend over the whole island ? Have not all the natural bonds by which men are tied together been broken and burst asunder ? Are not all the relations of society, which exist elsewhere, gone ? Has not property lost its influence? has not rank been stripped of the respect which should belong to it ? and has not an internal government grown up, which, gradually superseding the legitimate authorities, has armed itself with a complete domination ? Is it nothing that...
Page 227 - 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 ! And thy head too they will cut off at last ! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them...
Page 231 - 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.
Page 77 - Lord's day; by which, in process of time, he had made so great an impression upon their minds, that they abandoned that wicked trade, and set an example to all the rest of England to do the same.