History of England: From the earliest times to the death of Henry VII. By F. York Powell, M.A. 1906Longmans, Green, and Company, 1906 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 57
Página 2
... Ireland . 2. About 500 B.C. the KELTS , an Aryan people coming from the East , who had already conquered great The Britons . part of Iberia ( Spain ) and Liguria ( France ) from the brethren of the people of Albion , sent colonies into ...
... Ireland . 2. About 500 B.C. the KELTS , an Aryan people coming from the East , who had already conquered great The Britons . part of Iberia ( Spain ) and Liguria ( France ) from the brethren of the people of Albion , sent colonies into ...
Página 4
... Ireland later , much merry - making ( games , horse - racing , recital of poetry , and so on ) took place . In character the Britons were , in the main , like their descendants , brave to recklessness , open - handed , polite , fond of ...
... Ireland later , much merry - making ( games , horse - racing , recital of poetry , and so on ) took place . In character the Britons were , in the main , like their descendants , brave to recklessness , open - handed , polite , fond of ...
Página 7
... Ireland , But the work this good and wise man had most at heart was the civilization of the Britons . He tried to persuade the gentle- men to take up Roman ways , and let their sons be taught Roman knowledge ; and so much had he gained ...
... Ireland , But the work this good and wise man had most at heart was the civilization of the Britons . He tried to persuade the gentle- men to take up Roman ways , and let their sons be taught Roman knowledge ; and so much had he gained ...
Página 9
... Ireland . How these converts in their turn spread the Christian faith among us English will be told later on . Meanwhile the heavy debt we owe the British Church should make us pass lightly over the later days of its sway in Roman ...
... Ireland . How these converts in their turn spread the Christian faith among us English will be told later on . Meanwhile the heavy debt we owe the British Church should make us pass lightly over the later days of its sway in Roman ...
Página 13
... Ireland to Salisbury Plain to stand as a memorial over the murdered nobles . The wicked Vortigern , spurning the warnings of S. Germanus , the Gallic missionary Bishop of Auxerre , who rebuked him for his sins , was at last de- stroyed ...
... Ireland to Salisbury Plain to stand as a memorial over the murdered nobles . The wicked Vortigern , spurning the warnings of S. Germanus , the Gallic missionary Bishop of Auxerre , who rebuked him for his sins , was at last de- stroyed ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ælfred Archbishop archers arms army Arundel attack barons battle Bishop Brittany brother brought Burgundy Calais called castle Charles charters Church clergy Council court crown Danes daughter death Despenser died Duke Duke of Brittany Earl Earl of March Edward Edward III Emperor England English king father fell fight Flanders fled fleet foes France friends Gascony gave give Gloucester held Henry Henry II Henry's Hubert Ireland Irish Joan John John of Gaunt Justiciar Kent King of Scots king's kingdom knights Lancaster land Lollards London Lord Louis March Margaret married minster monks nobles Norman Normandy Parliament peace Philip Poitou Pope Prince Prince of Wales prisoner promised queen realm reign Richard Robert royal rule Salisbury Scotland Scots Scottish sent ships Simon slain soldiers soon Thomas thou took town traitor Wales Warwick Welsh West Saxon Westminster William Winchester York
Pasajes populares
Página 368 - ROAMING in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, And the vast all that is call'd Evil I saw hastening to merge itself and become lost and dead.
Página 307 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Página 213 - Crown, shall be void and of no avail or force whatever ; but the matters which are to be established for the estate of our lord the King and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliaments, by our lord the King, and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm ; according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Página 83 - However a man tilled, the earth bare no corn ; for the land was all fordone by such deeds : and they said openly that Christ and his saints slept Such and more than we can say, we endured nineteen winters for our sins.
Página 284 - Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester, and the king promised that the power of the Estates should not again be given to a small Board.
Página 82 - ... every powerful man made his castles, and held them against him ; and they filled the land full of castles. They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men.
Página 320 - And my lord of Winchester (bishop), and my lord of St. John of Jerusalem, were with him the morrow after Twelfth day, and he did speak to them as well as ever he did, and when they came out they wept for joy. And he saith he is in charity with all the world, and so he would all the lords were.
Página 353 - Castile rode upon a sorrelled hobby, which the king gave unto him ; his apparel was all black, a gown of black velvet, a black hood, a black hat, and his horse-harness of black velvet.
Página 271 - Of wood-craft well could he all the usage. Upon his arm he bare a gay bracer, And by his side a sword and a...
Página 368 - Behold his dejection, poverty, death. (Curious in time I stand, noting the efforts of heroes, Is the deferment long ? bitter the slander, poverty, death ? Lies the seed unreck'd for centuries in the ground ? lo, to God's due occasion, Uprising in the night, it sprouts, blooms, And fills the earth with use and beauty...