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... killed by Guy , Earl of Warwick . 944 A storm blew down 1500 houses in London . 945 The first tuneable bells in England were this year hung in Croyland Abbey . 946 Stealing first punished with death . 955 Edred enjoyed the honour of ...
... killed by Guy , Earl of Warwick . 944 A storm blew down 1500 houses in London . 945 The first tuneable bells in England were this year hung in Croyland Abbey . 946 Stealing first punished with death . 955 Edred enjoyed the honour of ...
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... killed under him , and there fell near 15,000 men on the side of the Normans ; the loss of the Eng- lish was still more considerable . This victory is called , in English history , The Conquest . It was gained on the 14th of October ...
... killed under him , and there fell near 15,000 men on the side of the Normans ; the loss of the Eng- lish was still more considerable . This victory is called , in English history , The Conquest . It was gained on the 14th of October ...
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... killed by a stag in the New Forest . 3. WILLIAM , surnamed Rufus , who succeeded as King of England . 4. HENRY , surnamed Beauclerk , afterwards King of England , and Duke of Normandy . DAUGHTERS . 1. CICELY , a nun , and afterwards an ...
... killed by a stag in the New Forest . 3. WILLIAM , surnamed Rufus , who succeeded as King of England . 4. HENRY , surnamed Beauclerk , afterwards King of England , and Duke of Normandy . DAUGHTERS . 1. CICELY , a nun , and afterwards an ...
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... killed at Alnwick , by the Earl of Northumberland . 1064 Man and beast destroyed by a great mortality . 1095 Peter the hermit preached up a crusade to the Holy land . 1096 The Christian princes raised 700,000 men , and began the holy ...
... killed at Alnwick , by the Earl of Northumberland . 1064 Man and beast destroyed by a great mortality . 1095 Peter the hermit preached up a crusade to the Holy land . 1096 The Christian princes raised 700,000 men , and began the holy ...
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... killed . Richard , who was now the eldest son , was supported by the king of France , and king Henry's spirit being broken by ill treatment , he submitted to do what was required of him . When he demanded a list of the barons to whom he ...
... killed . Richard , who was now the eldest son , was supported by the king of France , and king Henry's spirit being broken by ill treatment , he submitted to do what was required of him . When he demanded a list of the barons to whom he ...
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 266 - I can very sincerely assure you, there is not any thing you can expect or desire from me, which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness and prosperity of England ; and you shall always find me a strict and religious observer of my word.
Page 193 - Nottingham falling into sickness, and affected with the near approach of death, was seized with remorse for her conduct; and, having obtained a visit from the queen, she craved her pardon, and revealed to her the fatal secret. The queen, astonished with this incident, burst into a furious passion: she shook the dying countess in her bed; and crying to her that God might pardon her, but she never could, she broke from her, and thenceforth resigned herself over to the deepest and most incurable melancholy.
Page 200 - A terrible blow, and yet the authors concealed; a danger so sudden, and yet so great ; these circumstances seemed all to denote some contrivance by gunpowder ; and it was thought advisable to inspect all the vaults below the Houses of Parliament. This care belonged to the Earl of Suffolk, lord chamberlain, who purposely delayed the search till the day before the meeting of Parliament. He remarked those great piles of wood and...
Page 2 - DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, that on the...
Page 13 - During these military enterprises, he neglected not the arts of peace. He introduced laws and civility among the Britons, taught them to desire and 'raise all the conveniences of life, reconciled them to the Roman language and manners, instructed them in letters and science, and employed every expedient to render those chains, which he had forged, both easy and agreeable to them.
Page 243 - ... he languished only for a few days, and then expired, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, and twenty-fifth of his reign. He...
Page 282 - Fabrice's arms, he never recovered. but expired about eleven o'clock the next morning, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign Questions for Examination, \ What was the conduct of the South Sea scheme ? 2 Explain the nature of it, 3.
Page 220 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 219 - At these words, the child looked very steadfastly upon him. "Mark, child! what I say: they will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: but mark what I say: thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head, too they will cut off at last! Therefore I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!