Bright, “Early English Church History,”
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint
For the importance of this step, v. Bright, “Early English Church History,” pp. 323-326.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint
In 1899, deaf to history and its most brilliant English exponent, Colonel Henderson, our Cavalry went to war equipped and trained like the present French Cavalry.
— from War and the Arme Blanche by Erskine Childers
Why, because everybody else calls her so.
— from Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
Birches have generally baffled us, but evergreens, except cedars, have been almost invariably successfully handled.
— from Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. (John Davison) Rockefeller
"You were right, Bertram," Evadne exclaimed, clenching her hands.
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand
H2 anchor CHAPTER VIII That afternoon, accompanied by a rather boyishly excited elderly clergyman, he took two hours off from the mill and purchased a new car for Doctor Haverford.
— from Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart
He aimed to establish his rule over the entire Balkan Peninsula, and having succeeded in overpowering nearly the whole of the Byzantine Empire, except Constantinople, he proclaimed himself, in agreement with the Vlastela (Assembly of Nobles), Tsar of Serbia.
— from Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians by Woislav M. Petrovitch
And consequently not even his bitterest enemies ever charged him with doing a “mean” or “shabby” thing.
— from Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Peter McArthur
By his request he ceased to ask when he could come again, but encouraged, even commanded, her to tell him when and where she wished to be taken and to let him come to see her unannounced.
— from The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
We pass from the north front along the apse to the Chapel of Henry VII., and, as we turn the corner and have a clear view of the beautiful Early English Chapter House, with its flying buttresses, rejoice in the absence of the houses which were formerly close against it.
— from Westminster Abbey by Smith, A. Murray, Mrs.
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