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... died at Eborăcum ( York ) . Constantius , the father of Constantine the Great , breathed his last in the same city . His illustrious son , the first Chris- tian emperor , was born in this island . It is generally believed that Helena ...
... died at Eborăcum ( York ) . Constantius , the father of Constantine the Great , breathed his last in the same city . His illustrious son , the first Chris- tian emperor , was born in this island . It is generally believed that Helena ...
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... died in the year A.D. 901 , in the 52nd year of his life . CHAPTER IV . FROM THE REIGN OF ALFRED TO THE REIGN OF CANUTE . From A.D. 901 to A.D. 1016 . THE Saxon kings were for the most part wise and able princes , but the successive ...
... died in the year A.D. 901 , in the 52nd year of his life . CHAPTER IV . FROM THE REIGN OF ALFRED TO THE REIGN OF CANUTE . From A.D. 901 to A.D. 1016 . THE Saxon kings were for the most part wise and able princes , but the successive ...
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... the touch of boiling water or red - hot iron . * Edred , who died A.D. 955 , was succeeded by Edwy , the son of Edmund , who did all in his power to weaken the influence of the monks . A pathetic tale has been TO THE REIGN OF CANUTE . 15.
... the touch of boiling water or red - hot iron . * Edred , who died A.D. 955 , was succeeded by Edwy , the son of Edmund , who did all in his power to weaken the influence of the monks . A pathetic tale has been TO THE REIGN OF CANUTE . 15.
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... died after a reign of four years , on which the authority of Edgar was acknowledged throughout the kingdom . This king has been called Edgar the Peaceable , from the peace which England enjoyed under his reign . His power was such ...
... died after a reign of four years , on which the authority of Edgar was acknowledged throughout the kingdom . This king has been called Edgar the Peaceable , from the peace which England enjoyed under his reign . His power was such ...
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... died shortly after his return , A.D. 1016. Canute then met with a more manly foe in Edmund ( surnamed Ironside ) , the son of Ethelred , who struggled with great skill and courage to recover his inheritance , but was defeated with great ...
... died shortly after his return , A.D. 1016. Canute then met with a more manly foe in Edmund ( surnamed Ironside ) , the son of Ethelred , who struggled with great skill and courage to recover his inheritance , but was defeated with great ...
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Page 81 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 191 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air. What strains of vocal transport round her play ? Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear : They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.
Page 187 - Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Page 137 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Page 190 - Stay, oh stay! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd, unpitied, here to mourn: In yon bright track, that fires the western skies, They melt, they vanish from my eyes. But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glitt'ring skirts unroll?
Page 191 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud, Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood, And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me, with joy I see The different doom our fates assign. Be thine despair and sceptred care, To triumph, and to die, are mine.
Page 191 - Girt with many a baron bold Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty, appear.
Page 188 - King ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day, To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay.
Page 188 - Eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Page 189 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, through Berkley's roof that ring...