Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... sent to Wallingford - King's return - His poetical address to the queen - Richard in the Tower - Dejection - Deposed - Queen joins the revolt against Henry IV . - Richard's murder - Widowhood of Isabella - She refuses the prince of ...
... sent to Wallingford - King's return - His poetical address to the queen - Richard in the Tower - Dejection - Deposed - Queen joins the revolt against Henry IV . - Richard's murder - Widowhood of Isabella - She refuses the prince of ...
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... sent deputies , by the advice of his peers , to ask her of her father in marriage , who gladly consented , and gave her a large portion . " Wace , also , tells us " that Matilda was very fair and graceful , and that her father gave her ...
... sent deputies , by the advice of his peers , to ask her of her father in marriage , who gladly consented , and gave her a large portion . " Wace , also , tells us " that Matilda was very fair and graceful , and that her father gave her ...
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... sent ambassa- dors to Paris to claim their young duke.1 The king of France resigned him to the deputies , but soon after invaded his dominions . Raoul de Grace and Roger de Beaumont stoutly maintained the cause of their young duke ...
... sent ambassa- dors to Paris to claim their young duke.1 The king of France resigned him to the deputies , but soon after invaded his dominions . Raoul de Grace and Roger de Beaumont stoutly maintained the cause of their young duke ...
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... sent him a costly suit of clothes ; but Fitz - Osborn , instead of tendering his grateful acknowledgments for this present , ordered a of Edith large fire to be made , and , in the presence the messenger , burned the rich garments one ...
... sent him a costly suit of clothes ; but Fitz - Osborn , instead of tendering his grateful acknowledgments for this present , ordered a of Edith large fire to be made , and , in the presence the messenger , burned the rich garments one ...
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... sent for the messengers , and gave his answer in the following strain of oracular allegory . " Return to your mistress , " said he , “ and tell her I have prayed to God in her behalf , and the Most High has made known to me in a dream ...
... sent for the messengers , and gave his answer in the following strain of oracular allegory . " Return to your mistress , " said he , “ and tell her I have prayed to God in her behalf , and the Most High has made known to me in a dream ...
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