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... fought , in which 80,000 Britons are said to have been killed . Boadicea , who had led them to battle , swal- lowed poison rather than adorn a Roman triumph . Suetonius , following up his successes with too great severity , was recalled ...
... fought , in which 80,000 Britons are said to have been killed . Boadicea , who had led them to battle , swal- lowed poison rather than adorn a Roman triumph . Suetonius , following up his successes with too great severity , was recalled ...
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... fought near the Derwent , between the brothers , which the old chroniclers describe as the bloodiest in the annals of England . The result was the defeat and death of Tostig and Hardrada . But there was no time for triumph : William ...
... fought near the Derwent , between the brothers , which the old chroniclers describe as the bloodiest in the annals of England . The result was the defeat and death of Tostig and Hardrada . But there was no time for triumph : William ...
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... fought against the Moors , his character and feats giving rise to much ballad and epic poetry ( 1099 ;. A great impulse was given to architecture ; clocks with wheels were first made ; musical notes were invented , and windmills were ...
... fought against the Moors , his character and feats giving rise to much ballad and epic poetry ( 1099 ;. A great impulse was given to architecture ; clocks with wheels were first made ; musical notes were invented , and windmills were ...
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... fought at Tinchebrai ( 1105 ) , in which Robert and his principal 1 In the earlier portion of the history , " English " is equivalent to " Anglo - Saxon , " as dis- tinguished from the old " Britons " and the " Normans . " A.D. 1120 ...
... fought at Tinchebrai ( 1105 ) , in which Robert and his principal 1 In the earlier portion of the history , " English " is equivalent to " Anglo - Saxon , " as dis- tinguished from the old " Britons " and the " Normans . " A.D. 1120 ...
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... fought and lost a tremendous battle , called The Battle of the Standard , —a tall cross borne in a waggon , being the standard under which Stephen's party fought ( 1138 ) . At the battle of Lincoln , how- ever ( 1141 ) , the Earl of ...
... fought and lost a tremendous battle , called The Battle of the Standard , —a tall cross borne in a waggon , being the standard under which Stephen's party fought ( 1138 ) . At the battle of Lincoln , how- ever ( 1141 ) , the Earl of ...
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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...