History of England |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 32
Page 3
Edith Thompson. their sacred isle of Mona ( now Anglesey ) . A strong force of Britons defended the shore ; the Druids stood around , calling down the wrath of heaven upon the invaders ; women with streaming hair and torches in their ...
Edith Thompson. their sacred isle of Mona ( now Anglesey ) . A strong force of Britons defended the shore ; the Druids stood around , calling down the wrath of heaven upon the invaders ; women with streaming hair and torches in their ...
Page 14
... forces , and gave the Danes such a defeat at a place called Ethandun , that they soon yielded to him . Guthrum submitted to be baptized ; and the Witan meeting at Wedmore , a treaty was made , by which the Danes re- ceived , as vassals ...
... forces , and gave the Danes such a defeat at a place called Ethandun , that they soon yielded to him . Guthrum submitted to be baptized ; and the Witan meeting at Wedmore , a treaty was made , by which the Danes re- ceived , as vassals ...
Page 17
... force the married clergy to put away their wives . Further , they tried to get all the cathedral and other great churches into the hands of monks , whom they liked better than secular clergymen , married or unmarried . The quarrel ran ...
... force the married clergy to put away their wives . Further , they tried to get all the cathedral and other great churches into the hands of monks , whom they liked better than secular clergymen , married or unmarried . The quarrel ran ...
Page 21
... force of from 3,000 to 6,000 paid soldiers , Danes , English- men , and recruits from all nations ; but we never hear of his employing these Housecarls , or , as we should call them , household troops , for purposes of oppression ...
... force of from 3,000 to 6,000 paid soldiers , Danes , English- men , and recruits from all nations ; but we never hear of his employing these Housecarls , or , as we should call them , household troops , for purposes of oppression ...
Page 36
... forces from Denmark , the Northern patriots once attacked York , where the Normans had built two castles to command the Ouse . The stalwart Earl Waltheof , so the story goes , took his stand by a gate ; and as the Normans pressed forth ...
... forces from Denmark , the Northern patriots once attacked York , where the Normans had built two castles to command the Ouse . The stalwart Earl Waltheof , so the story goes , took his stand by a gate ; and as the Normans pressed forth ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards Anne Archbishop army barons battle became beheaded Bishop Britain British brother brought Buonaparte called Castle CHAPTER Charles chief Church cloth College Commons Conquest court Cromwell Crown 8vo Danes Danish death declared died Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl Edition Edmund Edward Edward III elementary Elizabeth England English famous favour favourite fcap fleet foreign France French George George III Gloucester Harthacnut Henry Henry IV Henry VIII Henry's honour House Ireland James John Katharine King King of Scots King's kingdom Lancaster land Latin laws Lollards London Long Parliament Lord marriage married Mary monks Mortimer nation Norman Normandy Northumberland Parliament party peace Philip Pope Prince of Wales prisoner Puritans Queen reform reign Richard Roman Catholics Rome royal Schools Scotland Scots sent soldiers soon statute Thomas throne tion took Tories treatise vassal victory Welsh Westminster William young
Popular passages
Page 61 - HISTORICAL OUTLINES OF ENGLISH ACCIDENCE, comprising Chapters on the History and Development of the Language, and on Word-formation.
Page 15 - Astronomer Royal :— — ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Designed for the use of Students in the University.
Page 24 - Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON TRILINEAR CO-ORDINATES, the Method of Reciprocal Polars, and the Theory of Projectors.
Page 43 - SOLID GEOMETRY AND CONIC SECTIONS. With Appendices on Transversals and Harmonic Division. For the Use of Schools. By JM WILSON, MA New Edition.
Page 26 - AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE LUNAR THEORY, with a Brief Sketch of the Problem up to the time of Newton. Second Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. cloth. 5*. 6d. Hemming. — AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS, for the Use; of Colleges and Schools.
Page 77 - A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT DURING THE fIRST FOUR CENTURIES. Fourth Edition. With Preface on "Supernatural Religion.
Page 11 - THE SEVEN KINGS OF. ROME. An Easy Narrative, abridged from the First Book of Livy by the omission of Difficult Passages; being a First Latin Reading Book, with Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary.
Page 48 - PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. THE OWENS COLLEGE JUNIOR COURSE OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. By FRANCIS JONES, Chemical Master in the Grammar School, Manchester. With Preface by Professor ROSCOE, and Illustrations. New Edition.
Page 36 - TEBAY — ELEMENTARY MENSURATION FOR SCHOOLS. With numerous Examples. By SEPTIMUS TEBAY, BA, Head Master of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Rivington. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3$. 6d. TODHUNTER— Works by I. TODHUNTER, MA, FRS, of St. John's College, Cambridge.
Page 42 - RESEARCHES IN THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS, principally on the Theory of Discontinuous Solutions: an Essay to which the Adams' Prize was awarded in the University of Cambridge in 1871.