The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II, Band 21810 |
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... took every opportunity to inspect the conduct of all his magistrates and judges , and to displace such as were negligent , or corrupt . In short , a system of strict justice , mark . ed with an air of severity , was pursued throughout ...
... took every opportunity to inspect the conduct of all his magistrates and judges , and to displace such as were negligent , or corrupt . In short , a system of strict justice , mark . ed with an air of severity , was pursued throughout ...
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... took refuge among the inaccessible mountains of Snowdon , and there resolved to maintain his ground , without trusting to the chance , of a battle These were the steep retreats that had for before defendedhis ancestors against many ages ...
... took refuge among the inaccessible mountains of Snowdon , and there resolved to maintain his ground , without trusting to the chance , of a battle These were the steep retreats that had for before defendedhis ancestors against many ages ...
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... principality , that should be disagreeable to the English monarch . These were insults too great to be endured , and ace more the Welsh flew to arms . A body of their forces took the field under the command of David 10 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... principality , that should be disagreeable to the English monarch . These were insults too great to be endured , and ace more the Welsh flew to arms . A body of their forces took the field under the command of David 10 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II Oliver Goldsmith. their forces took the field under the command of David , the brother of their prince , ravaged the plain country , took the castle of Hardwardin , made Sir Roger ...
From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II Oliver Goldsmith. their forces took the field under the command of David , the brother of their prince , ravaged the plain country , took the castle of Hardwardin , made Sir Roger ...
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... hands ; and the whole kingdom soon after followed his example . Edward , thus master of the kingdom , took every precaution to preserve his title , and to abolish those distinctions which might be apt to keep the 18 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... hands ; and the whole kingdom soon after followed his example . Edward , thus master of the kingdom , took every precaution to preserve his title , and to abolish those distinctions which might be apt to keep the 18 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 270 - 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 255 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Seite 270 - ... where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not (whatsoever the world may think of me) mine innocence shall be openly known, and sufficiently cleared. ' My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure...
Seite 270 - But, if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander, must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness, then I desire of God that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine enemies, the instruments thereof, and that he will not call you to a strict account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me, at his general...
Seite 82 - The prisoner was clad in royal apparel, and mounted on a white steed distinguished by its size and beauty, and by the richness of its furniture. The conqueror rode by his side in a meaner attire, and carried by a black palfrey.
Seite 177 - The king hunting one day in the park of Thomas Burdet, a creature of the duke's, killed a white buck, which was a great favourite of the owner. Burdet, vexed at the loss, broke into a passion, and wished the horns of the deer in the belly of the person who had advised the king to that insult. For this trifling exclamation Burdet was tried for his life, and publicly executed at...
Seite 101 - The Duke of Hereford appeared in parliament, and accused the Duke of Norfolk of having spoken seditious words against his majesty in a private conversation. Norfolk denied the charge, gave Hereford the lie, and offered to prove his innocence by single combat.
Seite 31 - But even their feeble hopes from him were soon disappointed ; he was betrayed into the king's hands by Sir John Monteith, his friend, whom he had made acquainted with the place of his concealment, being surprised by him as he lay asleep in the neighbourhood of Glasgow.
Seite 192 - Richard, who knew not in what quarter he might expect the invader, had taken post at Nottingham, in the centre of the kingdom ; and having...
Seite 131 - Tertois, 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. No situation could be more unfavourable than that in which he found himself. His army was wasted with disease ; the soldiers' spirits worn down with fatigue, destitute of provisions, and discouraged by their retreat.