Harold, the last of the Saxon kings, by the author of 'Rienzi'. |
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Page 234 - and they swore oaths," says the graphic old chronicler, "and delivered hostages to the king and the earl that they would be faithful to him in all things, and be everywhere ready for him, by water and by land, and make such renders from the land as had been done before to any other king.
Page 19 - So it is, and so shall it be, till at last, ' the silver cord is loosened, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it.