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Page 26
... called the Andredes - weald . From Rye this forest primeval ran westward for a distance of rather more than one hundred miles , while eastward it threw into midland Kent some scattered clumps of oak , beech , and holly . A large part of ...
... called the Andredes - weald . From Rye this forest primeval ran westward for a distance of rather more than one hundred miles , while eastward it threw into midland Kent some scattered clumps of oak , beech , and holly . A large part of ...
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... called a town , and partly for their detached houses . The early British fortresses were kept up in time of peace by the work of a whole tribe , not as places of residence , but as shelters against danger , for the Britons , like the ...
... called a town , and partly for their detached houses . The early British fortresses were kept up in time of peace by the work of a whole tribe , not as places of residence , but as shelters against danger , for the Britons , like the ...
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... called the Saxon shore ; over it a Count was placed in authority ; and this Count of the Saxon Shore had 4000 men as a garrison for his castles , and a fleet of ships to keep the seas from Brancaster to the Land's End . That Pevensey ...
... called the Saxon shore ; over it a Count was placed in authority ; and this Count of the Saxon Shore had 4000 men as a garrison for his castles , and a fleet of ships to keep the seas from Brancaster to the Land's End . That Pevensey ...
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... called Mortlake , where it was followed by a number of sailors , and at last killed , after a great deal of trouble , by innumerable blows of spears . " Here is a storm - scene in the year 1250 : " In the darkness of the night the sea ...
... called Mortlake , where it was followed by a number of sailors , and at last killed , after a great deal of trouble , by innumerable blows of spears . " Here is a storm - scene in the year 1250 : " In the darkness of the night the sea ...
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... called our said sovereign , the King of the Sea ( le Roi de la Mier ) . " It is clear from this that Edward III . at the close of his energetic reign was slack and lethargic in naval affairs , greatly to the nation's loss and ...
... called our said sovereign , the King of the Sea ( le Roi de la Mier ) . " It is clear from this that Edward III . at the close of his energetic reign was slack and lethargic in naval affairs , greatly to the nation's loss and ...
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Page 105 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 273 - They say he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock to him every day, and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Page 274 - Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither; Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.
Page 269 - By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill, Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear, To hearken if his foes pursue him still; Anon their loud alarums he doth hear ; And now his grief may be compared well To one sore sick that hears the passing bell.
Page 304 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 271 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was...
Page 271 - He had by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford. For this...
Page 299 - Harvest-Home; their last load of Corn they Crown with Flowers, having besides an Image richly dressed, by which, perhaps, they would signify Ceres, this they keep moving about, while Men and Women, Men and Maid Servants, riding through the Streets in the Cart, shout as loud as they can, till they arrive at the Barn.
Page 37 - Years afterwards, when the Norman yoke pressed heavily upon the English, and the battle of Hastings had become a tale of sorrow, which old men narrated by the light of the embers, until warned to silence by the sullen tolling of the curfew, there was a decrepit anchorite, who inhabited a cell near the Abbey of St.
Page 324 - This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...