Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... crown - matrimonial , and four the regal diadem of this realm . What changes - what revolutions - what scenes of civil and religious strife - what exciting tragedies are not involved in the details of those four - and - thirty lives ...
... crown - matrimonial , and four the regal diadem of this realm . What changes - what revolutions - what scenes of civil and religious strife - what exciting tragedies are not involved in the details of those four - and - thirty lives ...
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... crown , compelled the ministers of Henry VI . to resort to excessive taxation , and the yet more ruinous expedient of debasing the silver coinage . The military talents of the duke of York , his wealth , and family alliance with the ...
... crown , compelled the ministers of Henry VI . to resort to excessive taxation , and the yet more ruinous expedient of debasing the silver coinage . The military talents of the duke of York , his wealth , and family alliance with the ...
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... crown by apron - strings . ” But the fact was , that Mary , though nearer in blood to the regal succession , had no more right to the crown than himself as the law then stood ; and if the order of legitimacy were to be violated by ...
... crown by apron - strings . ” But the fact was , that Mary , though nearer in blood to the regal succession , had no more right to the crown than himself as the law then stood ; and if the order of legitimacy were to be violated by ...
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... crown . In that case , William of Orange would have been indebted to her favour for the empty title of king , and such ceremo- nial honours and dignity as it might have pleased her to confer on him . Circumstances were , however ...
... crown . In that case , William of Orange would have been indebted to her favour for the empty title of king , and such ceremo- nial honours and dignity as it might have pleased her to confer on him . Circumstances were , however ...
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... crown . After these arrangements , duke Robert departed on that expedition , from which he never again returned to his own dominions . 1 Henderson's Life of the Conqueror . 2 According to William of Malmesbury , the importance which the ...
... crown . After these arrangements , duke Robert departed on that expedition , from which he never again returned to his own dominions . 1 Henderson's Life of the Conqueror . 2 According to William of Malmesbury , the importance which the ...
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