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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... took early a turn which was more favourable to justice and to liberty . Civil em- ployments and occupations soon became honourable among the English : the situation of that people rendered not the perpetual attention to wars so ...
... took early a turn which was more favourable to justice and to liberty . Civil em- ployments and occupations soon became honourable among the English : the situation of that people rendered not the perpetual attention to wars so ...
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... took place in the subsequent period , to pull down those disor- derly and licentious tyrants , who were equally averse from peace and from freedom , and to establish that regular CHAP . XXIII . 35 RICHARD III . 1483-1485 .
... took place in the subsequent period , to pull down those disor- derly and licentious tyrants , who were equally averse from peace and from freedom , and to establish that regular CHAP . XXIII . 35 RICHARD III . 1483-1485 .
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... took care to avoid all appearance of military triumph ; and so to restrain the insolence of victory , that every thing about him bore the appearance of an established monarch , making a peaceable progress through his domi- nions ...
... took care to avoid all appearance of military triumph ; and so to restrain the insolence of victory , that every thing about him bore the appearance of an established monarch , making a peaceable progress through his domi- nions ...
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... took care to dissipate these apprehensions , by solemnly renewing , before the council and principal nobility , the promise which he had already given to celebrate his nuptials with the English princess . But though bound by honour , as ...
... took care to dissipate these apprehensions , by solemnly renewing , before the council and principal nobility , the promise which he had already given to celebrate his nuptials with the English princess . But though bound by honour , as ...
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... took the usual oath of fealty and allegiance . Upon this proclamation many came out of their sanc- tuaries ; and the minds of men were every where much quieted . Henry chose to take wholly to himself the merit of an act of grace , so ...
... took the usual oath of fealty and allegiance . Upon this proclamation many came out of their sanc- tuaries ; and the minds of men were every where much quieted . Henry chose to take wholly to himself the merit of an act of grace , so ...
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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...