| John Lingard - 1825 - 502 Seiten
...subject was first opened to him, replied : " My father was king : his father was also Oct. 17. " king : I have worn the crown forty years from " my cradle :...sovereign, and your fathers have done " the like to my fathers. How then can my right " be disputed ?"201 In conclusion he recommended his interests to their... | |
| Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 Seiten
...plucked up sufficient spirit to observe to the Peers, " My father was king; his father was also a king; I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle, you...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers, how then can my right be disputed."" Queen Margaret, after the defeat at Northampton, having... | |
| Henry Walter - 1830 - 648 Seiten
...know," said he, " that my father was king ; and his father was also king. I have worn the crown nearly forty years, from my cradle. You have all sworn fealty...sovereign ; and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right to be disputed !" Such an answer suited the plain, honest mind of king... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 254 Seiten
...before Henry, whose reply was short and pithy — " My father was king ; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle ;...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " The question of right was largely discussed in the... | |
| Thomas Flanagan - 1847 - 996 Seiten
...Henry was informed of this proceeding, he replied, " My father was king ; his father was also king. I have worn the crown forty years from my cradle : you...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " He concluded by recommending his interests to their... | |
| John Lingard - 1848 - 378 Seiten
...when the subject was first opened to him, replied: " My father was king; " his father was also king; I have worn the crown forty " years from my cradle;...sovereign, and your fathers have done the " like to my fathers. How then can my right be dis" puted t ?" In conclusion, he recommended his interests to their... | |
| Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 528 Seiten
...sensible, and just. His words to the Lords were :—" My father was king; his father was also king : I have worn the crown forty years from my cradle: you...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right be disputed ? " The Lords who heard him hesitated; but it is to be remembered... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1851 - 774 Seiten
...the power of his rival, replied in these words : " My father was king ; his father was also king : I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle ;...father and grandfather. How, then, can my right be disputed?"3 He agreed, nevertheless, to recognise the duke of York as his successor, on which condition... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1852 - 706 Seiten
...the power of his rival, replied in these words : — "My lather was king; his father was also king; I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle ;...wear the crown during his life, the duke of York or his heirs should succeed to the royal dignity at his decease. Henry was next compelled, by those who... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 530 Seiten
...before Henry, whose reply was short and pithy — " My father was king ; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle ;...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " The question of right was largely discussed in the... | |
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