Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of Their Courts, Now First Published from Official Records and Other Authentic Documents, Private as Well as Public, Band 3H. Colburn, 1840 |
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... receiving from his Excellency Monsieur Guizot in May last , and which I avail myself of his courteous permission to publish , as affording not only a cogent reason for the postponement of the present volume , but a testimonial of those ...
... received him before he had risen . " He took it , and opened it , and looked into it with much pleasure . He ought to have been pleased , for it was handsomely written and illuminated , and bound in crimson velvet , with ten silver gilt ...
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... King Richard in a state of ferment with the discontents of the princesses of the house of Plantagenet , just at the time when he required 1 Froissart . 2 Ibid . them to assemble for the purpose of receiving his infant ISABELLA OF VALOIS .
... King Richard in a state of ferment with the discontents of the princesses of the house of Plantagenet , just at the time when he required 1 Froissart . 2 Ibid . them to assemble for the purpose of receiving his infant ISABELLA OF VALOIS .
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... receiving his infant bride . While these ladies were settling their points of prece- dency , the Princess Isabella was espoused in Paris by the earl marshal , as proxy for his royal master . " She was from that time , " says Froissart ...
... receiving his infant bride . While these ladies were settling their points of prece- dency , the Princess Isabella was espoused in Paris by the earl marshal , as proxy for his royal master . " She was from that time , " says Froissart ...
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... received by King Charles , his brother and uncles , with grand state , and the most affec- tionate words . Dinner tables were laid out ; that for the kings was very handsome , and the sideboard was covered with magnificent plate . The ...
... received by King Charles , his brother and uncles , with grand state , and the most affec- tionate words . Dinner tables were laid out ; that for the kings was very handsome , and the sideboard was covered with magnificent plate . The ...
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Abbey Anne archbishop attended battle Beaufort beauty Bretagne bride brother Calais castle Charles Chronicle Clarence Clisson consort coronation council countess court crown daughter death declared dower duchess duke of Bretagne duke of Burgundy duke of Gloucester duke of York earl of March earl of Warwick Edward IV eldest Elizabeth Elizabeth Woodville English father favour French Froissart Guthrie Hall hand heir Henry IV Henry VI Henry's honour husband Ibid infant Isabella Joanna of Navarre king and queen king Henry king of England king of France King Richard king's knights lady Lancaster letter London lord Margaret of Anjou marriage married Monstrelet mother nobles Owen palace Paris parliament Parliamentary person prince of Wales princess queen Joanna queen Katherine queen Margaret queen of England received royal Rymer's Fœdera sanctuary says sent Sir John sister sovereign Suffolk throne took Tower uncle Westminster widow wife Windsor Woodville young queen
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Seite 277 - Edward ; and then he held up his hands, and thanked God thereof. And he said he never knew him till that time ; nor wist not what was said to him, nor wist not where he had been, whilst he hath been sick till now ; and he asked who were godfathers, and the queen told him, and he was well apaid (content).
Seite 53 - Above her lieth spread a tomb Of gold and sapphires blue: The gold doth show her blessedness, The sapphires mark...
Seite 314 - Ill-starred prince, whose martial merit His own England long might rue ! Mournful was that Edward's fame, Won in fields contested well, While he sought his rightful claim : Witness Aire's unhappy water, Where the ruthless Clifford fell ; And when Wharfe ran red with slaughter, On the day of Towcester's field, Gathering, in its guilty flood, The carnage and the ill-spilt blood, That forty thousand lives could yield.
Seite 263 - Lancaster, fthe pale and purple rose,' were assumed to distinguish the rival factions during the memorable dispute between Somerset and the Earl of Warwick, in the Temple Gardens, when Somerset, to collect the suffrages of the by-standers, plucked a red rose, and Warwick a white rose, and each called upon every man present to declare his party by taking a rose of the colour chosen by him whose cause he favoured.
Seite 116 - Richard by the grace of God king of England and of France, and lord of Ireland...
Seite 413 - Farewell, my own sweet son ; God send you good keeping. Let me kiss you once yet ere you go, for God knoweth when we shall kiss together again.
Seite 213 - Because through her he nobled was, and sinned in double fame. The king of England by descent, and by queen Katherine's right The realm of France he did enjoy — triumphant king of might. A happy queen to Englishmen she came right grateful here, And four days' space they honoured God with lips and reverent fear.
Seite 303 - I know of no one in this realm who ought not, rather, to visit me," was the haughty rejoinder of the duke. With these words he angrily left the house. The peers by whom these rival claims were to be decided had, to a man, sworn their liegemen's oaths to king Henry, and to him they...
Seite 304 - My father was King; his father also was King; I myself have worn the crown forty years from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to mine. How then can my right be disputed...
Seite 165 - Fair cousin, we wish you to know that we will have the daughter of your king, and all that we have asked, or .we will drive him and you out of his kingdom.' The duke replied, ' Sire, you are pleased to say so; but before you can drive my lord and me out of his kingdom, I make no doubt but that you will be heartily tired.