The chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon. Also, The acts of Stephen, king of England, Tr. and ed. by T. Forester |
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... reign of Henry I. , was given to the world soon after that king's death in 1135. Thirteen years afterwards Hunt- ingdon continued his History to the period of the death of Bishop Alexander , the thirteenth year of Stephen's reign , A.D. ...
... reign of Henry I. , was given to the world soon after that king's death in 1135. Thirteen years afterwards Hunt- ingdon continued his History to the period of the death of Bishop Alexander , the thirteenth year of Stephen's reign , A.D. ...
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... reign has now lasted thirty - five years " and quotes a prediction that it would not last two years longer , which was singularly veri- fied , as Henry I. died in the month of December of that same year 1135. Huntingdon , indeed , in a ...
... reign has now lasted thirty - five years " and quotes a prediction that it would not last two years longer , which was singularly veri- fied , as Henry I. died in the month of December of that same year 1135. Huntingdon , indeed , in a ...
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... reign of William II . , although additional matter is frequently introduced . But the latter part of the seventh , and the whole of the eighth Book , containing the reigns of Henry I. and Stephen , are more valuable , the author having ...
... reign of William II . , although additional matter is frequently introduced . But the latter part of the seventh , and the whole of the eighth Book , containing the reigns of Henry I. and Stephen , are more valuable , the author having ...
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... reign will be found recorded by two different au- thors . They should be read in connection with William of Malmesbury's " Modern History , " which embraces the same period . " Taken together , " as Dr. Sewell observes , they constitute ...
... reign will be found recorded by two different au- thors . They should be read in connection with William of Malmesbury's " Modern History , " which embraces the same period . " Taken together , " as Dr. Sewell observes , they constitute ...
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... reign and even barbarous peoples , that in some instances their kings spontaneously came to Rome to do him homage ... reigns of Augustus and Tiberius . It would be a bootless task to correct all Henry of Huntingdon's errors and ...
... reign and even barbarous peoples , that in some instances their kings spontaneously came to Rome to do him homage ... reigns of Augustus and Tiberius . It would be a bootless task to correct all Henry of Huntingdon's errors and ...
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Page 77 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 189 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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Page 89 - I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm ; but after a short space of fair weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contains something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed.
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