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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... passed away before the light of historic criticism . The English kingdoms in Britain were ever fluctuating , alike in their number and in their relations to one another . ... Yet it is certain that , among the mass of smaller and more ...
... passed away before the light of historic criticism . The English kingdoms in Britain were ever fluctuating , alike in their number and in their relations to one another . ... Yet it is certain that , among the mass of smaller and more ...
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... passed by unheeded as the creed of the conquered Welsh , was now set before them by a special mission from the city which still commanded the reverence of all Western Europe . Kent , under its King Æthelberht , 1 who then held the rank ...
... passed by unheeded as the creed of the conquered Welsh , was now set before them by a special mission from the city which still commanded the reverence of all Western Europe . Kent , under its King Æthelberht , 1 who then held the rank ...
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... passed from one hand to another . It is remarkable that no English king of this or of the following century seems to have reached old age . After Ethelwulf , whose age is uncertain , only one or two of his descendants for several ...
... passed from one hand to another . It is remarkable that no English king of this or of the following century seems to have reached old age . After Ethelwulf , whose age is uncertain , only one or two of his descendants for several ...
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... passed nearly untouched into the hands of the Norman Conqueror . . . . What the Constitution was under Eadgar , that it remained under William . This assertion must be taken with all the practical drawbacks which are involved in the ...
... passed nearly untouched into the hands of the Norman Conqueror . . . . What the Constitution was under Eadgar , that it remained under William . This assertion must be taken with all the practical drawbacks which are involved in the ...
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... passing laws ; but we find no law prescribing or defining the constitution of the Assembly itself .... It is therefore ... passed beyond all measure the powers which our written Law vests in a modern Parliament . . . . The King could do ...
... passing laws ; but we find no law prescribing or defining the constitution of the Assembly itself .... It is therefore ... passed beyond all measure the powers which our written Law vests in a modern Parliament . . . . The King could do ...
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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...