The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.T. Davies ... Becket and De Hondt, and T. Cadell, 1771 - Great Britain |
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... revered by the English ; and it is said that she liftened to his infinuations , contrary to the will of her father , who had excluded her the fuc , ceffion , ceffion , in cafe fhe married without the confent of 8 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... revered by the English ; and it is said that she liftened to his infinuations , contrary to the will of her father , who had excluded her the fuc , ceffion , ceffion , in cafe fhe married without the confent of 8 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... ; who was fo extremely ob- ftinate , that the commiffioners could gain no- thing upon her . She had maintained an ab- ftrufe metaphyfical fentiment , that Chrift , as man , man , was a finful man ; but as the 12 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... ; who was fo extremely ob- ftinate , that the commiffioners could gain no- thing upon her . She had maintained an ab- ftrufe metaphyfical fentiment , that Chrift , as man , man , was a finful man ; but as the 12 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... she had been declared illegitimate , yet she had been restored to her rights during her father's life - time . The queen of Scotland , Henry's eldest fifter , was firft in right , fuppofing the two daugh- ters illegitimate , while lady ...
... she had been declared illegitimate , yet she had been restored to her rights during her father's life - time . The queen of Scotland , Henry's eldest fifter , was firft in right , fuppofing the two daugh- ters illegitimate , while lady ...
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... she received . intelligence of them , She fhed a flood of tears , appeared inconfolable , and it was not without the utmost difficulty that she yielded to the entreaties of Northumberland , and the duke her father . At length , however ...
... she received . intelligence of them , She fhed a flood of tears , appeared inconfolable , and it was not without the utmost difficulty that she yielded to the entreaties of Northumberland , and the duke her father . At length , however ...
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... she would fuffer religion to remain in the fituation in which the found it . This promife , however , fhe by no means intend- ed to perform ; she had determined on bring- ing the fentiments of the people to correspond with her own ; and ...
... she would fuffer religion to remain in the fituation in which the found it . This promife , however , fhe by no means intend- ed to perform ; she had determined on bring- ing the fentiments of the people to correspond with her own ; and ...
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