The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688, Band 4Christie & Son; Baldwin & Company; Sharpe & Son; Akerman; Smith & Company ... [and 40 others], 1819 |
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... means of Catesby , a lawyer , who lived in great intimacy with that nobleman ; but found him impreg- nable in his allegiance and fidelity to the children of Ed- ward , who had ever honoured him with his friendship.10 He saw , therefore ...
... means of Catesby , a lawyer , who lived in great intimacy with that nobleman ; but found him impreg- nable in his allegiance and fidelity to the children of Ed- ward , who had ever honoured him with his friendship.10 He saw , therefore ...
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... means to be intrusted with the most important commands by that politic and jealous tyrant . But the person who , both from the greatness of his services , and the power and splendour of his family , was best entitled to favours under ...
... means to be intrusted with the most important commands by that politic and jealous tyrant . But the person who , both from the greatness of his services , and the power and splendour of his family , was best entitled to favours under ...
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... means of overturn- ing the present usurpation , was to unite the opposite factions , by contracting a marriage between the earl of Richmond and the princess Elizabeth , eldest daughter of king Edward , and thereby blending together the ...
... means of overturn- ing the present usurpation , was to unite the opposite factions , by contracting a marriage between the earl of Richmond and the princess Elizabeth , eldest daughter of king Edward , and thereby blending together the ...
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... means of a papal dispensation , to espouse , himself , this princess , and thus to unite in his own family their con- tending titles . The queen - dowager , eager to recover her lost authority , neither scrupled this alliance , which ...
... means of a papal dispensation , to espouse , himself , this princess , and thus to unite in his own family their con- tending titles . The queen - dowager , eager to recover her lost authority , neither scrupled this alliance , which ...
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... means of the duke of Buckingham , would join his stand- ard , and enable him to make head against the established government . Richard , who knew not in what quarter he might expect the invader , had taken post at Nottingham , in the ...
... means of the duke of Buckingham , would join his stand- ard , and enable him to make head against the established government . Richard , who knew not in what quarter he might expect the invader , had taken post at Nottingham , in the ...
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alliance ancient Anne Anne Boleyn Anne of Cleves appearance army authority bishop Britanny Buckingham Burgundy Burnet cardinal Catherine Charles church clergy command court of Rome crown dangerous daughter death declared desired dominions duchess duchess of Burgundy duke of Gloucester duke of Norfolk duke of Orleans earl earl of Richmond ecclesiastical Edward emperor employed enemies engaged England English enterprise entirely Europe execution expence farther favour Ferdinand force France French friendship gave Henry Henry's Herbert honour house of Lancaster house of York interest invasion Italy jealousy king king's kingdom levied liberty lord marriage Maximilian ment ministers monarch monasteries nation never nobility obliged parliament party passed Perkin person Polyd Polydore Virgil pontiff pope possession prelate present pretended prince princess prisoner queen reason rebels received regard reign rendered revenue Richard Scotland seemed sent shillings soon sovereign success throne tion treaty violent Wolsey
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Seite 382 - ... 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 383 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burthen of Your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen, who (as I understand) are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake.
Seite 286 - Then laying his head on the block, he bade the executioner stay till he put aside his beard : " For," said he,
Seite 254 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 324 - Henry took an effectual method of interesting the nobility and gentry in the success of his measures : he either made a gift of the revenues of convents to his favourites and courtiers, or sold them at low prices, or exchanged them for other lands on very disadvantageous terms. He was so profuse in these liberalities, that he is said to have given a woman the whole revenue of a convent, as a reward for making a pudding which happened to gratify his palate.
Seite 58 - The hostile armies met at Stoke, in the county of Nottingham, and fought a battle, which was bloody, and more obstinately disputed than could have been expected from the inequality of their force.
Seite 303 - O Father ! O Creator ! thou who art the way, the truth, and the life, thou knowest that I have not deserved this fate : ' and then turning to the judges, made the most pathetic declarations of her innocence.
Seite 13 - This ridiculous farce was soon after followed by a scene truly tragical — the murder of the two young princes. Richard gave orders to Sir Robert Brakenbury, constable of the Tower, to put his nephews to death, but this gentleman, who had sentiments of honor, refused to have any hand in the infamous office.
Seite 310 - ... and preachers shall instruct and teach our people committed by us unto their spiritual charge, that no man ought to be grieved with the continuance of the same...
Seite 192 - Still as he enlarged his reading, in order to support these tenets, he discovered some new abuse or error in the church of Rome...