Pictures of Old EnglandMacmillan and Company, 1861 - 457 sider |
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... minds of Gregory and of his delegate must have been nurtured and ennobled by the thoughts and memories that clung to this varied and almost chaotic state of existence , and it was reserved for the latter to transfer them to the remote ...
... minds of Gregory and of his delegate must have been nurtured and ennobled by the thoughts and memories that clung to this varied and almost chaotic state of existence , and it was reserved for the latter to transfer them to the remote ...
Side 20
... minds of his countrymen . This period was marked by great political dis- turbances ; and King Henry , who had succeeded in maintaining his ground in a truly national manner against the aggressions of an ambitious and haughty priest ...
... minds of his countrymen . This period was marked by great political dis- turbances ; and King Henry , who had succeeded in maintaining his ground in a truly national manner against the aggressions of an ambitious and haughty priest ...
Side 23
... mind , and his premature death in the lifetime of his father , are too well known to need further notice . But less clear are the scanty indications which we obtain regarding the reason why he should have chosen , during his lifetime ...
... mind , and his premature death in the lifetime of his father , are too well known to need further notice . But less clear are the scanty indications which we obtain regarding the reason why he should have chosen , during his lifetime ...
Side 24
... mind and thoughts were more and more constantly turned towards the church in which the renowned English saint lay buried . Soon Edward began to pine away in a hopeless state of disease , and when , under the pressure of the deepest ...
... mind and thoughts were more and more constantly turned towards the church in which the renowned English saint lay buried . Soon Edward began to pine away in a hopeless state of disease , and when , under the pressure of the deepest ...
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... mind , and turning away from the abbey , where the remains of his royal forefathers had been laid , he chose for the place of his burial the choir of Canterbury , to the north of the shrine , and oppo- site to the monument of his uncle ...
... mind , and turning away from the abbey , where the remains of his royal forefathers had been laid , he chose for the place of his burial the choir of Canterbury , to the north of the shrine , and oppo- site to the monument of his uncle ...
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Side 5 - European History, Narrated in a Series of Historical Selections from the best Authorities. Edited and arranged by EM SEWELL and CM YONGE. First Series, crown 8vo. 6s. ; Second Series, 1088-1228, crown 8vo. 6s. Third Edition. " We know of scarcely anything," says the GUARDIAN, of this volume, "which is so likely to raise to a higher level the average standard of English education.
Side 8 - Stands alone as the one general history of the country, for the sake of which all others, if young and old are wise, will be speedily and surely set aside.
Side 6 - The book indeed is full of instruction and interest to students of all ages, and he must be a well-informed man indeed who will not rise from its perusal with clearer and more accurate ideas of a too much neglected portion of English history.
Side 19 - Wilson. — A MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. "An exquisite and touching portrait of a rare and beautiful spirit.
Side 24 - Stephen (CE)— THE SERVICE OF THE POOR; Being an Inquiry into the Reasons for and against the Establishment of Religious Sisterhoods for Charitable Purposes. By CAROLINE EMILIA STEPHEN. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d. "The ablest advocate of a better line of work in this direction that we have ever seen.
Side 18 - The result is a vivid picture of tropical life, which may be read with unflagging interest, and a sufficient account of his scientific conclusions to stimulate our appetite without wearying us by detail. In short, we may safely say that we have never read a more agreeable book of its kind.
Side 292 - Areopagitica: a speech to the Parliament of England, for the liberty of unlicensed printing; with prefatory remarks, copious notes, and excursive illustrations, by T.