Historical selections, a series of readings on English and European history, selected and arranged by E.M. Sewell and C.M. Yonge, Volum 1Elizabeth Missing Sewell 1868 |
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... heart of the most renowned of Englishmen , the saint , the scholar , the hero , and the lawgiver , carried his people safely through this most terrible of dangers . Within the same year the Dragon of Wessex was again victorious , and ...
... heart of the most renowned of Englishmen , the saint , the scholar , the hero , and the lawgiver , carried his people safely through this most terrible of dangers . Within the same year the Dragon of Wessex was again victorious , and ...
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... heart ? and a great undertaking once well begun may fairly be said to be half finished . " This cheering doctrine was extremely well - timed , for , though bent upon the assertion of his claims , the Duke knew how to 1 Then Count and ...
... heart ? and a great undertaking once well begun may fairly be said to be half finished . " This cheering doctrine was extremely well - timed , for , though bent upon the assertion of his claims , the Duke knew how to 1 Then Count and ...
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... hearts resolute ; their cool , stern valour was not misguided by their hate ; nor was their hate cooled by their wary courage . ” The Duke , after some hours ' conflict of this deadly kind , was scarcely able to keep his front ranks in ...
... hearts resolute ; their cool , stern valour was not misguided by their hate ; nor was their hate cooled by their wary courage . ” The Duke , after some hours ' conflict of this deadly kind , was scarcely able to keep his front ranks in ...
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... heart , and for a moment prostrated the energies , of the country ; and its greatest leaders , instead of rallying and summoning forth its strength in their native districts , sunk under the blow , and supinely awaited the destiny ...
... heart , and for a moment prostrated the energies , of the country ; and its greatest leaders , instead of rallying and summoning forth its strength in their native districts , sunk under the blow , and supinely awaited the destiny ...
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... heart of Mercia to the confines of Scotland ; and even the citizens of York , in opposition to the entreaties and predic- tions of their Archbishop , rose in the sacred cause of indepen- dence . Yet this mighty insurrection served only ...
... heart of Mercia to the confines of Scotland ; and even the citizens of York , in opposition to the entreaties and predic- tions of their Archbishop , rose in the sacred cause of indepen- dence . Yet this mighty insurrection served only ...
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Side 331 - Above a hundred and forty young noblemen, of the principal families of England and Normandy, were lost on this occasion. A butcher of Rouen was the only person on board who escaped; he clung to the mast, and was taken up the next morning by some fishermen.
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Side 241 - Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me...