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... court of Charlemagne , King of France . Before he came to the throne , the Mercians had nearly obtained the sovereignty over the Heptarchy , but the valiant Egbert led his army against them , and obtained a complete victory . Mercia was ...
... court of Charlemagne , King of France . Before he came to the throne , the Mercians had nearly obtained the sovereignty over the Heptarchy , but the valiant Egbert led his army against them , and obtained a complete victory . Mercia was ...
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... court of chancery held in this year , by Augemundus , the first chancellor . 611 The church and abbey of St. Peter's , Westminster , founded by Sebert . Archbishoprick of York founded by Edwin , king of the Northumbrians . 643 The ...
... court of chancery held in this year , by Augemundus , the first chancellor . 611 The church and abbey of St. Peter's , Westminster , founded by Sebert . Archbishoprick of York founded by Edwin , king of the Northumbrians . 643 The ...
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... court , and the English were asham- ed of their native tongue . William the Conqueror caused a general survey to be made of all the lands in his king- dom , and a book to be written called Dooms- THE NORMAN LINE . 47.
... court , and the English were asham- ed of their native tongue . William the Conqueror caused a general survey to be made of all the lands in his king- dom , and a book to be written called Dooms- THE NORMAN LINE . 47.
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... court of France . The queen also incensed her two youngest sons , Geoffrey and Richard , against their royal fa- ther , and advised them to fly secretly to France , whither she was preparing to follow them , disguised in men's clothes ...
... court of France . The queen also incensed her two youngest sons , Geoffrey and Richard , against their royal fa- ther , and advised them to fly secretly to France , whither she was preparing to follow them , disguised in men's clothes ...
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... his French dominions ; but returned with shame and disgrace . Shortly after , he had a quarrel with the court of Rome , and was at last obliged to submit to the pope's authority in the most 84 THE LINE OF PLANTAGENET .
... his French dominions ; but returned with shame and disgrace . Shortly after , he had a quarrel with the court of Rome , and was at last obliged to submit to the pope's authority in the most 84 THE LINE OF PLANTAGENET .
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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 211 - 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 218 - 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 284 - 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 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 240 - On the first year of freedom, by God's blessing, restored, 1648." The forms of all public business were changed, from the king's name, to that of the keepers of the liberties of England".
Page 261 - ... 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 238 - 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 237 - At these words the child looked very stedfastly 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!
Page 238 - Though innocent towards his people, he acknowledged the equity of his execution in the eyes of his Maker ; and observed, that an unjust sentence, which he had suffered to take effect, was now punished by an unjust sentence upon himself.