The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century; a Comprehensive History, Founded Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation, Հատոր 6F.R. Niglutsch, 1905 |
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Արդյունքներ 79–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... France , Cade Ordering the Execution of Lord Saye , The Wars of the Roses - Tewkesbury , . Richard III . Forcing his Nephew from the Protection of Lord Rivers , The Princes in the Tower , . Bosworth Field - The Crown of Richard Placed ...
... France , Cade Ordering the Execution of Lord Saye , The Wars of the Roses - Tewkesbury , . Richard III . Forcing his Nephew from the Protection of Lord Rivers , The Princes in the Tower , . Bosworth Field - The Crown of Richard Placed ...
Էջ 965
... France , Spain , and Italy , ending at the Roman capital — for , as you know , in those days they used to say , " all roads lead to Rome . " Rome ruled Britain for three centuries and a half , but by that time the stupendous empire was ...
... France , Spain , and Italy , ending at the Roman capital — for , as you know , in those days they used to say , " all roads lead to Rome . " Rome ruled Britain for three centuries and a half , but by that time the stupendous empire was ...
Էջ 969
... France to Norman . They were of the Teutonic race , and built up the kingdoms of Nor- way , Sweden , and Denmark . They were massive , fearless navigators , neither more nor less than freebooters and pirates , who terrorized all of ...
... France to Norman . They were of the Teutonic race , and built up the kingdoms of Nor- way , Sweden , and Denmark . They were massive , fearless navigators , neither more nor less than freebooters and pirates , who terrorized all of ...
Էջ 977
... France as Rollo the Ganger . Charles the Simple , King of the West Franks , bought peace of Rollo by a large bribe , in the form of an extensive tract of land at the mouth of the Seine . Then the pirate turned Christian and became a ...
... France as Rollo the Ganger . Charles the Simple , King of the West Franks , bought peace of Rollo by a large bribe , in the form of an extensive tract of land at the mouth of the Seine . Then the pirate turned Christian and became a ...
Էջ 989
... France and Normandy . While riding through the ruins of Mantes , his horse stumbled and so injured him that he died some six weeks after . His oldest son , Robert , had rebelled against his father , and was not by the bedside of the ...
... France and Normandy . While riding through the ruins of Mantes , his horse stumbled and so injured him that he died some six weeks after . His oldest son , Robert , had rebelled against his father , and was not by the bedside of the ...
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The Story of the Greatest Nations, from the Dawn of ..., Հատոր 6,Հատոր 30 Edward Sylvester Ellis Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1906 |
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Էջ 1135 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Էջ 1111 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Էջ 1037 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Էջ 1135 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Էջ 1041 - 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.
Էջ 1027 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Էջ 1061 - I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman (for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes). Icame into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor...
Էջ 1135 - Will You solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective Laws and Customs of the same ? King.
Էջ 1073 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Էջ 1061 - ... a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his voice sharp and untunable ; and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subject-matter would not bear much of reason, it being in behalf...