Charles Knight's school history of England, abridged from the Popular history of England. [With] Questions, Volume 11865 |
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... sent home by the islanders . Caligula hastily resolved -- aban- doning the war which he was carrying on in Germany - upon a causeless invasion of Britain . He marched his legions to Boulogne ; he embarked in a stately galley ; and ...
... sent home by the islanders . Caligula hastily resolved -- aban- doning the war which he was carrying on in Germany - upon a causeless invasion of Britain . He marched his legions to Boulogne ; he embarked in a stately galley ; and ...
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... sent back to her father . We find in one of the MSS . of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle the following entry : " Alfred his third [ fourth ] son , he had sent to Rome ; and when Pope Leo heard say that Ethelwulf was dead , he consecrated ...
... sent back to her father . We find in one of the MSS . of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle the following entry : " Alfred his third [ fourth ] son , he had sent to Rome ; and when Pope Leo heard say that Ethelwulf was dead , he consecrated ...
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... sent a bishop with bounteous gifts to the Syrian Christians in India . The overland journey to the coasts of Malabar was not an easy under- taking in those days . But amidst all this work he had time for his books . He translated ...
... sent a bishop with bounteous gifts to the Syrian Christians in India . The overland journey to the coasts of Malabar was not an easy under- taking in those days . But amidst all this work he had time for his books . He translated ...
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... sent to the king of Sweden , with such inti- mation of the usurper's wishes as an unscrupulous prince would have readily acted upon . But the king of Sweden removed them to a safe asylum in Hungary . The children grew to manhood ; and ...
... sent to the king of Sweden , with such inti- mation of the usurper's wishes as an unscrupulous prince would have readily acted upon . But the king of Sweden removed them to a safe asylum in Hungary . The children grew to manhood ; and ...
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... sent to Bruges to conduct him and his mother to the king- dom ; and the ships which Hardicanute had intended for a hostile descent bore him to the Thames for a peaceful coronation . There were some proscriptions ; and there was ...
... sent to Bruges to conduct him and his mother to the king- dom ; and the ships which Hardicanute had intended for a hostile descent bore him to the Thames for a peaceful coronation . There were some proscriptions ; and there was ...
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Page 181 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 380 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 476 - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts...
Page 688 - ENACTED, that, On every Such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information...
Page 431 - ... heirs of the body of Her Majesty; and for default of such issue to Her Royal Highness the princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body...
Page 615 - I call upon the honour of your Lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 661 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Page 237 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 661 - Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 620 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?