Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... arms - Empress in Winchester - Her seal - Insult's Lon- doners - Driven from London - Successes of the queen - Takes Winchester - Escape of the empress - Earl of Gloucester taken - Exchanged for Stephen - Illness of king Stephen ...
... arms - Empress in Winchester - Her seal - Insult's Lon- doners - Driven from London - Successes of the queen - Takes Winchester - Escape of the empress - Earl of Gloucester taken - Exchanged for Stephen - Illness of king Stephen ...
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... arms , and , after kissing and passionately em- bracing him , he presented him to his valiant “ quens , ” as their future sovereign , with this remark , “ He is little , but he will grow . " 3 The peers of Normandy having consented to ...
... arms , and , after kissing and passionately em- bracing him , he presented him to his valiant “ quens , ” as their future sovereign , with this remark , “ He is little , but he will grow . " 3 The peers of Normandy having consented to ...
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... arms they loaded with massive bracelets of gold , carrying withal pictured marks upon their skins , pounced in with divers colours ; " by which it is evident that the Anglo - Saxons had adopted the barbarous practice of tattooing their ...
... arms they loaded with massive bracelets of gold , carrying withal pictured marks upon their skins , pounced in with divers colours ; " by which it is evident that the Anglo - Saxons had adopted the barbarous practice of tattooing their ...
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... arms , his claims to the crown of England , on the plea of Edward the Confessor's verbal adoption of himself as successor to that realm , there were stormy debates among them on the subject . They were then assembled in the hall of ...
... arms , his claims to the crown of England , on the plea of Edward the Confessor's verbal adoption of himself as successor to that realm , there were stormy debates among them on the subject . They were then assembled in the hall of ...
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... arms might have the benefit of her prayers , and the prayers of her ladies , for the success of their expedition . " He appointed for her council some of the wisest and most experienced men among the prelates and elder nobles of ...
... arms might have the benefit of her prayers , and the prayers of her ladies , for the success of their expedition . " He appointed for her council some of the wisest and most experienced men among the prelates and elder nobles of ...
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