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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... situation of affairs , when the supreme power was devolved upon him , imme- diately changed his measures ; and he secretly determined to preserve no longer that neutrality which he had hitherto maintained . His exorbitant ambition ...
... situation of affairs , when the supreme power was devolved upon him , imme- diately changed his measures ; and he secretly determined to preserve no longer that neutrality which he had hitherto maintained . His exorbitant ambition ...
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... situation of the parties , seemed so naturally to invite them . She secretly borrowed a sum of money in the city , sent it over to the earl of Richmond , required his oath to celebrate the marriage as soon as he should arrive in England ...
... situation of the parties , seemed so naturally to invite them . She secretly borrowed a sum of money in the city , sent it over to the earl of Richmond , required his oath to celebrate the marriage as soon as he should arrive in England ...
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... situation , cast his eye around the field , and descrying his rival at no great distance , he drove against him with fury , in hopes that either Henry's death or his own would decide the victory between them . He killed with his own ...
... situation , cast his eye around the field , and descrying his rival at no great distance , he drove against him with fury , in hopes that either Henry's death or his own would decide the victory between them . He killed with his own ...
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... situation of that people rendered not the perpetual attention to wars so necessary as among their neighbours , and all regard was not confined to the military profession : the gentry , and even the nobility , began to deem an ...
... situation of that people rendered not the perpetual attention to wars so necessary as among their neighbours , and all regard was not confined to the military profession : the gentry , and even the nobility , began to deem an ...
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... situation . To exalt the Lan- castrian party , to depress the adherents of the house of York , were still the favourite objects of his pursuit ; and through the whole course of his reign , he never forgot these early prepossessions ...
... situation . To exalt the Lan- castrian party , to depress the adherents of the house of York , were still the favourite objects of his pursuit ; and through the whole course of his reign , he never forgot these early prepossessions ...
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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...