The Barons' War; Including the Battles of Lewes and EveshamBell and Daldy, 1871 - 390 pages |
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... King came to England " ; " and it is also remark- able , that there was no grant of a single acre to any of his own ... King's power , and of this he made an unsparing use , giving , for example , to his son- in - law , William , Earl de ...
... King came to England " ; " and it is also remark- able , that there was no grant of a single acre to any of his own ... King's power , and of this he made an unsparing use , giving , for example , to his son- in - law , William , Earl de ...
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... King's Rolls handling all day , He looks more to lucre than Luke , Mares their namesake Saint outweigh , He ponders on pounds , not his book . The inherent caprice of the King's " waxen heart " 2 in favour or hatred , evinced a natural ...
... King's Rolls handling all day , He looks more to lucre than Luke , Mares their namesake Saint outweigh , He ponders on pounds , not his book . The inherent caprice of the King's " waxen heart " 2 in favour or hatred , evinced a natural ...
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... King John , had taken priest's orders and was raised to the bishopric of Norwich ' . This advancement of a man , who had for three days ostentatiously withheld the crown from the King of England , must have been peculiarly distasteful ...
... King John , had taken priest's orders and was raised to the bishopric of Norwich ' . This advancement of a man , who had for three days ostentatiously withheld the crown from the King of England , must have been peculiarly distasteful ...
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... King John , for whom he firmly defended Dover against all the assaults of Prince Louis . Shakspeare has made his name familiar and odious to us , representing him as taunted by the Earl of Norfolk with " Out , dunghill ! dar'st thou ...
... King John , for whom he firmly defended Dover against all the assaults of Prince Louis . Shakspeare has made his name familiar and odious to us , representing him as taunted by the Earl of Norfolk with " Out , dunghill ! dar'st thou ...
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... King Henry was so bent on mak- ing him Bishop of Winchester , that he would probably have succeeded , had not the news of his death , by poison , at Viterbo , in 1239 , prevented the scheme . The King's grief at his loss was so ...
... King Henry was so bent on mak- ing him Bishop of Winchester , that he would probably have succeeded , had not the news of his death , by poison , at Viterbo , in 1239 , prevented the scheme . The King's grief at his loss was so ...
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