Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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Page xxiv
... noble chronicler - Her miniatures - Punctilios of ceremony - Margaret returns to her father - Education of her son - Reconciliation with Warwick - Marriage of her son - Restoration of Henry VI . - Margaret goes to Paris - Honours paid ...
... noble chronicler - Her miniatures - Punctilios of ceremony - Margaret returns to her father - Education of her son - Reconciliation with Warwick - Marriage of her son - Restoration of Henry VI . - Margaret goes to Paris - Honours paid ...
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... took place in the year 60 . There is every reason to suppose that the noble code of laws called the Common Law of England , usually attributed to Alfred , were by him derived from the laws first established by a British B 2.
... took place in the year 60 . There is every reason to suppose that the noble code of laws called the Common Law of England , usually attributed to Alfred , were by him derived from the laws first established by a British B 2.
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... noble example of liberal feeling in the sympathy which he was the first to accord to that unfortunate family . He did more ; he checked the hackneyed sys- tem of popular falsehood , by authorizing the publication of a portion of the ...
... noble example of liberal feeling in the sympathy which he was the first to accord to that unfortunate family . He did more ; he checked the hackneyed sys- tem of popular falsehood , by authorizing the publication of a portion of the ...
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... noble qualities attracted the attention of the most accomplished sove- reign in Christendom . " Duke William of Normandy , " says William of Jumièges , " having learned that Baldwin , earl of Flanders , had a daughter named Matilda ...
... noble qualities attracted the attention of the most accomplished sove- reign in Christendom . " Duke William of Normandy , " says William of Jumièges , " having learned that Baldwin , earl of Flanders , had a daughter named Matilda ...
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... noble charger in her Bayeux tapestry . It is represented as caparisoned for the battle , and led by Gualtier Giffart , the duke's squire . There is in the same group the figure of a knight armed cap - à - pié , in the close fitting ring ...
... noble charger in her Bayeux tapestry . It is represented as caparisoned for the battle , and led by Gualtier Giffart , the duke's squire . There is in the same group the figure of a knight armed cap - à - pié , in the close fitting ring ...
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