Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... favour . " To such a height have some prejudices been carried , that it has been regarded as a species of heresy , to record the evil as well as the good of persons who are usually made subjects of popular panegyric ; and authors have ...
... favour . " To such a height have some prejudices been carried , that it has been regarded as a species of heresy , to record the evil as well as the good of persons who are usually made subjects of popular panegyric ; and authors have ...
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... favours Somerset - Wars of the roses - Death of the queen's mother - King's aberration of mind - Birth of prince Edward - Queen exercises regal power - Loses it - King's recovery - Battle of St. Alban's . CHAPTER II - Queen retires to ...
... favours Somerset - Wars of the roses - Death of the queen's mother - King's aberration of mind - Birth of prince Edward - Queen exercises regal power - Loses it - King's recovery - Battle of St. Alban's . CHAPTER II - Queen retires to ...
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... favour rather than his own . The conventional assembly adjusted this delicate point by deciding that the prince and princess of Orange should reign as joint sovereigns , to which William outwardly consented ; yet the household- books ...
... favour rather than his own . The conventional assembly adjusted this delicate point by deciding that the prince and princess of Orange should reign as joint sovereigns , to which William outwardly consented ; yet the household- books ...
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... 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 , widely different . William's Dutch troops had rudely expelled Mary's royal ...
... 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 , widely different . William's Dutch troops had rudely expelled Mary's royal ...
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... favour of Guy of Burgundy , the eldest son of his aunt Alice . This prince was the nearest legitimate male descendant of duke Richard the Second of 1 Vatout's History of Eu . 2 William of Jumièges . Benoit's Normandy . 1027. ] Early ...
... favour of Guy of Burgundy , the eldest son of his aunt Alice . This prince was the nearest legitimate male descendant of duke Richard the Second of 1 Vatout's History of Eu . 2 William of Jumièges . Benoit's Normandy . 1027. ] Early ...
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