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" He shared indeed in the fierce passions of his race, and in one or two cases his wrath hurried him, or his policy beguiled him, into acts at which humanity shudders. At all stages of his life, if he was debonair to those who would do his will, he was... "
The reign of Eadward the Confessor. 2d ed., rev. 1870 - Page 169
by Edward Augustus Freeman - 1870
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The reign of Eadward the Confessor. 2d ed., rev. 1870

Edward Augustus Freeman - 1868 - 726 pages
...indeed in the fierce passions His geneof his race, and in one or two cases his wrath hurried ance an(j him, or his policy beguiled him, into acts at which...measure stern to all who withstood it.1 Yet, when we think of all that he went through, of the treachery and ingratitude which he met with on every side,...
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The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The reign of Eadward the ...

Edward Augustus Freeman - 1873 - 510 pages
...harshness than might have been looked for in so ruthless an age. He shared indeed in the fierce passions of his race, and in one or two cases his wrath hurried...measure stern to all who withstood it.1 Yet when we think of all that he went through, of the treachery and ingratitude which he met with on every side,...
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Through Normandy

Katharine Sarah Macquoid - 1874 - 592 pages
...Europe such as Normandy and its prince had never held before He shared, indeed, in the fierce passions of his race, and, in one or two cases, his wrath hurried...would do his will, he was beyond measure stern to those who withstood it. Yet, when we think of all that he went through, of the treachery and ingratitude...
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The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The reign of Eadward the ...

Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 760 pages
...for in so ruthless occasional an appc_ jje shared indeed in the fierce passions of his cruelty. _ _ _ race, and in one or two cases his wrath hurried him,...measure stern to all who withstood it.1 Yet when we think of all that he went 1 Chron. Petrib. 1087. " He wses milde )>am godum uiannum J>e God HIS GOOD...
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The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The reign of Eadward the ...

Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 758 pages
...in so ruthless occasional an a fj. e- jj es hared indeed in the fierce passions of his cruelty. ^ * race, and in one or two cases his wrath hurried him,...will, he was beyond measure stern to all who withstood it. 1 Yet when we think of all that he went through, of the treachery and ingratitude which he met...
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The Standard authors reader, arranged and annotated by the editor of 'Poetry ...

Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...harshness than might have been looked for hi so ruthless an age. He shared indeed in the fierce passions of his race, and in one or two cases his wrath hurried...will, he was beyond measure stern to all who withstood it. Yet, when we think of all that he went through, of the treachery and ingratitude which he met with...
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Feudal England: Historical Studies on the XIth and XIIt Centuries

John Horace Round - 1895 - 614 pages
...Freeman observed, paraphrasing the famous words of the English chronicle (1087), " if he was debonnair to those who would do his will, he was beyond measure stern to all who withstood it " (ii. 167). Again, speaking of his march on Exeter, the Professor insisted on the fact that " the...
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Feudal England: Historical Studies on the XIth and XIIth Centuries

John Horace Round - 1909 - 614 pages
...Freeman observed, paraphrasing the famous words of the English chronicle (1087), "if he was debonnair to those who would do his will, he was beyond measure stern to all who withstood it" (ii. 167). Again, speaking of his march on Exeter, the Professor insisted on the fact that "the...
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