A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the 14th Year of the Reign of Queen VictoriaJ.Murray, 1854 |
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... crown of Hen- ry VI . - Figure of the Duke of York 201 Henry VI . , attended by Cardinal Beau- fort , the Duke of Gloucester , and courtiers Siege piece , struck at Newark . St. Stephen's Chapel 188 Officer and serjeant , reign of ...
... crown of Hen- ry VI . - Figure of the Duke of York 201 Henry VI . , attended by Cardinal Beau- fort , the Duke of Gloucester , and courtiers Siege piece , struck at Newark . St. Stephen's Chapel 188 Officer and serjeant , reign of ...
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... crown . After much fighting , and the loss of many of his adherents , he was killed , and then Edward's right remained undisputed . Edward was a man of great abilities , but was fonder of war than of peace and quietness . He had also a ...
... crown . After much fighting , and the loss of many of his adherents , he was killed , and then Edward's right remained undisputed . Edward was a man of great abilities , but was fonder of war than of peace and quietness . He had also a ...
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... crown , and took possession of the late king's treasures . Earl Godwin and the greater part of the English declared for Hardicanute ; and the country seemed on the verge of a civil war , when it was prevented by an arrange- ment entered ...
... crown , and took possession of the late king's treasures . Earl Godwin and the greater part of the English declared for Hardicanute ; and the country seemed on the verge of a civil war , when it was prevented by an arrange- ment entered ...
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... crown ; but he was so far off , and so little known , that they passed him by , and invited Edward , afterwards called the Confessor , the son of Ethelred and Emma , to ascend the throne . Edward , being of a timorous and unambitious ...
... crown ; but he was so far off , and so little known , that they passed him by , and invited Edward , afterwards called the Confessor , the son of Ethelred and Emma , to ascend the throne . Edward , being of a timorous and unambitious ...
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... crown , though Edgar Atheling , grandson of Edmund Ironsides , was the natural heir • 1066 • CONVERSATION ON CHAPTER VII . George . I cannot help being sorry that we shall have no more of the Saxon kings . I do not feel as if I should ...
... crown , though Edgar Atheling , grandson of Edmund Ironsides , was the natural heir • 1066 • CONVERSATION ON CHAPTER VII . George . I cannot help being sorry that we shall have no more of the Saxon kings . I do not feel as if I should ...
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Page 318 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 417 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 414 - The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children...
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Page 335 - ... your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
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Page 334 - MY LORD — Out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation; therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this Parliament; for God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 417 - Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one.
Page 142 - Bruce, to rule the fight, And cry — " Saint Andrew and our right !" Another sight had seen that morn, • From Fate's dark book a leaf been torn, And Flodden had been Bannockbourne...
Page 185 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.