... refuses the offers ofthe army. Which marches to London.Enters the city. And gives the law to the parliament. Theking listens to the counsels ofthe officers. Andintrigues against them. Rise ofthe ... to the maintenance ofthe true Protestant religion, with due consideration to the just ease of tender consciences, to the settling ofthe rights ofthe crown and of parliament, the laws ofthe ... declaration on the part of[ a] the parliament; that itwas the real intention oftheking to satisfy the demands ofthe papists by altering the national religion, and the rapacity ofthe Cavaliers...
... dictated the concluding part of the lecture ofthe commanding officer, he made no further observation, and both in silence pursued the remainder of their short route to the bastion.Many ofthe men, ... dropped the incised portion ofthe hide, and was again using his knife; the Virginian,stooping slightly at the off-side ofthe window, ascertained that the feet ofthe former were resting on one of the ... pullanother trigger until the savages should begin to swim, to the astonishment of all, came the sullen and unusualbooming ofthe cannon from the Fort.For a moment, the men, taking their eyes off...
... spotlight on the perceived impiety ofthe Saudi royal family.7 Among certain mem-bers ofthe al-Saud, thefallofthe Shah was also an indirect indictment of recent Saudi reforms under King Faysal, ... major part of Iran’s foreign policy,” noted another observer.35 Yet the record of Iranian and Saudi behavior since thefallof Saddam suggests just the opposite.Since the invasion of Iraq and ... encouraged by the idea that the Sunni-Shi’a divide naturally places the Arab states ofthe Persian Gulf on one side ofthe equation and Iran on the other. Yet relations between the two powers...
... for their departure. Aboat was laden with the relics ofthe saints, the muniments ofthe king, and the most precious vessels. The table ofthe great altar covered with plates of gold, which King ... defenders ofthe fort; but the confident bearing of their young ealdorman and the thought ofthe strength of their walls reassured them. The Danes halted at a distance of about a quarter of a mile ... most of their time to the building ofthe new fort, living very simply, andexpended the whole ofthe revenues ofthe lands on the payment ofthe freemen and masons engaged upon the work. The Roman...
... the decomposition of these effectson self-employment, the picture becomes somewhat more complex. Inboth the 1970s and the 1980s, the detailed sectors ofthe economy withinwhich there was the ... participation. All of these, except forprofessional services, contributed positively both to the sectoral shift inself-employment and the class shift. At the other end ofthe spectrum, 11 of the 12 sectors ... period. The chapter will revolve around a striking feature of the time trend in rates of self-employment in the labor force: on the basis of the best available time series it appears that from the...
... The Queen of Lyonesse is Tristram’smother. She dies after she has her babyin the woods.b Sir Marhaus is the son oftheKing of Ireland. Tristram kills him in a fight.c lsolt is theKingof ... take the Grail into the city,’ said Sir Galahad. So they took the Grail and left the ship. There was no king in that country, because the dead king had no son. The great men sat in the castle ... hard over the water. An arm came up out ofthe water and caught the sword. Then the arm took it down into the lake. Sir Bedivere went back and told theKing about the arm. ‘Now,’ said King Arthur,...
... the margin of a field, they crouched there together till the commander ofthe ships was tired of firing. The queen's destination was York, the great and ancient capital ofthe north of ... cousin of Prince Charles. Her father, being brother ofthe late king, and uncle ofthe present one, was made lieutenant general ofthe kingdom, having thus the second place, that is, the place ... girl, of about nineteen, immensely rich, being the heiress ofthe vast estates of her mother, who was not living. Her father, though he was the lieutenant general ofthe realm, and the former king& apos;s...
... the advantage of erecting the standard ofthe cross, the emulation of his successor assumed the merit of subduing the Arian heresy, and of abolishing the worship of idols in the Roman world. Theodosius ... over the soul and body ofthe guilty. The decrees of the council of Constantinople had ascertained the true standard ofthe faith; and the ecclesiastics, who governed the conscience of Theodosius, ... ministers ofthe three most powerful deities, whowatched over the fate of Rome and ofthe universe. TheKingofthe Sacrifices represented the person of Numa, and of his successors, in the religious...
... heads ofthe emperor and empress ofthe East. But the usual honors which the severity of Roman manners had allowed to the wives of princes, could not satisfy either the ambition of Theodora or the fondness ... deprived of his powers and his honors. He lost the superintendence ofthe supply and manufacture of arms; the uncontrolled charge ofthe public posts; the levying ofthe troops; the command ofthe ... as the last male offspring ofthe line of Amali, by the short-lived marriage of his mother Amalasuntha with a royal fugitive ofthe same blood. ^105 In the presence ofthe dying monarch, the...
... temptedby the disorders of Italy, the nakedness of Rome, and the unwarlike profession of her new chief. On the firstedicts ofthe emperor, they declared themselves the champions ofthe holy images: ... splendor ofthe purple, Frederic the First invaded the republics of Lombardy, with the arts of a statesman, the valor of a soldier, and the cruelty of a tyrant. The recent discovery ofthe Pandectshad ... years of servitude, from the persecution of Leo the Isaurian. By the Caesars, the triumphs of the consuls had been annihilated: in the decline and fallofthe empire, the god Terminus, the sacred...
... interdict the churches ofthe Roman rite. ^13 The two wives of Manuel Comnenus ^14 were ofthe race ofthe Franks: the first, a sister-in-law ofthe emperor Conrad; the second, a daughter ofthe prince ... pursuit, the event of which was in the hands of the Almighty. Their first offence, the attack of Zara, had been severely punished by the reproach of theirconscience and the censures ofthe pope; ... with the eyes of Ducange.] In the invasion of Italy by Attila, I have mentioned ^35 the flight of the Venetians from the fallen cities ofthe continent, and their obscure shelter in the chain of...
... perusal ofthe record is the inability of members to appreciate the importance ofthe issues. Much of the tedious and pointless character of their speeches may be ascribed to the lack ofthe personal ... disposition of two state governments, and the efficacy ofthe provisions of their respective laws. And security of other States and the money of all are at the discretion of one. These things ... better to throw the veil of charity over them, ascribing their stiffness to the effects of age, or to the unskillfulness of my teacher, rather than to pride and dignity of office, which God...
... knight the Black knighta sorceress, also called Hellawes the Fair Maid of Astolatdaughter oftheKing and Queen of Ireland, wife of King Mark and lover of Tristram King of Cornwall King of Ireland7knightshieldhelmetarmoursheathbladeaxesword6castletowerspear'Who ... ChapelChampion ofKing Mark of Cornwall, lover of Iseult the Fair the purest knight, afterwards guardian of The Grail Chapel the perfect knight, son of Lancelot, who achieves The Quest For The Holy Grail the ... hermit of Carbonekdaughter ofKing Pelles and mother of Galahad, afterwards wife of Percivale the wounded king, the old Grail Knighta knight of Camelota knight of Camelot the evil knight, son of...