Pictorial History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Death of George II. |
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... executed in one day , and all the Danes in England were destroyed without mercy . But this massacre , so perfidious in the contriving , and so cruel in the execution , instead of ending the long miseries of the people , only prepared ...
... executed in one day , and all the Danes in England were destroyed without mercy . But this massacre , so perfidious in the contriving , and so cruel in the execution , instead of ending the long miseries of the people , only prepared ...
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... execution . But soon they came to closer fight , and the English with their bills hewed down their adversaries with great slaughter . Confusion was spreading among the ranks , when William , who found himself on the brink of destruction ...
... execution . But soon they came to closer fight , and the English with their bills hewed down their adversaries with great slaughter . Confusion was spreading among the ranks , when William , who found himself on the brink of destruction ...
Page 105
... execution . They instantly had him conveyed to a place called Blacklow - hill , where a Welsh executioner , provided for that purpose , severed his head from his body . 9. To add to Edward's misfortunes , he soon after suf- fered a most ...
... execution . They instantly had him conveyed to a place called Blacklow - hill , where a Welsh executioner , provided for that purpose , severed his head from his body . 9. To add to Edward's misfortunes , he soon after suf- fered a most ...
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... execution was fifty feet high ; his head was sent to London , where the citi- zens received it in brutal triumph , and fixed it on the bridge . Several other lords also shared his fate ; all deserving pity in-- deed , had they not ...
... execution was fifty feet high ; his head was sent to London , where the citi- zens received it in brutal triumph , and fixed it on the bridge . Several other lords also shared his fate ; all deserving pity in-- deed , had they not ...
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... execution , when Richard , though not yet quite sixteen years of age , rode up to the rebels , and with admirable presence of mind , cried out , " What , my people , will you then kill your king ? Be not concerned for the loss of your ...
... execution , when Richard , though not yet quite sixteen years of age , rode up to the rebels , and with admirable presence of mind , cried out , " What , my people , will you then kill your king ? Be not concerned for the loss of your ...
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Page 256 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 417 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 216 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Page 256 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Page 250 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 245 - ... sixty. This atrocious invasion of the parliamentary rights commonly passed by the name of Pride's Purge, and the remaining members were called the Rump. These soon voted that the transactions of the house a few days before were entirely illegal, and that their general's conduct was just and necessary. 10. A committee was appointed to bring...
Page 216 - I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow — this parliament, and yet they shall not see...
Page 172 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 235 - That they have traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fundamental laws and government of the kingdom of England, to deprive the King of his regal power, and to place in subjects an arbitrary and tyrannical power over the lives, liberties and estates of His Majesty's liege people.
Page 172 - London, to appear as a criminal, where he had acted as a king. In his way he stayed a fortnight at the earl of Shrewsbury's ; where, one day, at dinner, he was -taken ill, not without violent suspicions of having poisoned himself. Being brought forward from thence, he with much difficulty reached Leicester-abbey; where the monks coming out to meet him, he said, " Father Abbot, I am come to lay my bones among you;" and immediately ordered his bed to be prepared.