Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... attended by her daughters and her numerous army , she proceeded to a throne of marshy turfs , apparelled , after the fashion of the Romans , in a loose gown of changeable colours , under which she wore a kirtle very thickly plaited ...
... attended by her daughters and her numerous army , she proceeded to a throne of marshy turfs , apparelled , after the fashion of the Romans , in a loose gown of changeable colours , under which she wore a kirtle very thickly plaited ...
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... attended by only few of his people , rode privately to Lille , where the court of Flanders then was . He alighted at the Palace gates , entered the hall of presence alone , passed boldly through it , strode unquestioned through the ...
... attended by only few of his people , rode privately to Lille , where the court of Flanders then was . He alighted at the Palace gates , entered the hall of presence alone , passed boldly through it , strode unquestioned through the ...
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... attended the victo- rious Edward in his French campaigns , than to the Norman founder of the family , who was indebted , not to his foreign comrades , but to the English spectators of the disem- barkation for his Saxon surname . 4 Wace ...
... attended the victo- rious Edward in his French campaigns , than to the Norman founder of the family , who was indebted , not to his foreign comrades , but to the English spectators of the disem- barkation for his Saxon surname . 4 Wace ...
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... attended me in this expedition , but more particularly for the sins of such as may fall in the battle . " This vow greatly reassured his followers , and appears to have been considered by the valiant Normans as a very comfortable ...
... attended me in this expedition , but more particularly for the sins of such as may fall in the battle . " This vow greatly reassured his followers , and appears to have been considered by the valiant Normans as a very comfortable ...
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... attended , attract the wonder of the foreign princes and peers . On the 18th of June , Matilda's newly erected abbey - church of the Holy Trinity , was consecrated with great pomp , in the presence of the royal foundress and her ...
... attended , attract the wonder of the foreign princes and peers . On the 18th of June , Matilda's newly erected abbey - church of the Holy Trinity , was consecrated with great pomp , in the presence of the royal foundress and her ...
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