Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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Page viii
... effect as the spurious figure with which a dishonestly disposed school - boy endeavours to prove a sum that baffles his feeble powers of calculation . Aye , and it is as easily detected by those who are accustomed to verify history by ...
... effect as the spurious figure with which a dishonestly disposed school - boy endeavours to prove a sum that baffles his feeble powers of calculation . Aye , and it is as easily detected by those who are accustomed to verify history by ...
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... effects on her character , and we have done so with singleness of heart . If we have borne false witness in any instance , let those who bring accusations bring also proofs of their assertions . The materials for the lives of the Tudor ...
... effects on her character , and we have done so with singleness of heart . If we have borne false witness in any instance , let those who bring accusations bring also proofs of their assertions . The materials for the lives of the Tudor ...
Page xv
... effects of her absence - Separate govern- ments of William and Matilda - King of France attacks Matilda - Her able govern- ment - Discontent of Norman ladies - Scandalous reports - William's supposed conjugal infidelity - Matilda's ...
... effects of her absence - Separate govern- ments of William and Matilda - King of France attacks Matilda - Her able govern- ment - Discontent of Norman ladies - Scandalous reports - William's supposed conjugal infidelity - Matilda's ...
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... effect of the political changes of those unquiet times on the consorts of Henry VI . , Edward IV . , and Richard III . Three women more essentially opposite in their charac- teristics and conduct than the three contemporary , but not ...
... effect of the political changes of those unquiet times on the consorts of Henry VI . , Edward IV . , and Richard III . Three women more essentially opposite in their charac- teristics and conduct than the three contemporary , but not ...
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... effects of the new system were so rapid , that in the succeeding reign we behold , to use the forcible language of a ... effect in hastening the crisis ; but the Reformation was cradled in the printing - press , and established by no ...
... effects of the new system were so rapid , that in the succeeding reign we behold , to use the forcible language of a ... effect in hastening the crisis ; but the Reformation was cradled in the printing - press , and established by no ...
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