The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt, by C. MacFarlane and T. Thomson. Continued to signing of the treaty of San Stefano, Volume 1 |
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... force , however , as will be seen , could never make itself available ; and hence , mainly , arose the reverses of the campaign . At ten o'clock on a morning in autumn ( Hal- ley the astronomer , in a paper in the Philosophi- cal ...
... force , however , as will be seen , could never make itself available ; and hence , mainly , arose the reverses of the campaign . At ten o'clock on a morning in autumn ( Hal- ley the astronomer , in a paper in the Philosophi- cal ...
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... force , or surround- ing and cutting off their retreat , and starving them , they should prevent all future invasions . The chiefs in the camp having previously held secret consultations among themselves , retired , by degrees , from ...
... force , or surround- ing and cutting off their retreat , and starving them , they should prevent all future invasions . The chiefs in the camp having previously held secret consultations among themselves , retired , by degrees , from ...
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... force that had suffered so much the preceding campaign in the corn - field ) carried it , by means of a mound of ... forces when in retreat ; that even his cavalry could not engage without | to 22 [ CIVIL AND MILITARY . HISTORY OF ...
... force that had suffered so much the preceding campaign in the corn - field ) carried it , by means of a mound of ... forces when in retreat ; that even his cavalry could not engage without | to 22 [ CIVIL AND MILITARY . HISTORY OF ...
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... force . These severe contests had not brought Cęsar far into the interior of the island ; but now he followed up Cassivellaunus , who retired , for the defence of his own kingdom , beyond the Thames . March- ing through Kent aud a part ...
... force . These severe contests had not brought Cęsar far into the interior of the island ; but now he followed up Cassivellaunus , who retired , for the defence of his own kingdom , beyond the Thames . March- ing through Kent aud a part ...
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... force , his success was doubtful . Continual Plan of BRITISH CAMP on Coxal Knoll . From Roy's Military and most harassing attacks and surprises fol- Antiquities . Frontinus . lowed , till at length Ostorius , the victor of Carac- ment ...
... force , his success was doubtful . Continual Plan of BRITISH CAMP on Coxal Knoll . From Roy's Military and most harassing attacks and surprises fol- Antiquities . Frontinus . lowed , till at length Ostorius , the victor of Carac- ment ...
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Page 141 - LET Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betrayed her ; When Malachi wore the collar of gold Which he won from her proud invader ; When her kings with standard of green unfurled Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger, Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger.
Page 363 - To rise at five, to dine at nine, To sup at five, to sleep at nine. The famous king Petosiris's magic was different...
Page 483 - ... clergy and laity, is rendered, as it were, the common jest of both ! The jewel of the church is turned into the sport of the people, and what was hitherto the principal gift of the clergy and divines, is made for ever common to the laity.
Page 107 - And now, therefore, be it known to you all, that I have dedicated my life to God, to govern my kingdoms with justice, and to observe the right in all things. If...
Page 228 - At the same time they conciliated the English people of the north by a strong appeal to the local superstitions — they invoked the names of the saints of Saxon race whom they had been wont to treat with little respect; and the popular banners of St. Cuthbert of Durham (or, according to some, of St. Peter of York), St. John of Beverley, and St. Wilfrid of...
Page 401 - that he had been invited to York to marry the princess of England, not to treat of affairs of state : and that he could not take a step so important without the knowledge and approbation of his parliament.
Page 260 - Henry, king of England, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and earl of Anjou, to all his liegemen, English, Norman, Welsh and Scotch, and to all the nations under his dominion, sends greeting.
Page 198 - England," said the dying monarch, " I bequeath it to no one, as I did not receive it, like the duchy of Normandy, in inheritance from my father, but acquired it by conquest and the shedding of blood with mine own good sword. The succession to that kingdom I therefore leave to the decision of God, only desiring most fervently that my son William, who hath ever been dutiful to me, may obtain it, and prosper in it.
Page 136 - The clergy, contented with a very slight degree of learning, could scarcely stammer out the words of the sacraments ; and a person who understood grammar, was an object of wonder and astonishment. The monks mocked the rule of their order by fine vestments, and the use of every kind of food. The nobility, given up to luxury and wantonness, went not to church in the morning after the manner of Christians, but merely, in a careless manner, heard matins and masses from a hurrying priest in their chambers,...
Page 52 - Britons however stain themselves with woad (ae vitro injiciunl), which makes them of a blue tinge, and gives them a more fearful appearance in battle : they also wear their hair long, and shave every part of the body except the head and the upper lip. Every ten or twelve of them have their wives in common, especially brothers with brothers and parents with children ; but if any children are born they are accounted the children of those by whom first each virgin was espoused.