Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... according to the events . " Such as they were in life we have endeavoured to portray them , both in good and ill , without regard to any other consideration than the development of facts . Their sayings , their doings , their manners ...
... according to the events . " Such as they were in life we have endeavoured to portray them , both in good and ill , without regard to any other consideration than the development of facts . Their sayings , their doings , their manners ...
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... According to the legitimate order of succession , she was the rightful sovereign of the realm , and though she condescended to accept the crown - matrimonial , she might have contested the regal garland . She chose the nobler ...
... According to the legitimate order of succession , she was the rightful sovereign of the realm , and though she condescended to accept the crown - matrimonial , she might have contested the regal garland . She chose the nobler ...
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... according to the above authority , brought the matter to a favourable crisis ; for Matilda , being convinced of the strength of William's passion by the violence of his behaviour , or afraid of encountering a second beating , consented ...
... according to the above authority , brought the matter to a favourable crisis ; for Matilda , being convinced of the strength of William's passion by the violence of his behaviour , or afraid of encountering a second beating , consented ...
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... according to the custom of those days . Over these infant followers William assumed the authority of a sovereign in miniature : and if dissensions arose among them , they always referred to his decision , and his judgments are said to ...
... according to the custom of those days . Over these infant followers William assumed the authority of a sovereign in miniature : and if dissensions arose among them , they always referred to his decision , and his judgments are said to ...
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... according to the witness of their own chronicles , arrived at that pass of sensuality and folly , which is generally supposed to provoke a national visitation in the shape of pestilence or the sword . 66 " The Normans of that period ...
... according to the witness of their own chronicles , arrived at that pass of sensuality and folly , which is generally supposed to provoke a national visitation in the shape of pestilence or the sword . 66 " The Normans of that period ...
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