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... began under Henry vi . ( 1453 ) . They brought about the destruction of the power of the nobles , and with it , of the feudal system . With Henry VII.'s reign begins what is properly called " Modern History , " [ This Epoch is ...
... began under Henry vi . ( 1453 ) . They brought about the destruction of the power of the nobles , and with it , of the feudal system . With Henry VII.'s reign begins what is properly called " Modern History , " [ This Epoch is ...
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... began hostilities in winter , when the Saxons were unprepared , and thus completed their discomfiture . Alfred sought safety in concealment , and took refuge in the swamps of Somersetshire , near the confluence of the Thone and Parret ...
... began hostilities in winter , when the Saxons were unprepared , and thus completed their discomfiture . Alfred sought safety in concealment , and took refuge in the swamps of Somersetshire , near the confluence of the Thone and Parret ...
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... began by building strong castles for the defence of the coast , and by forming a powerful navy . To facilitate the administration of justice , he divided England into shires ; these again were subdivided into hundreds and tith- ings ...
... began by building strong castles for the defence of the coast , and by forming a powerful navy . To facilitate the administration of justice , he divided England into shires ; these again were subdivided into hundreds and tith- ings ...
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... began to be felt abroad . The first treaty with France was made in his reign . One sister married Charles III . , king of France ; another , Hugues le Grand , father of the founder of the Capet dynasty ; and a third , Otho the Great ...
... began to be felt abroad . The first treaty with France was made in his reign . One sister married Charles III . , king of France ; another , Hugues le Grand , father of the founder of the Capet dynasty ; and a third , Otho the Great ...
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... began on the festival of St. Brice . Amongst the Edmund Ironside Edwy Alfred Edward the Confessor . victims was the sister of the king of Denmark . The terrible reprisals that ere long fol- lowed resulted in the flight of Ethelred with ...
... began on the festival of St. Brice . Amongst the Edmund Ironside Edwy Alfred Edward the Confessor . victims was the sister of the king of Denmark . The terrible reprisals that ere long fol- lowed resulted in the flight of Ethelred with ...
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Page 65 - No matter where; of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs ; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
Page 66 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
Page 73 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 73 - Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Page 147 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Page 74 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 73 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it...
Page 113 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 110 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 112 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let 's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught th.ee ; Say, Wolsey,— that once trod the ways of...