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... History of the English Church was virtually a history of England brought down to the date of its completion , and based upon inquiries made with the true spirit of a histo- rian . Bede did not doubt reported miracles ; and that part of ...
... History of the English Church was virtually a history of England brought down to the date of its completion , and based upon inquiries made with the true spirit of a histo- rian . Bede did not doubt reported miracles ; and that part of ...
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... History , " or History of England , trans- lated into English without any of the added information with which it could have been enriched . Perhaps a reverence for Bede's work caused Alfred to present it to his countrymen without change ...
... History , " or History of England , trans- lated into English without any of the added information with which it could have been enriched . Perhaps a reverence for Bede's work caused Alfred to present it to his countrymen without change ...
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... history . King Alfred , in giving a free translation of it to his people , cleared the book of church controversy , omitted , altered , and added , with the sole purpose of producing a good summary of general history and geography ...
... history . King Alfred , in giving a free translation of it to his people , cleared the book of church controversy , omitted , altered , and added , with the sole purpose of producing a good summary of general history and geography ...
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... history , the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , was established in King Alfred's time , and continued to be written , year by year , until almost a century after the Norman Conquest . With this work , representing both prose and poetry , the ...
... history , the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , was established in King Alfred's time , and continued to be written , year by year , until almost a century after the Norman Conquest . With this work , representing both prose and poetry , the ...
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... history than Orosius could fur- nish . The framer of such a history might begin with Adam , and cause any short sketch of the history of the world from the creation to be copied , or a larger history to be reduced in scale . As he ...
... history than Orosius could fur- nish . The framer of such a history might begin with Adam , and cause any short sketch of the history of the world from the creation to be copied , or a larger history to be reduced in scale . As he ...
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Page 384 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 473 - The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
Page 322 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 519 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 330 - Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Page 356 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 527 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease...
Page 268 - The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster...
Page 288 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime, When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Page 564 - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, of York, Mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by Pyrates. Written by himself.