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Pagina 31
... Penda himself appears as the embodiment of that fierce and warlike spirit of which the religion he and his professed , was but the expression . In Mercia , at that time , a peaceful rule and an unstable rule would probably have been ...
... Penda himself appears as the embodiment of that fierce and warlike spirit of which the religion he and his professed , was but the expression . In Mercia , at that time , a peaceful rule and an unstable rule would probably have been ...
Pagina 32
... Penda at Cirencester and afterwards came to an agreement . " This may serve as an instance of the brief and unsatisfactory manner in which events not to be regarded as unimportant are customarily dismissed in the chronicles of the time ...
... Penda at Cirencester and afterwards came to an agreement . " This may serve as an instance of the brief and unsatisfactory manner in which events not to be regarded as unimportant are customarily dismissed in the chronicles of the time ...
Pagina 33
... Penda at the battle of Maserfield ( probably Mirfield , three miles west of Dewsbury ) , in 641 , and the unhappy kingdom of Northumbria was again subjugated . The hapless king was long venerated as a saint , and one of the miracles ...
... Penda at the battle of Maserfield ( probably Mirfield , three miles west of Dewsbury ) , in 641 , and the unhappy kingdom of Northumbria was again subjugated . The hapless king was long venerated as a saint , and one of the miracles ...
Pagina 34
... Penda . The bluff old pagan , who adhered to the faith of his ancestors probably in the main because it was most accordant with his own warlike propensities , contented himself with venting his contemptuous scorn upon those of his own ...
... Penda . The bluff old pagan , who adhered to the faith of his ancestors probably in the main because it was most accordant with his own warlike propensities , contented himself with venting his contemptuous scorn upon those of his own ...
Pagina 35
... Penda , on the other hand , was perhaps the greatest military commander of his day , his rule extended from the North Sea to the frontiers of Wales , and his long and uninterrupted career of victory offered every inducement to enlist ...
... Penda , on the other hand , was perhaps the greatest military commander of his day , his rule extended from the North Sea to the frontiers of Wales , and his long and uninterrupted career of victory offered every inducement to enlist ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 67 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 22 - Towards the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries, cocoa was largely and successfully cultivated, but in 1725 a blight fell upon the plantations.
Pagina 24 - Art, at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries...
Pagina 72 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Pagina 74 - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.
Pagina 90 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage ; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe; Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Pagina 86 - Threatning to bind our soules with secular chaines : Helpe us to save free Conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose Gospell is their maw.
Pagina 64 - I saw several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a conventicle. They go like lambs, without any resistance. I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched ! 8th.