England, from Earliest Times to the Great CharterG.G. Harrap, 1916 - 618 pages |
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Page 123 - There was the Door to which I found no Key; There was the Veil through which I might not see: Some little talk awhile of ME and THEE There was — and then no more of THEE and ME.
Page 258 - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
Page 115 - Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Page 360 - After this the king had a great council, and very deep speech with his witan about this land, how it was peopled, or by what men; then sent his men over all England, into every shire, and caused to be ascertained how many hundred hides were in the shire...
Page 164 - Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole, ' ' ' Silence, ye troubled waves ! and thou deep, peace...
Page 228 - ... hidden ; and no wonder, for the king was a most acute investigator in passing sentence, as he was in all other things. He inquired into almost all the judgments which were given in his own absence, throughout all his dominion, whether they were just or unjust. If he perceived there was iniquity in those judgments, he summoned the judges, either through his own agency, or through others of his faithful servants, and asked them mildly, why they...
Page 164 - Nor was here as yet, save a hollow shadow, Anything created ; but the wide abyss Deep and dim, outspread, all divided from the Lord, Idle and unuseful. With His eyes upon it Gazed the mighty-minded King and He marked the place Lie delightless — (looked and) saw the cloud Brooding black in Ever-night, swart beneath the heaven, Wan, and wasteful all, 1 till the world became.
Page 360 - So very straitly did he cause the survey to be made, that there was not a single hyde, nor a yardland of ground, nor — it is s'hameful to say what he thought no shame to do — was there an ox, or a cow, or a pig passed by, and that was not set down in the accounts...
Page 47 - If in the neighbourhood of the commercial and literary town of Glasgow a race of cannibals has really existed, we may contemplate in the period of the Scottish history the opposite extremes of savage and civilised life.
Page 228 - I wonder truly at your insolence, that, whereas by God's favour and mine, you have occupied the rank and office of the wise, you have neglected the studies and labours of the wise. Either, therefore, at once give up the discharge of the temporal duties which you hold, or endeavour more zealously to study the lessons of wisdom. Such are my commands.