Lectures on the History of EnglandMacmillan, 1879 - 582 pages |
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... sent their cavalry and chariots before , which they frequently make use of in battle , and following with the rest of their forces , endea- voured to oppose our landing ; and indeed we found the difficulty very great on many accounts ...
... sent their cavalry and chariots before , which they frequently make use of in battle , and following with the rest of their forces , endea- voured to oppose our landing ; and indeed we found the difficulty very great on many accounts ...
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... sent another great army , which really did subdue a good part of the island . One of the most celebrated British chiefs was a man named Caradoc , which the Romans lengthened out into Carac- tacus . He led his men very gallantly against ...
... sent another great army , which really did subdue a good part of the island . One of the most celebrated British chiefs was a man named Caradoc , which the Romans lengthened out into Carac- tacus . He led his men very gallantly against ...
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... sent to Britain , and the one who finally established the Roman dominion , was Agricola . We have his life , written by his own son - in - law , the great historian Tacitus , who has been . Agricola . already mentioned . He had the ...
... sent to Britain , and the one who finally established the Roman dominion , was Agricola . We have his life , written by his own son - in - law , the great historian Tacitus , who has been . Agricola . already mentioned . He had the ...
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... sent ships from a place supposed Britain an island . to have been Sandwich Haven , and they sailed on and on all round the north of Scotland , discovering the Orkney Islands , till they returned to the same place from which they had ...
... sent ships from a place supposed Britain an island . to have been Sandwich Haven , and they sailed on and on all round the north of Scotland , discovering the Orkney Islands , till they returned to the same place from which they had ...
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... sent a hollowness into the hearts of the pagans , so that ... without striking a stroke , they confusedly ran away . .. Thus a bloodless victory was gotten without sword drawn , consisting of no fight , but a fright and a flight . " 9 ...
... sent a hollowness into the hearts of the pagans , so that ... without striking a stroke , they confusedly ran away . .. Thus a bloodless victory was gotten without sword drawn , consisting of no fight , but a fright and a flight . " 9 ...
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Page 17 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 560 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Page 459 - Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Page 559 - 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 193 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear •To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honor his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity...
Page 17 - and that was far away. He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Daci.an mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday! — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire And unavenged? — Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire!
Page 225 - Praise ye him, sun, and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 469 - The place of justice is a hallowed place; and therefore not only the Bench, but the foot pace and precincts and purprise thereof ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption.
Page 456 - I know I have the body 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 549 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold ; as he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.