A Book of Prose NarrativesChauncey Wetmore Wells Ginn, 1914 - 301 pages |
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... England great commotions among the lower ranks of the people , by which England was near ruined without resource . Never was a country in such jeopardy as this was at that period , and all through the too great comfort of the commonalty ...
... England great commotions among the lower ranks of the people , by which England was near ruined without resource . Never was a country in such jeopardy as this was at that period , and all through the too great comfort of the commonalty ...
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... England , as well as in several other coun- tries , for the nobility to have great privileges over the common- alty , whom they keep in bondage ; that is to say , they are bound by law and custom to plough the lands of gentlemen , to ...
... England , as well as in several other coun- tries , for the nobility to have great privileges over the common- alty , whom they keep in bondage ; that is to say , they are bound by law and custom to plough the lands of gentlemen , to ...
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... England . These promises stirred up those in the counties of Kent , Essex , Sussex , and Bedford , and the adjoining country , so that they marched towards London ; and , when they arrived near , they were upwards of sixty thousand ...
... England . These promises stirred up those in the counties of Kent , Essex , Sussex , and Bedford , and the adjoining country , so that they marched towards London ; and , when they arrived near , they were upwards of sixty thousand ...
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... England . At Canterbury they met John Ball ( who thought he should find there the archbishop , but he was at London ) , Wat Tyler , and Jack Straw . On their entrance into Canterbury they were much feasted by every one , for the ...
... England . At Canterbury they met John Ball ( who thought he should find there the archbishop , but he was at London ) , Wat Tyler , and Jack Straw . On their entrance into Canterbury they were much feasted by every one , for the ...
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... England has had this piece of furniture very cheap : he must now give us an account of the revenues of Eng- land , and of the large sums he has levied since the coronation of the king . " After they had defrauded the abbey of St ...
... England has had this piece of furniture very cheap : he must now give us an account of the revenues of Eng- land , and of the large sums he has levied since the coronation of the king . " After they had defrauded the abbey of St ...
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Page 261 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 5 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalam.
Page 5 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
Page 3 - Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians...
Page 12 - As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day?
Page 8 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him, Elijah casts his mantle upon Elisha.
Page 214 - Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was...
Page 244 - If she lived, doubtless we must have been sometimes in search of each other, at the very same moment, through the mighty labyrinths of London ; perhaps even within a few feet of each other — a barrier no wider in a London street, often amounting in the end to a separation for eternity...
Page 210 - At length, a fresh difference arising between my brother and me, I took upon me to assert my freedom, presuming that he would not venture to produce the new indentures. It was not fair in me to take this advantage, and this I therefore reckon one of the first errata of my life...
Page 8 - Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake In pieces the rocks before the Lord : but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake : " And after the earthquake a .fire : but the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.