(1) Canute had done that, in his earliest days, when he mutilated the Saxon hostages confided to him.

(2) "And you say all things obey me?" Canute asked.

(3) Is he Noah or are we King Canute?

(4) Canute conquered England in 1013.

(5) "Very well. Sea, " cried Canute, "I command you to come no further! Waves, stop your rolling!

(6) Canute is famed for trying to control the tide but in fact he was doing the opposite, showing his people that a king was only a man and that only God had the power to control nature.

(7) King of England (1035-1040). The illegitimate son of Canute, Harold claimed the English throne after his father's death.

(8) Like King Canute, foreign governments occasional-ly try to stop the rising tide of American cultural in-fluence, and like the hapless king they always fail.

(9) "Very well. Sea, " cried Canute, "I command you to come no further! Waves, stop your rolling! . Surf, stop your pounding! Do not dare touch my feet! "

(10) Like many leaders and men of power, Canute was surrounded by people who were always praising him.

(11) D. Canute forced Malcolm II, king of the Scots, to recognize him as overlord.

(12) In 1015 Canute returned and soon all England (except London) was under his rule.

(13) As King Canute showed to his courtiers, we cannot stop the tide from coming in; we can try[http://], but it will only carry us away.

(14) When his father died Canute was proclaimed, King of England.

(15) Having proved myself incapable of holding back an irresistible force, I now know exactly how Canute felt.

(16) Fresco has borrowed concepts from Adobe PostScript and the Canute text layout system and includes PostScript-like structured graphics.

(17) When Ethebred's death left no strong Saxon successor, the Witan chose Canute the Danish leader, as king in 1016.

(18) A hundred years or more after the time of Alfred the Great(king of England, 849—899), there was a king of Englandnamed Canute.

(19) Politicians may insist that the United States still stands apart — always and forever a "triple-A nation" — but their declarations will have as much effect as King Canute ordering the waves to stop.