The Cabinet History of England: Being an Abridgment, by the Author, of the Chapters Entitled "Civil and Military History" in "The Pictorial History of England," with a Continuation to the Present Time, Bände 5-6C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Albany Anne Boleyn Archbishop Armagnacs arms army Azincourt battle Bishop Bourguignons Brittany brother Calais cardinal castle Catherine Charles church clergy command Constable council Count of Armagnac court crown daughter dauphin death declared Duchess Duke of Brittany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Gloucester Duke of Norfolk Duke of Orleans Duke of York Earl of Warwick Edward Elizabeth emperor enemies English father favour force France French friends garrison hand head Henry Henry VI Henry's honour horse House insurgents James Joan King of England king's kingdom knights Lady Lancastrians land letter Lollards London Lord Louis Maid marched Margaret marriage married master month negotiations never nobles Normandy Orleans Paris parliament party peace person Philip pope prince Princess prisoner queen regent Richard Rome royal Scotland Scots Scottish sent siege Sir Thomas soon Suffolk thousand throne took Tower town traitors treason treaty troops wife Wolsey Yorkists young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 62 - August, one thousand four hundred and twenty-two, in only the thirty-fourth year of his age and the tenth of his reign, King Henry the Fifth passed away. Slowly and mournfully they carried his embalmed...
Seite 129 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.
Seite 56 - Fox, who was not only a grave counsellor for war or peace, but also a good surveyor of works, and a good master of ceremonies, and any thing else that was fit for the active part, belonging to the service of court or state of a great king.
Seite 181 - ... protector and only supreme head of the church and clergy of England.
Seite 274 - ... stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Seite 224 - ... cause such dreadful execution to be done upon a good number of the inhabitants of every town, village, and hamlet, that have offended in this rebellion, as well by the hanging...
Seite 166 - ... the second Solomon; and my father Ferdinand King of Spain, who was esteemed to be one of the wittiest princes that reigned in Spain many years before were both wise and excellent kings in wisdom and princely behaviour.
Seite 30 - Dutch and strangers, in their usage towards him, expressed no less respect. The news hereof came blazing and thundering over into England, that the Duke of York was sure alive.
Seite 51 - ... arraigned at Westminster, upon divers treasons committed and perpetrated after his coming on land, within this kingdom, for so the judges advised, for that he was a foreigner, and condemned, and a few days after executed at Tyburn ; where he did again openly read his confession, and take it upon his death to be true.
Seite 174 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.