School History of EnglandA.S. Barnes and Burr, 1862 - 456 pages |
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... gave at least such increased interest in the subject of the work , as may add to its value , especially in the eyes of those who prize a book written con amore . In the brief account of the war in the Crimea , I would acknow- ledge most ...
... gave at least such increased interest in the subject of the work , as may add to its value , especially in the eyes of those who prize a book written con amore . In the brief account of the war in the Crimea , I would acknow- ledge most ...
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... gave orders to sail further along the coast , to a place where the shore was less abrupt . The Britons , with their war- chariots and horses , flew to the spot , determined if possible to prevent his landing anywhere . The Roman fleet ...
... gave orders to sail further along the coast , to a place where the shore was less abrupt . The Britons , with their war- chariots and horses , flew to the spot , determined if possible to prevent his landing anywhere . The Roman fleet ...
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... gave place to houses of brick and stone . The ground was better cultivated , and grain became a plentiful article of export . Long before the Romans came to the island , a trade in tin had been carried on with distant nations , but now ...
... gave place to houses of brick and stone . The ground was better cultivated , and grain became a plentiful article of export . Long before the Romans came to the island , a trade in tin had been carried on with distant nations , but now ...
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... gave shape to their vessels . They had long been the terror of the sea - coast of Europe , and you may be sure a fiercer set of pirates never turned their prows towards England than the Danish sea - kings of the ninth century . Great ...
... gave shape to their vessels . They had long been the terror of the sea - coast of Europe , and you may be sure a fiercer set of pirates never turned their prows towards England than the Danish sea - kings of the ninth century . Great ...
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... gave up the prize which was to be won at such a cost , but Alfred sought a teacher , learned to read Anglo- Saxon , and was rewarded with the book . Years had passed by since the anointing oil had been poured by the pope upon Alfred's ...
... gave up the prize which was to be won at such a cost , but Alfred sought a teacher , learned to read Anglo- Saxon , and was rewarded with the book . Years had passed by since the anointing oil had been poured by the pope upon Alfred's ...
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Page 216 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 455 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 330 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 415 - On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.
Page 410 - Right through the line they broke ; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred.
Page 339 - 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 183 - Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife and carnage drear Of Flodden's fatal field, Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear And broken was her shield ! XXXV Day dawns upon the mountain's side.
Page 204 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 374 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Page 241 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king...