Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text-books of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1832Charles William Colby |
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... King of England , and his rebellious brother , Tostig , aided by the Norwegians under their heroic king , Harold Har- drada . All three commanders were present in person and shared the danger along with their troops . Harold Godwinson ...
... King of England , and his rebellious brother , Tostig , aided by the Norwegians under their heroic king , Harold Har- drada . All three commanders were present in person and shared the danger along with their troops . Harold Godwinson ...
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... king , 1 arrived in Britain with three long ships , and had a place assigned them to reside in by the same king in the eastern part of the island , that they might thus appear to be fighting for their country , whilst their real in ...
... king , 1 arrived in Britain with three long ships , and had a place assigned them to reside in by the same king in the eastern part of the island , that they might thus appear to be fighting for their country , whilst their real in ...
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... king of Kent ; he had extended his dominions as far as the great river Humber , by which the southern Saxons are divided from the northern . On the east of Kent is the large Isle of Thanet , containing , accord- ing to the English way ...
... king of Kent ; he had extended his dominions as far as the great river Humber , by which the southern Saxons are divided from the northern . On the east of Kent is the large Isle of Thanet , containing , accord- ing to the English way ...
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... king's commands , and preached to him and his attendants there present the word of life , the king answered thus : " Your words and promises are very fair , but as they are new to us , and of uncertain import , I cannot approve of them ...
... king's commands , and preached to him and his attendants there present the word of life , the king answered thus : " Your words and promises are very fair , but as they are new to us , and of uncertain import , I cannot approve of them ...
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... Kings reign by her aid , and lawgivers decree justice . By her princes rule and the powerful decree justice . Happy are they who keep her ways , and happy are they who watch at her gates daily . " O Lord King , exhort the youths who are ...
... Kings reign by her aid , and lawgivers decree justice . By her princes rule and the powerful decree justice . Happy are they who keep her ways , and happy are they who watch at her gates daily . " O Lord King , exhort the youths who are ...
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Page 153 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Page 159 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Page 158 - 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.
Page 260 - It is the love of the people, it is their attachment to their Government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.
Page 259 - Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But, until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price, of which you have the monopoly. This is the true act of navigation, which binds to you the commerce of the colonies, and through them secures to you the wealth of the world.
Page 42 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 206 - Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City.
Page 74 - No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseized, or outlawed, or exiled, or any wise destroyed; nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, but by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. To none will we sell, to none will we deny or delay, right or justice.
Page 207 - Having staid, and in an hour's time seen the fire rage every way ; and nobody, to my sight, endeavouring to quench it, but to remove their goods, and leave all to the fire...
Page 162 - And though you have had and may have many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will love you better.