Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... considered . In 4 vols . 3s . 6d . each . Parkes's Elementary Chemistry . 38. 6d . Political , ( The ) , Cyclopædia . In 4 vols . 38. 6d . each . Political ( The ) Cyclopædia . Also bound in 2 vols . with leather backs . 15s ...
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... considered as sufficient authority by barristers and judges to settle the point , but as it relates to matters on which ladies , generally speaking , possess more critical knowledge than lawyers or antiquaries , we beg to observe that ...
... considered as sufficient authority by barristers and judges to settle the point , but as it relates to matters on which ladies , generally speaking , possess more critical knowledge than lawyers or antiquaries , we beg to observe that ...
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... considered a doubtful one . The manner in which she sacrificed the interests of her children by her first husband , Ethelred , to those by her second marriage with the Danish conqueror , is little to her credit , and was certainly never ...
... considered a doubtful one . The manner in which she sacrificed the interests of her children by her first husband , Ethelred , to those by her second marriage with the Danish conqueror , is little to her credit , and was certainly never ...
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... , Charles II . , and James II . , since , for upwards of a century after the revolution of 1688 , it was considered a test of loyalty to the reigning family and attachment to the church of England to revile the sovereigns.
... , Charles II . , and James II . , since , for upwards of a century after the revolution of 1688 , it was considered a test of loyalty to the reigning family and attachment to the church of England to revile the sovereigns.
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... considered that Mary was indebted to him , not he to her , for a crown ; and although the suffrages of the people invested her with the dignity of queen - regnant , she was , in all things , as subservient to his authority as if she had ...
... considered that Mary was indebted to him , not he to her , for a crown ; and although the suffrages of the people invested her with the dignity of queen - regnant , she was , in all things , as subservient to his authority as if she had ...
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