The annals of England: an epitome of English history [by W.E. Flaherty].: From contemporary writers, the rolls of parliament, and other public recordsJames Parker and Company, 1876 - 643 pages |
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... favour Mag- nentius . A.D. 353 . Magnentius is defeated and killed by Constantius , who thus secures the whole empire . Martinus , præfect in Britain , kills himself , having failed to stab Paulus , who had been sent to inquire into his ...
... favour Mag- nentius . A.D. 353 . Magnentius is defeated and killed by Constantius , who thus secures the whole empire . Martinus , præfect in Britain , kills himself , having failed to stab Paulus , who had been sent to inquire into his ...
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... favour ; that war is the only fitting occupation of free men ; and that the only desirable death is that on the field of battle , or its substitute suicide . Those who fell by the sword were thus marked out as the especial favourites of ...
... favour ; that war is the only fitting occupation of free men ; and that the only desirable death is that on the field of battle , or its substitute suicide . Those who fell by the sword were thus marked out as the especial favourites of ...
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... favour , but it was disregarded ; he then visited the heathen South Saxons , and converted them . length , in 687 , a portion of his diocese was restored . At A.D. 679 . Battle near the Trent between the Mercians A.D. 655-678 . ] 33 THE ...
... favour , but it was disregarded ; he then visited the heathen South Saxons , and converted them . length , in 687 , a portion of his diocese was restored . At A.D. 679 . Battle near the Trent between the Mercians A.D. 655-678 . ] 33 THE ...
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... favour in 705 , and passed the few remaining years of his life as bishop of Hexham ; dying at Oundle , in 709 , he was buried in the monastery of Ripon . Being after- wards canonized , he became a popular saint in the north of England ...
... favour in 705 , and passed the few remaining years of his life as bishop of Hexham ; dying at Oundle , in 709 , he was buried in the monastery of Ripon . Being after- wards canonized , he became a popular saint in the north of England ...
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... favour the invaders . A.D. 894 . Alfred places himself between the two armies of Northmen . The Northmen leave their forts for the purpose of passing into Essex , but are defeated at Farnham . At length they reach the Colne , and are ...
... favour the invaders . A.D. 894 . Alfred places himself between the two armies of Northmen . The Northmen leave their forts for the purpose of passing into Essex , but are defeated at Farnham . At length they reach the Colne , and are ...
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Page 314 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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Page 414 - I went to London with my wife, to celebrate Christmas-day, Mr. Gunning preaching in Exeter chapel, on Micah vii. 2. Sermon ended, as he was giving us the Holy Sacrament, the chapel was surrounded with soldiers, and all the communicants and assembly surprised and kept prisoners by them, some in the house, others carried away. It fell to my share to be confined to a...
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Page 398 - God, endeavour in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
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Page 292 - Another inscription by the same hand is — " Principium sapientie timor Domini. IHSXPS Be frend to one. Be ennemye to none. Anno D. 1571. 10 Sept. The most unhappy man in the world is he that is not patient in adversities ; For men are not killed with the adversities they have : but with ye impacience which they suffer. " Tout vient apoient, quy peult attendre. Gli sospiri ne son testimoni veri dell