Charles Knight's school history of England, abridged from the Popular history of England. [With] Questions, Volume 11865 |
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... King's interference - Relations with France and Spain - General discontent- " Petition of Right " -Bucking- ham assassinated - Cromwell's first speech in parliament - Wentworth and Laud in power - Prynne in the Star Chamber - Greed for ...
... King's interference - Relations with France and Spain - General discontent- " Petition of Right " -Bucking- ham assassinated - Cromwell's first speech in parliament - Wentworth and Laud in power - Prynne in the Star Chamber - Greed for ...
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... king issued orders for a massacre of the Danes within the district over which he had authority . On that terrible 13th ... king's favourite , Edric , after a series of intrigues against his weak master , finally joined the Danes with a ...
... king issued orders for a massacre of the Danes within the district over which he had authority . On that terrible 13th ... king's favourite , Edric , after a series of intrigues against his weak master , finally joined the Danes with a ...
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... king and the earl . The king , or rather , his Norman advisers , employed the interval in raising a great army ; whilst Godwin's adherents returned to their homes . The king's army was commanded by Normans . When Godwin and his two sons ...
... king and the earl . The king , or rather , his Norman advisers , employed the interval in raising a great army ; whilst Godwin's adherents returned to their homes . The king's army was commanded by Normans . When Godwin and his two sons ...
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... king's revenues by a stricter admeasurement of the lands of the kingdom than that of Domesday - Book . He and his ... king . The courtiers consumed the substance of the country - people . Robert , duke of Normandy , was doing wrong to ...
... king's revenues by a stricter admeasurement of the lands of the kingdom than that of Domesday - Book . He and his ... king . The courtiers consumed the substance of the country - people . Robert , duke of Normandy , was doing wrong to ...
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... king had drawn his bow and wounded a stag ; he was shading his eyes from the strong level light , when Walter , aiming at another stag , pierced the king's breast with a fatal arrow which glanced from a tree . Breaking off the shaft of ...
... king had drawn his bow and wounded a stag ; he was shading his eyes from the strong level light , when Walter , aiming at another stag , pierced the king's breast with a fatal arrow which glanced from a tree . Breaking off the shaft of ...
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Page 181 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 380 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 476 - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts...
Page 688 - ENACTED, that, On every Such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information...
Page 431 - ... heirs of the body of Her Majesty; and for default of such issue to Her Royal Highness the princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body...
Page 615 - I call upon the honour of your Lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 661 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Page 237 - 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 661 - Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 620 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?