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... France , In big bravado , bade his powers advance ; Then too , like Gaul , forgot to keep his word , And , loudly threatening - sheathed th ' invading sword . Not so when CLAUDIUS bore imperial sway , He bent the stubborn island to obey ...
... France , In big bravado , bade his powers advance ; Then too , like Gaul , forgot to keep his word , And , loudly threatening - sheathed th ' invading sword . Not so when CLAUDIUS bore imperial sway , He bent the stubborn island to obey ...
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... . 821 . Theophilus I. 829 . Emperor of the West and King of France . Lewis I. 814 . Kings of Scotland . Congallus III .. 824 . Dongallus 829 . Alpinus 834 . EGBERT , EGBERT . Rules the num❜rous band , " And crowded 50 ENGLAND .
... . 821 . Theophilus I. 829 . Emperor of the West and King of France . Lewis I. 814 . Kings of Scotland . Congallus III .. 824 . Dongallus 829 . Alpinus 834 . EGBERT , EGBERT . Rules the num❜rous band , " And crowded 50 ENGLAND .
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... . 842 . Emperors of the West and Kings of France . Lewis I. 814 . Lotharius , 840 . Lewis II . 855 . Kings of Scotland . Alpinus , 834 . Kennethus II . 839 . ETHFLWOLF . ETHELWOLF . " The Danes are landed . " HOME 52 ENGLAND .
... . 842 . Emperors of the West and Kings of France . Lewis I. 814 . Lotharius , 840 . Lewis II . 855 . Kings of Scotland . Alpinus , 834 . Kennethus II . 839 . ETHFLWOLF . ETHELWOLF . " The Danes are landed . " HOME 52 ENGLAND .
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... . 842 . Emperor of the West and King of France . Lewis II . 855 . Kings of Scotland . Kennethus II . 839 . Donaldus V. 859 . Constantinus II . 865 . ETHELBALD ETHELBALD AND ETHELBERT . " This crown I part between 56 ENGLAND .
... . 842 . Emperor of the West and King of France . Lewis II . 855 . Kings of Scotland . Kennethus II . 839 . Donaldus V. 859 . Constantinus II . 865 . ETHELBALD ETHELBALD AND ETHELBERT . " This crown I part between 56 ENGLAND .
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... the East . Michael III . 842 . Basilius I. 867 . Emperor of the West and King of France . Lewis II . 855 . King of Scotland . Constantinus II . 855 . ETHERED , ETHERED , OR ETHELRED . " Dulce & decorum , 58 ENGLAND .
... the East . Michael III . 842 . Basilius I. 867 . Emperor of the West and King of France . Lewis II . 855 . King of Scotland . Constantinus II . 855 . ETHERED , ETHERED , OR ETHELRED . " Dulce & decorum , 58 ENGLAND .
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Page 205 - Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...
Page 268 - Not to-day, O Lord, O, not to-day, think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the crown ! I Richard's body have interred new ; And on it have bestow'd more contrite tears, Than from it issued forced drops of blood. Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, Who twice...
Page 120 - Himself best knows : but strangely-visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he cures ; Hanging a golden stamp about their necks, Put on with holy prayers : and 'tis spoken, To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. With this strange virtue, He hath a heavenly gift of prophecy ; And sundry blessings hang about his throne, That speak him full of grace.
Page 283 - But here, instead, soft gales of passion play, And gently stir the heart, thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across the enliven'd skies, and make them still more gay.
Page 137 - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Page 166 - ... tis much that this contentious storm Invades us to the skin: so 'tis to thee; But where the greater malady is fix'd, The lesser is scarce felt. Thou'dst shun a bear; But if thy flight lay toward the roaring sea, Thou'dst meet the bear i
Page 95 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 258 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
Page 95 - Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand, Of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatch'd; Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd, No reckoning made, but sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head: O, horrible!
Page 154 - No, sir, no ! for this man being forsooth a wit, a bard, and a minstrel, hath composed many indecent songs against me, and moreove'r hath sung them openly, to the great entertainment of my enemies ; now since it hath pleased God to deliver him into my hands, he shall bo punished, in order to deter others from the like impertinence.