Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... give a false version of one , leads the reader into a complicated mass of errors , having the same effect as the spurious figure with which a dishonestly disposed school - boy endeavours to prove a sum that baffles his feeble powers of ...
... give a false version of one , leads the reader into a complicated mass of errors , having the same effect as the spurious figure with which a dishonestly disposed school - boy endeavours to prove a sum that baffles his feeble powers of ...
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... give the duke notice of his danger ; and finding means to make an entrance into the castle at four o'clock in the morning , he struck violently with the handle of his whip at the chamber - door of his sleeping sovereign , and shouted ...
... give the duke notice of his danger ; and finding means to make an entrance into the castle at four o'clock in the morning , he struck violently with the handle of his whip at the chamber - door of his sleeping sovereign , and shouted ...
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... , " That he might give as much as he pleased himself , but they had never empowered him to promise such 1 Wace . 2 Ibid . 3 Ibid . 1066. ] William prepares to invade England . 29 unheard 28 [ 1066 . Matilda of Flanders .
... , " That he might give as much as he pleased himself , but they had never empowered him to promise such 1 Wace . 2 Ibid . 3 Ibid . 1066. ] William prepares to invade England . 29 unheard 28 [ 1066 . Matilda of Flanders .
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... give you such a share of England as you shall find within this letter . " He sent the letter to the young count by a shrewd - witted page , who 1 Wace . 2 Ibid . 3 Ibid . 4 Ibid . 5 Henderson . Wace . 66 was much in his confidence ...
... give you such a share of England as you shall find within this letter . " He sent the letter to the young count by a shrewd - witted page , who 1 Wace . 2 Ibid . 3 Ibid . 4 Ibid . 5 Henderson . Wace . 66 was much in his confidence ...
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... give you seizin , in 1 Thierry's Anglo - Normans . 2 Wace . Henderson . 3 There is a tradition in the north of Eng- land , that the foremost man of this company to touch the land of promise was the ances- tor of the Stricklands of ...
... give you seizin , in 1 Thierry's Anglo - Normans . 2 Wace . Henderson . 3 There is a tradition in the north of Eng- land , that the foremost man of this company to touch the land of promise was the ances- tor of the Stricklands of ...
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