A Short History of England: For School UseMacmillan, 1901 - 424 pages |
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... Scone , seated on the Stone of Destiny . This was simply a rough block of com- mon limestone , but the belief was that it was the stone which served Jacob as a pillow , when in a dream he saw the ladder and the angels . Upon it the ...
... Scone , seated on the Stone of Destiny . This was simply a rough block of com- mon limestone , but the belief was that it was the stone which served Jacob as a pillow , when in a dream he saw the ladder and the angels . Upon it the ...
Page 101
... Stone of Scone . It was onation chair of the kings of ill remains . 1lace . - Edward meant to rule S 1 justly , but the men that he l behaved with such harshness that aded into rebellion . A leader n Wallace , a Lowland knight , n to ...
... Stone of Scone . It was onation chair of the kings of ill remains . 1lace . - Edward meant to rule S 1 justly , but the men that he l behaved with such harshness that aded into rebellion . A leader n Wallace , a Lowland knight , n to ...
Page 104
... Scone he assumed the crown , although the sacred stone was gone . But the tide now turned in favor of the English . Many of Bruce's followers were killed , his wife and daughter were flung into prison , and the Countess of Buchan , who ...
... Scone he assumed the crown , although the sacred stone was gone . But the tide now turned in favor of the English . Many of Bruce's followers were killed , his wife and daughter were flung into prison , and the Countess of Buchan , who ...
Page 105
... Stone of Scone ? Why did Edward make war on Balliol ? Describe the battle of Falkirk . - Special Topics The Great Charter . Life of Edward before he came to the throne . William Wallace . CHAPTER VI THE FRENCH WARS " Am I a king The ...
... Stone of Scone ? Why did Edward make war on Balliol ? Describe the battle of Falkirk . - Special Topics The Great Charter . Life of Edward before he came to the throne . William Wallace . CHAPTER VI THE FRENCH WARS " Am I a king The ...
Page 250
... Stone of Destiny , only it was at Westminster , not at Scone . The new king was the son of Mary Stuart and the hapless Darnley , and he was only a few months old when the Scottish nobles , having deposed his mother , 250 CHAPTER XI THE ...
... Stone of Destiny , only it was at Westminster , not at Scone . The new king was the son of Mary Stuart and the hapless Darnley , and he was only a few months old when the Scottish nobles , having deposed his mother , 250 CHAPTER XI THE ...
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Page 216 - 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 85 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 218 - With all the virtues that attend the good, Shall still be doubled on her : truth shall nurse her, Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her : She shall be loved and fear'd : her own shall bless her ; Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow : good grows with her.
Page 289 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 194 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 361 - When France in wrath her giant-limbs upreared, And with that oath, which smote air, earth, and sea, Stamped her strong foot and said she would be free, Bear witness for me, how I hoped and feared!
Page 409 - Stay ; we have on our hands a sick man — a very sick man : it will be, I tell you frankly, a great misfortune if, one of these days, he should slip away from us, especially before all necessary arrangements were made.
Page 235 - 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...
Page 287 - Give them consistency of judgment, one heart, and mutual love ; and go on to deliver them, and with the work of reformation ; and make the Name of Christ glorious in the world. Teach those who look too much on Thy instruments, to depend more upon Thyself.
Page 36 - No, by the splendour of God — have I fought men Like Harold and his brethren, and his guard Of English. Every man about his king Fell where he stood. They loved him : and, pray God My Normans may but move as true with me To the door of death. Of one self-stock at first, Make them again one people — Norman, English ; And English, Norman ; — we should have a hand To grasp the world with, and a foot to stamp it ... Flat.