Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... conduct , both public and private , and given a concise outline of the domestic , as well as the general history of her times , and its effects on her character , and we have done so with singleness of heart . If we have borne false ...
... conduct , both public and private , and given a concise outline of the domestic , as well as the general history of her times , and its effects on her character , and we have done so with singleness of heart . If we have borne false ...
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... conduct on this occasion , and acquits her of the pitiful hypocrisy imputed to her by Davison , on whose unsupported testimony she has been too hastily condemned . We have compelled the royal Stuart queens - regnant , Mary and Anne , to ...
... conduct on this occasion , and acquits her of the pitiful hypocrisy imputed to her by Davison , on whose unsupported testimony she has been too hastily condemned . We have compelled the royal Stuart queens - regnant , Mary and Anne , to ...
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... conduct of William to Matilda - Their marriage- Rich apparel - William's early life - William and Matilda excommunicated - Dis- pensation - Matilda's taste for architecture - Matilda's sister married to Tostig- Birth of Matilda's eldest ...
... conduct of William to Matilda - Their marriage- Rich apparel - William's early life - William and Matilda excommunicated - Dis- pensation - Matilda's taste for architecture - Matilda's sister married to Tostig- Birth of Matilda's eldest ...
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... conduct of her subjects which needed reformation , she devised sundry wholesome laws , which the Britons , after her death , named the Martian statutes . Alfred caused the laws of this excellently learned princess , whom all com- mended ...
... conduct of her subjects which needed reformation , she devised sundry wholesome laws , which the Britons , after her death , named the Martian statutes . Alfred caused the laws of this excellently learned princess , whom all com- mended ...
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... conduct . Our third Matilda , the consort of Stephen , was the founder of churches and hospitals , and the friend of the poor . It is certain that her virtues , talents and conjugal heroism , did more to preserve the crown to her ...
... conduct . Our third Matilda , the consort of Stephen , was the founder of churches and hospitals , and the friend of the poor . It is certain that her virtues , talents and conjugal heroism , did more to preserve the crown to her ...
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