The Story Of Modern Europe New Edition Revised With Plates

Author : Charles Alan Fyffe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Europe written by Charles Alan Fyffe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1924 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1818 Excerpt: ... enjoyments a satisfaction which they cannot yield, and more especially of pursuing them (another effect of the same cause) at the expense of justice and humanity. During this change of mind it must have been that Canute, the most powerful prince of his time, being sovereign of Denmark, Norway, and England, put to the blush his flattering courtiers, who exclaimed, in admiration of his grandeur, that every thing was possible for him. He ordered a chair to be brought, and seated himself on the seashore, while the tide was rising; and as the waves apprbached, he said, in an imperious tone, "Thou, sea! art under "my dominion, and the land upon which I sit is mine: I "charge thee, approach no farther! nor dare to wet the "feet of thy sovereign." He even sat some time in seeming expectation of submission; but as the sea still advanced towards him, and at last began to wash him with its billows, he turned to his courtiers, and observed, that every creature in the universe is feeble and impotent; and that power resides only with One Being, in whose hands are the elements of nature, and who can say to the ocean, "Thus far "shalt thou go, and no farther4!" But although Canute, weary of worldly greatness, began to turn his eyes towards a future state of existence, the spirit which prevailed in that age unfortunately gave a false direction to his piety. Instead of making reparation to the persons whom he had injured by former acts of violence, he built churches, endowed monasteries, and appointed prayers to be said for the souls of those who had fallen in battle against him; and (what was thought by many to be still more meritorious) he undertook a pilgrimage to Rome. After his return from the continent, he performed nothing memorable, except an expedition against Malco...