Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... hand - Opposition of her aunt - Council of the church- Matilda's evidence - Her scruples - Importuned by Anglo - Saxons - Consents - Address to her by Anselm - Consent of the people - Her marriage and coronation - Saxon laws restored ...
... hand - Opposition of her aunt - Council of the church- Matilda's evidence - Her scruples - Importuned by Anglo - Saxons - Consents - Address to her by Anselm - Consent of the people - Her marriage and coronation - Saxon laws restored ...
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... hand demanded by the duke of Bretagne- -Dower- Marriage - Horrible death of her father - Her husband's jealousy ... hands - Deed of gift to her aunt CHAPTER II . - Joanna assumes the title of queen - Writes to Henry IV . - Embarks for ...
... hand demanded by the duke of Bretagne- -Dower- Marriage - Horrible death of her father - Her husband's jealousy ... hands - Deed of gift to her aunt CHAPTER II . - Joanna assumes the title of queen - Writes to Henry IV . - Embarks for ...
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... hand , being of person tall , and of a comely , cheerful , and modest countenance ; and so awhile she stood , pausing to survey her army , and being regarded with reverential silence , she addressed to them an impassioned and eloquent ...
... hand , being of person tall , and of a comely , cheerful , and modest countenance ; and so awhile she stood , pausing to survey her army , and being regarded with reverential silence , she addressed to them an impassioned and eloquent ...
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... hands embroidered the garments of her royal husband , Edward the Confessor . But well as the acquirements and tastes of ... hand the reins are guided , and we not unfrequently detect the impulse of her finger by the direction in which it ...
... hands embroidered the garments of her royal husband , Edward the Confessor . But well as the acquirements and tastes of ... hand the reins are guided , and we not unfrequently detect the impulse of her finger by the direction in which it ...
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... hands . But of this we shall have to speak more fully , in its proper place , as a pictorial chronicle of the conquest of ... hand of his daughter . Matilda had , however , bestowed her first affections on a young Saxon nobleman named ...
... hands . But of this we shall have to speak more fully , in its proper place , as a pictorial chronicle of the conquest of ... hand of his daughter . Matilda had , however , bestowed her first affections on a young Saxon nobleman named ...
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