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... treaty with the Picts , whom they had been called in to repress . The Britons , impelled by the urgency of their calamities , at length took up arms ; and having deposed Vor- tigern , by whose counsel and vices they were thus reduced to ...
... treaty with the Picts , whom they had been called in to repress . The Britons , impelled by the urgency of their calamities , at length took up arms ; and having deposed Vor- tigern , by whose counsel and vices they were thus reduced to ...
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... treaty , agreed to relinquish the kingdom ; but , instead of complying with their engagements , they only removed from one place to another , burning and destroying wherever they came . Alfred , thus opposed to an enemy whom no ...
... treaty , agreed to relinquish the kingdom ; but , instead of complying with their engagements , they only removed from one place to another , burning and destroying wherever they came . Alfred , thus opposed to an enemy whom no ...
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... treaty . Canute reserved to himself the northern parts of the kingdom ; the southern parts were left to Edmund : but this prince being murdered about a month after the treaty by his two chamberlains , at Oxford , Canute was left in ...
... treaty . Canute reserved to himself the northern parts of the kingdom ; the southern parts were left to Edmund : but this prince being murdered about a month after the treaty by his two chamberlains , at Oxford , Canute was left in ...
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... treaty with the count , in which Guader was included . William having thus secured the peace of his dominions , now expected rest from his labours ; and finding none either willing or powerful enough to oppose him , he hoped that the ...
... treaty with the count , in which Guader was included . William having thus secured the peace of his dominions , now expected rest from his labours ; and finding none either willing or powerful enough to oppose him , he hoped that the ...
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... treaty being ratified , the armies on each side were disbanded ; and Robert , having lived two months in the utmost har- mony with his brother , returned in peace to his own dominions . But it was not in the power of formal treaties to ...
... treaty being ratified , the armies on each side were disbanded ; and Robert , having lived two months in the utmost har- mony with his brother , returned in peace to his own dominions . But it was not in the power of formal treaties to ...
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Page 202 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 208 - But if you have already determined of me,* and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the...
Page 207 - But let not your grace ever imagine, that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 453 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Page 310 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 208 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain, of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Page 208 - ... and conscience satisfied, the ignominy and slander of the world stopped, or my guilt openly declared. So that whatsoever God or you may determine of me, your Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being...
Page 208 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...
Page 168 - Margaret, flying with her son into a forest, where she endeavoured to conceal herself, was beset, during the darkness of the night, by robbers, who, either ignorant or regardless of her quality, despoiled her of her rings and jewels, and treated her with the utmost indignity.
Page 310 - For shame," said he to the Parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men, to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a Parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.