The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...Messrs. W. Sleater, H. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, T. Walker, W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and L. White, 1789 |
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... earl of Huntington by three daughters ; John Haftings , who claimed in right . of his mother , as one of the co - heireffes of the crown ; John Baliol , who alleged his right , as being defcended from the eldest daughter , who was his ...
... earl of Huntington by three daughters ; John Haftings , who claimed in right . of his mother , as one of the co - heireffes of the crown ; John Baliol , who alleged his right , as being defcended from the eldest daughter , who was his ...
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... Douglafs , the governor , made prifoner , and a garrison of feven thousand men put to the sword . Elated by these advan- tages , Edward dispatched the earl Warenne , with ten ten thousand men , to lay fiege to Dunbar ; EDWARD 17 I.
... Douglafs , the governor , made prifoner , and a garrison of feven thousand men put to the sword . Elated by these advan- tages , Edward dispatched the earl Warenne , with ten ten thousand men , to lay fiege to Dunbar ; EDWARD 17 I.
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... earl of Richmond , were , however , foon repulfed by the French army , under the command of Charles , brother to the king of France . Yet it was not eafy to difcourage Ed- ward from any favourite purfuit . In about three years after ...
... earl of Richmond , were , however , foon repulfed by the French army , under the command of Charles , brother to the king of France . Yet it was not eafy to difcourage Ed- ward from any favourite purfuit . In about three years after ...
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... earl of Holland , by giving him his daugh- ter Elizabeth in marriage ; and also with Guy , earl of Flanders , whofe affiftance he procured , for the ftipulated fum of feventy - five thousand pounds . From these affiftances he ...
... earl of Holland , by giving him his daugh- ter Elizabeth in marriage ; and also with Guy , earl of Flanders , whofe affiftance he procured , for the ftipulated fum of feventy - five thousand pounds . From these affiftances he ...
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... earl , by God , you fhall either go , or be hanged . " To which the haughty baron replied , " Sir king , by God , I will neither go , nor be hanged . " This oppofition quite defeated his scheme for the con- queft of Guienne . He found ...
... earl , by God , you fhall either go , or be hanged . " To which the haughty baron replied , " Sir king , by God , I will neither go , nor be hanged . " This oppofition quite defeated his scheme for the con- queft of Guienne . He found ...
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Seite 107 - Thus died the unfortunate Richard, in the thirty-fourth year of his age, and the twenty-third of his reign. Though his conduct was blameable, yet the...
Seite 260 - Wife, but to follow your Affection already settled on that Party, for whose sake I am now as I am, whose Name I could some good while since have pointed unto: Your Grace being not ignorant of my Suspicion therein.
Seite 129 - Ternois 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.
Seite 169 - 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 136 - ... was mortal, and that his end was approaching. He sent for his brother the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Warwick, and a few noblemen more, whom he had honoured with his friendship, and he delivered to them in great tranquillity, his last will with regard to the government of his kingdom and family.
Seite 260 - Try me, good king : but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, for my truth shall fear no open shame...
Seite 183 - Dighton, and Forest, came in the night-time to the door of the chamber where the princes were lodged; and sending in the assassins, he bade them execute their commission, while he himself staid without.
Seite 260 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the...
Seite 270 - ... it was also enacted, that if the king married any woman who had been incontinent, taking her for a true maid, she should be guilty of treason if she did not previously reveal her guilt to him.
Seite 183 - They found- the young princes in bed, and fallen into a profound sleep. After suffocating them with the bolster and pillows, they showed their naked bodies to Tyrrel, who ordered them to be buried at the foot of the stairs, deep in the ground, under a heap of stones...