The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Band 3G. Cowie, 1825 |
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... less at his devotion . The king foresaw the tempest preparing against him and his ministers . After attempting in vain to rouse the Londoners to his defence , he withdrew from parliament , and retired with his court to Eltham . The ...
... less at his devotion . The king foresaw the tempest preparing against him and his ministers . After attempting in vain to rouse the Londoners to his defence , he withdrew from parliament , and retired with his court to Eltham . The ...
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... less than a twelvemonth , Richard , who was in his twenty - third year , declared in council , that , as he had now attained the full age which entitled him to govern by his own authority his kingdom and household , he resolved to ...
... less than a twelvemonth , Richard , who was in his twenty - third year , declared in council , that , as he had now attained the full age which entitled him to govern by his own authority his kingdom and household , he resolved to ...
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... less absolu- lute authority in those of his grandson . This is a point which it would be rash for us to decide positively on either side ; but it is certain , that a charge drawn up by the duke of Lancaster , and assented to by a ...
... less absolu- lute authority in those of his grandson . This is a point which it would be rash for us to decide positively on either side ; but it is certain , that a charge drawn up by the duke of Lancaster , and assented to by a ...
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... less for want of natural parts and capacity , than of solid judgment and a good education . He was violent in his temper ; pro- fuse in his expense ; fond of idle show and magnificence ; devoted to favourites ; and addicted to pleasure ...
... less for want of natural parts and capacity , than of solid judgment and a good education . He was violent in his temper ; pro- fuse in his expense ; fond of idle show and magnificence ; devoted to favourites ; and addicted to pleasure ...
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... less from a settled design of establishing arbitrary power , than from the insolence of victory , and the ne- cessities of the king's situation . The manners indeed of the age were the chief source of such violence ; laws , which were ...
... less from a settled design of establishing arbitrary power , than from the insolence of victory , and the ne- cessities of the king's situation . The manners indeed of the age were the chief source of such violence ; laws , which were ...
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Seite 237 - Queen Margaret and her son were taken prisoners and brought to the King, who asked the Prince, after an insulting manner, how he dared to invade his dominions. The young Prince, more mindful of his high birth than of his present fortune, replied that he came thither to claim his just inheritance. The ungenerous Edward, insensible to pity, struck him on the face with his gauntlet...
Seite 147 - Dunois, that her wishes were now fully gratified, and that she had no farther desire than to return to her former condition, and to the occupation and course of life which became her sex: But that nobleman, sensible of the great advantages which might still be reaped from her presence in the army, exhorted her to persevere, till, by the final expulsion of the English, she had brought all her prophecies to their full completion.
Seite 19 - A few days after, they appeared in his presence, armed, and attended with armed followers ; and they accused by name the archbishop of York, the duke of Ireland, the earl of Suffolk, Sir Robert Tresilian, and Sir Nicholas Brembre, as public and dangerous enemies to the state.
Seite 336 - Robert Ratcliffe, Thomas Cressenor, and Thomas Astwood. All these were arraigned, convicted, and condemned for high treason, in adhering and promising aid to Perkin.
Seite 272 - But he soon carried further his views for the establishment of his throne. He had married Anne, the second daughter of the earl of Warwick, and widow of Edward, prince of Wales, whom Richard himself had murdered; but this princess having...
Seite 106 - ... that France and England should for ever be united under one king ; but should still retain their several usages, customs, and privileges...
Seite 247 - The only favor which the king granted his brother after his condemnation, was to leave him the choice of his death; and he was privately drowned in a butt of malmsey in the Tower; a whimsical choice, which implies that he had an extraordinary passion for that liquor.
Seite 165 - The cardinal of Winchester died six weeks after his nephew, whose murder was universally ascribed to him as well as to the duke of Suffolk, and which, it is said, gave him more remorse in his last moments, than could naturally be expected from a man hardened, during the course of a long life, in falsehood and in politics.
Seite 222 - There is no part of English history since the Conquest so obscure, so uncertain, so little authentic, or consistent, as that of the wars between the two Roses...
Seite 96 - Tertois, at Blangi, he was surprised to observe, from the heights, the whole French army drawn up in the plains of Agincourt ; and so posted, that it was impossible for him to proceed on his march without coming to an engagement. No situation could be more unfavourable than that in which he found himself. His army was wasted with disease ; the soldiers' spirits worn down with fatigue, destitute of provisions, and discouraged by their retreat.