Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... never see again — the ages of feudality , of chivalry , and romance - ages of splendour and misery , that witnessed the brilliant chimera of crusades , the more fatal triumphs of our Edwards and Henries , in their reiterated attempts to ...
... never see again — the ages of feudality , of chivalry , and romance - ages of splendour and misery , that witnessed the brilliant chimera of crusades , the more fatal triumphs of our Edwards and Henries , in their reiterated attempts to ...
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... never treated her with the affection of a husband , or ceased to remember that her father had supported the Danish usurpation , and imbrued his hands in the blood of the royal line . The last Anglo - Saxon queen , Edith , or Alfgith ...
... never treated her with the affection of a husband , or ceased to remember that her father had supported the Danish usurpation , and imbrued his hands in the blood of the royal line . The last Anglo - Saxon queen , Edith , or Alfgith ...
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... never to be forgotten , that it was to the wisdom and moral courage of his last queen , the learned and amiable Katharine Parr , that England is indebted for the preservation of her universities from the general plunder of ...
... never to be forgotten , that it was to the wisdom and moral courage of his last queen , the learned and amiable Katharine Parr , that England is indebted for the preservation of her universities from the general plunder of ...
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... never allowed her to participate with himself in the ceremonial of opening or pro- roguing parliament , on which occasions he occupied the throne solus , and arrogated exclusively to himself the regal office of sceptering or rejecting ...
... never allowed her to participate with himself in the ceremonial of opening or pro- roguing parliament , on which occasions he occupied the throne solus , and arrogated exclusively to himself the regal office of sceptering or rejecting ...
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... never have ven- tured to exact from her if she had succeeded to the Britannic empire by the demise of the crown . In that case , William of Orange would have been indebted to her favour for the empty title of king , and such ceremo ...
... never have ven- tured to exact from her if she had succeeded to the Britannic empire by the demise of the crown . In that case , William of Orange would have been indebted to her favour for the empty title of king , and such ceremo ...
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