A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans, Объемы 1-2

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E. Cummiskey, 1827
 

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Стр. 55 - England: archbishops, and diocesan bishops, abbots, and carls, thanes and knights. Moreover he was a very stark man, and very savage: so that no man durst do any thing against his will. He had earls in his bonds, who had done against his will: bishops he set off their bishoprics, abbots off their abbotries, and thanes in prisons: and at last he did not spare his own brother Odo.
Стр. 179 - Know, moreover, that you are my children in God. Neither law nor reason allows you to judge your father. I therefore decline your tribunal, and refer my quarrel to the decision of the Pope. To him I appeal and shall now, under the protection of the Catholic Church and the apostolic see, depart.
Стр. 275 - In the centre waved the royal standard, the figure of a warrior in the act of fighting, worked in thread of gold, and ornamented with precious stones. By its side stood Harold and his two brothers Gurth and Leofwin; and around them the rest of the army, every man on foot. In this arrangement the king seems to have adopted, as far as circumstances would permit, the plan which had lately proved so fatal to the Norwegians, and which now, from the same causes, was productive of a similar result. Probably...
Стр. 277 - English column, dense and immoveable, as a rock amidst the waves, resisted every assault. Disappointed and perplexed, the Norman had recourse to a stratagem, suggested by his success in the earlier part of the day. He ordered a division of horse to flee : they were pursued ; and the temerity of the pursuers was punished with instant destruction. The same feint was tried with equal success in another part of the field.
Стр. 55 - If any one wish to know what manner of man he was, " or what worship he had, or of how many lands he were " the lord, we will describe him as we have known him ; " for we looked on him, and some while lived in his " herd. King William was a very wise man, and very " rich, more worshipful and strong than any of his fore
Стр. 240 - If, in the time that is passed, and in the violence and carelessness of youth, I have violated justice, it is my intention, by the help of God, to make full compensation.
Стр. 55 - The speaker was Asceline FitzArthur, who had often but fruitlessly sought reparation from the justice of William. After some debate the prelates called him to them, paid him sixty shillings for the grave, and promised that he should receive the full value of his land. The ceremony was then continued, and the body of the king deposited in a coffin of stone *. William's character has been drawn with apparent impartiality in the Saxon chronicle, by a contemporary and an Englishman.
Стр. 191 - Thundersfield : associations were formed under his auspices for the protection of property : and regulations were enacted respecting the apprehension, the trial, and the punishment of malefactors. Negligence in the execution of the laws was severely chastised. A thane paid to the crown a fine of sixty shillings : a superior magistrate was amerced in double that sum, with the forfeiture of his office $. In his will he had chosen the abbey of Malmsbury for the place of his sepulture.
Стр. 267 - ... that he possessed a greater portion of wealth than any of his predecessors had enjoyed. To him the principle that the king can do no wrong was literally applied by the gratitude of the people, who, if they occasionally complained of the measures of the government, attributed the blame not to the monarch himself, of whose benevolence they entertained no doubt, but to the ministers, who had abused his confidence, or deceived his credulity.
Стр. 85 - Bertha, the daughter of Charibert, king of Paris. The Saxon prince received the missionaries under an oak, in an open field, at the suggestion of his priests, who had told him that in such a situation the spells of the foreign magicians would lose their influence. At the appointed time, Augustine was introduced to the king. Before him were borne a silver cross, and a banner representing the Redeemer: behind him his companions walked in procession ; and the air resounded with the anthems which they...

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