A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 1A. and W. Galignani and Company, 1840 |
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... present volumes . To render them more deserving of the public approbation , I did not hesitate , at the commercement of iny labours , to impose on myself a severe obligatiou , from which I am not conscious of having on any occasion ...
... present volumes . To render them more deserving of the public approbation , I did not hesitate , at the commercement of iny labours , to impose on myself a severe obligatiou , from which I am not conscious of having on any occasion ...
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... present . A general assault was soon made on the Roman camp ; and , though it proved unsuc- cessful , it taught Cæsar to reflect on the evident danger of his situation , if the inclemency of the weather should interrupt his com ...
... present . A general assault was soon made on the Roman camp ; and , though it proved unsuc- cessful , it taught Cæsar to reflect on the evident danger of his situation , if the inclemency of the weather should interrupt his com ...
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... present town of St. Alban's . It was surrounded by a rampart and a ditch , and covered on every side by extensive marshes and forests . Even Cæsar admired the judgment with which the position had been selected , and the art with which ...
... present town of St. Alban's . It was surrounded by a rampart and a ditch , and covered on every side by extensive marshes and forests . Even Cæsar admired the judgment with which the position had been selected , and the art with which ...
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... present counties of Hampshire and Wilts ; and the Damnonii , who , from the river Ex , had gradually extended themselves to the western promontory . Across the arm of the sea , now called the Bristol Channel , the most powerful was the ...
... present counties of Hampshire and Wilts ; and the Damnonii , who , from the river Ex , had gradually extended themselves to the western promontory . Across the arm of the sea , now called the Bristol Channel , the most powerful was the ...
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... present appellation , " the Scilly isles . " Nine out of the ten were inhabited and the natives are described as a peaceful and indus- trious race , much addicted to habits of religious worship and divi- nation . They wore long tunics ...
... present appellation , " the Scilly isles . " Nine out of the ten were inhabited and the natives are described as a peaceful and indus- trious race , much addicted to habits of religious worship and divi- nation . They wore long tunics ...
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Page 400 - the cowards who eat my bread, is there not one who " will free me from this turbulent priest...
Page 287 - who bade the most. Nor did he reck how sinfully his reeves got " money of poor men, or how many unlawful things they did. For ' ' the more men talked of right law, the more they did against the
Page 286 - Gloucester. And then were with him all the rich men over all England ; archbishops and diocesan bishops, abbots and earls, thanes and knights.
Page 286 - good for aught, might travel over the kingdom with his bosom " full of gold without molestation : and no man durst slay another " man, though he had suffered never so mickle evil from the other.
Page 1 - Caesar, in the short space of three years, had conducted his victorious legions from the foot of the Alps to the mouth of the Rhine. From the coast of the Morini he could descry the white cliffs of the neighbouring island : and the conqueror of Gaul aspired to the glory of adding Britain to the dominions of Rome. The inability or refusal of the Gallic mariners to acquaint him with the number of the inhabitants, their manner of warfare, and their political institutions; and the prudence or timidity...
Page 227 - The principal members seem to have been the spiritual and temporal thanes, who held immediately of the crown, and who could command the services of military vassals. It was necessary that the King should obtain the assent of these to all legislative enactments ; because without their acquiescence and support it was impossible to carry them into execution. To many charters we have the signatures of the witan. They seldom exceed thirty in number ; they never amount to sixty.
Page 387 - Concerning appeals, if any shall arise, they ought to proceed from the archdeacon to the bishop, and from the bishop to the archbishop : and, if the archbishop...
Page 401 - The archbishop, feeling the blood trickle down his face, joined his hands and bowed his head, saying, ' In the name of Christ, and for the defence of his Church, I am ready to die.
Page 211 - Thus ended this memorable and fatal battle. On the side of the victors almost sixty thousand men had been engaged, and more than one-fourth were left on the field. The number of the vanquished, and the amount of their loss, are unknown. By the vanity of the Norman historians the English army has been exaggerated beyond the limits of credibility : by that of the native writers it has been reduced to a handful of resolute warriors t : but both agree that with Harold and his brothers perished all the...
Page 212 - Saxon king to be buried on the beach, adding, with a sneer, ' He guarded the coast while he lived, let him continue to guard it now he is dead.