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... kings , has been called by the voice of a free people to the legal inheritance of the crown . From George the First , and his father , the Elector of Hanover , we ascend in a clear and regular series to the first Duke of Brunswick and ...
... kings , has been called by the voice of a free people to the legal inheritance of the crown . From George the First , and his father , the Elector of Hanover , we ascend in a clear and regular series to the first Duke of Brunswick and ...
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... Kings of Great Britain are the descendants of the first , the Dukes of Ferrara and Modena were the offspring of the second . " William , Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg , fourth son of Ernest , called the Confessor , on account of his ...
... Kings of Great Britain are the descendants of the first , the Dukes of Ferrara and Modena were the offspring of the second . " William , Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg , fourth son of Ernest , called the Confessor , on account of his ...
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... kings , and two queens ; a circumstance rare in a sovereign house , and not equalled in all the annals of history ... king of England is heir in direct succession ( the Catholic line of course excluded ) to the British Cambro - British ...
... kings , and two queens ; a circumstance rare in a sovereign house , and not equalled in all the annals of history ... king of England is heir in direct succession ( the Catholic line of course excluded ) to the British Cambro - British ...
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... king was a seven months ' child , and from that circumstance so weakly at the period of his birth , that serious apprehensions were entertained that it would be impossible to rear him . It was in conse- quence thought advisable to waive ...
... king was a seven months ' child , and from that circumstance so weakly at the period of his birth , that serious apprehensions were entertained that it would be impossible to rear him . It was in conse- quence thought advisable to waive ...
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... king what a great proficiency his highness had made in Latin , but that he wished that he would be a little more perfect in his German grammar , as it would be of signal use to him . " German grammar ! German grammar ! ” retorted the ...
... king what a great proficiency his highness had made in Latin , but that he wished that he would be a little more perfect in his German grammar , as it would be of signal use to him . " German grammar ! German grammar ! ” retorted the ...
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