A History of the World with All Its Great Sensations: Together with Its Mighty and Decisive Battles and the Rise and Fall of Its Nations from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Volume 1 |
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... Parliament .. Joan of Arc ..... John Calvin .. Macedonia ... Judea ... Mad Parliament , the . M. 577 267 .346 , 396 26 20 148 Κ . Madison , James .... Madrid , insurrection in .. treaty of .... 600 667 362 Kentucky , invasion of ...
... Parliament .. Joan of Arc ..... John Calvin .. Macedonia ... Judea ... Mad Parliament , the . M. 577 267 .346 , 396 26 20 148 Κ . Madison , James .... Madrid , insurrection in .. treaty of .... 600 667 362 Kentucky , invasion of ...
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... Parliament , the .. Rurik .... 1349 536 118 235 492 1331 163 134 523 476. Scandinavia ... Romans , art of war among the .... 61 282 genius and national character of .. 56 Schism , the great , of the West .. 145 manners of .... 60 ...
... Parliament , the .. Rurik .... 1349 536 118 235 492 1331 163 134 523 476. Scandinavia ... Romans , art of war among the .... 61 282 genius and national character of .. 56 Schism , the great , of the West .. 145 manners of .... 60 ...
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... Parliament . This council was composed of the archbishops , bishops , and principal abbots , with the Greater Barons , that is , the superior class ( for there were two classes ) of tenants under the crown . The lesser barons were also ...
... Parliament . This council was composed of the archbishops , bishops , and principal abbots , with the Greater Barons , that is , the superior class ( for there were two classes ) of tenants under the crown . The lesser barons were also ...
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... Parliaments . Over these the Parliament of Paris possessed a jurisdiction by ap- peal : but it was not until latter times that it as- sumed any authority in matters of state . The spirit of popedom , zealous in the maintenance and ...
... Parliaments . Over these the Parliament of Paris possessed a jurisdiction by ap- peal : but it was not until latter times that it as- sumed any authority in matters of state . The spirit of popedom , zealous in the maintenance and ...
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... parliament to settle the affairs of the realm . This " Mad Parliament , " as it came afterwards to be callod , met at Oxford on the 11th of June , and the king was really a prisoner to the armed barons , who appointed fifteen of their ...
... parliament to settle the affairs of the realm . This " Mad Parliament , " as it came afterwards to be callod , met at Oxford on the 11th of June , and the king was really a prisoner to the armed barons , who appointed fifteen of their ...
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Page 118 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed, nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 271 - ... fortunes and their own at the end! of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries in all the courts of western Europe.
Page 291 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 257 - For I assure you I have often kneeled before him in his privy chamber...
Page 258 - Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty.
Page 260 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 444 - The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Page 291 - ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman...
Page 507 - After various messages, a convention for the surrender of the army was settled, which provided that " The troops under General Burgoyne were to march out of their camp with the honors of war, and the artillery of the intrenchments, to the verge of the river, where the arms and artillery were to be left.
Page 439 - Kensington, in the fiftieth year of her age, and the thirteenth of her reign. Her easy temper and her faultless domestic life gained her the epithet of