Universal History from the Creation of the World to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Contury, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 |
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Halaman 180 - This period, from the middle of the eighth to the middle of the tenth century, is...
Halaman 276 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed of his free tenement and liberties, or outlawed, or banished, or anywise hurt or injured, unless by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land...
Halaman 17 - An intrepid soldier, animated by zeal, and armed with a weighty battle-axe, ascended the ladder ; and even the Christian multitude expected, with some anxiety, the event of the combat. He aimed a vigorous stroke against the cheek of Serapis ; the cheek fell to the ground ; the thunder was still silent, and both the heavens and the earth continued to preserve their accustomed order and tranquillity.
Halaman 143 - ... sacrificed to his selfish or angry passions. The magistrate, conscious of his weakness, interposed, not to punish, but to reconcile; and he was satisfied if he could persuade or compel the contending parties to pay and to accept the moderate fine which had been ascertained as the price of blood.
Halaman 15 - ... dissolved the ancient fabric of Roman superstition, which was supported by the opinions and habits of eleven hundred years. Paganism was still the constitutional religion of the senate. The hall or temple in which they assembled was adorned by the statue and altar of Victory: a majestic female standing on a globe, with flowing garments, expanded wings, and a crown of laurel in her outstretched hand.
Halaman 275 - London, and all cities and boroughs, shall preserve their ancient liberties, immunities, and free customs : aids shall not be required of them but by the consent of the great council : no towns or individuals shall be obliged to make or support bridges but by ancient custom : the goods of every freeman shall be disposed of according to his will ; if he die intestate, his heirs shall succeed to them.
Halaman 35 - While mankind awaited his decision with awful suspense, he sent an equal defiance to the courts of Ravenna and Constantinople, and his ministers saluted the two emperors with the same haughty declaration : — 'Attila, my lord and thy lord, commands thee to provide a palace for his immediate reception.
Halaman 251 - Henry was now absolutely master of England and Normandy. Fortune seemed to smile upon him, and to promise a reign of uninterrupted tranquillity ; but his life was near a period, and even that short interval was overcast with calamity. His only son, William, a youth of great promise, in whom all his hopes were...
Halaman 276 - ... custom; the goods of every freeman shall be disposed of according to his will ; if he die intestate, his heirs shall succeed to them. No officer of the crown shall take any horses, carts, or wood, without the consent of the owner. The king's courts of justice shall be stationary, and shall no longer follow his person ; they shall be open to every one; and justice shall no longer be sold, refused, or delayed by them.
Halaman 96 - Mahomet, with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, erected his throne on the ruins of Christianity and of Rome.