A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, Том 1Baudry, 1826 |
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Стр. 314 - and to all the nation of the English, both nobles and commoners, greeting. I write to inform you that I have lately been at Rome, to pray for the remission of my sins, and for the safety of my kingdoms, and of the nations, that are subject to my sceptre. It is long since
Стр. 315 - have violated justice heretofore , it is my intention , by the help of God, to make full compensation. Therefore I beg and command those to whom 1 have confided the government, as they wish to preserve my friendship, or save their own souls, to do no injustice either to rich or poor. Let all persons whether noble or ignoble, obtain their
Стр. 371 - but the resentment of William had rendered him callous to pity, and insensible to all interested considerations. He ordered the corpse of the fallen monarch to be buried on the beach; adding with a sneer; « he guarded the coast while he was alive; let him
Стр. 315 - to law, from which no deviation shall be Allowed, either from fear of me, or through favour to the powerful, or for the purpose of supplying my treasury. I have no need of money raised by injustice.
Стр. 234 - confine their countrymen to the right bank of the Wye, and to pay a yearly tribute of twenty pounds of gold, three hundred pounds of silver, and five thousand head of cattle. The Cornish Britons had hitherto reached from the Land's-end to the river Ex, and possessed one half of Exeter. He commanded them to retire beyond the
Стр. 101 - it was visible : but whence it came, or whither « it went, you knew not. Such to me appears the life « of man. He walks the earth for a few years : but what « precedes his birth, or what is to follow after his death,
Стр. 413 - The degradation and enslavement of a freeman were performed before a competent number of witnesses. The unhappy man laid on the ground his sword and his lance, the symbols of the free, took up the bill and the goad, the implements of slavery, and falling on his
Стр. 1 - his victorious legions from the foot of the Alps to the mouth of the Rhine. From the coast of the Morini he could descry the white cliffs of the neighbouring island : and the conqueror of Gaul aspired to the glory of adding Britain to the dominions of Rome. The
Стр. 55 - that without collateral evidence, it is hardly possible to distinguish in them what is real from that which is imaginary. After deducting from the account of Nennius and his brethren every improbable circumstance, we may believe that the authority conferred by the emperor Claudius on Cogidunus, was continued in his family; that Lucius, surnamed
Стр. 43 - cities; the inhabitants of which were exempted from the operation of the imperial statutes, and with the title of Roman citizens, possessed the right of choosing their own decuriones or magistrates, and of enacting their own laws. Privileges so valuable were reserved for the reward of extraordinary merit, and Britain could boast of only two municipia, Verulam and York