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... of Matilda , daughter of the English king Henry I. , he was through that descent , after the death of his grandfather , the undoubted male representative of Wil- VOL . I. B liam the Conqueror , the founder of the reigning English. HENRY.
... of Matilda , daughter of the English king Henry I. , he was through that descent , after the death of his grandfather , the undoubted male representative of Wil- VOL . I. B liam the Conqueror , the founder of the reigning English. HENRY.
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... death of her first husband , the Em- peror Henry V. , by whom she had no issue , was Geoffrey Earl of Anjou , surnamed Plantagenet , from his assuming as his ensign , and wearing on the crest of his helmet , a sprig of broom ( in French ...
... death of her first husband , the Em- peror Henry V. , by whom she had no issue , was Geoffrey Earl of Anjou , surnamed Plantagenet , from his assuming as his ensign , and wearing on the crest of his helmet , a sprig of broom ( in French ...
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... death of his grandfather , in December 1135 , the English throne had been usurped by Stephen of Blois , whose mother Adela was a daughter of the Conqueror : she had been married to the Earl of Blois , by whom she had four sons , of whom ...
... death of his grandfather , in December 1135 , the English throne had been usurped by Stephen of Blois , whose mother Adela was a daughter of the Conqueror : she had been married to the Earl of Blois , by whom she had four sons , of whom ...
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... death , after telling us that those present , in their rapacity , stripped the royal corpse , and that it lay for a long time naked , till a boy threw over the lower part of it a short cloak , absurdly ob- serves that thus was fulfilled ...
... death , after telling us that those present , in their rapacity , stripped the royal corpse , and that it lay for a long time naked , till a boy threw over the lower part of it a short cloak , absurdly ob- serves that thus was fulfilled ...
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... death of her brother , seeing no possibility of sup- porting her party , and fearing to fall into the hands of her enemy , she was constrained to abandon England and go into Normandy , to live with a husband whom she never had loved ...
... death of her brother , seeing no possibility of sup- porting her party , and fearing to fall into the hands of her enemy , she was constrained to abandon England and go into Normandy , to live with a husband whom she never had loved ...
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Page 122 - And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Page 58 - Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year and mark the night When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death through Berkeley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king...
Page 129 - He would not have given me over, in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is my just reward for my pains and diligence, not regarding my service to God, but only my duty to my prince.
Page 129 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 27 - So thick the boughis and the leavis green Beshaded all the alleys that there were, And mids of every arbour might be seen The sharpe greene sweete juniper, Growing so fair with branches here and there, That as it seemed to a lyf without, The boughis spread the arbour all about.
Page 154 - I have been brought up," quoth he, "at Oxford, at an Inn of Chancery, at Lincoln's Inn, and also in the King's Court, — and so forth from the lowest degree to the highest; and yet have I in yearly revenues at this present left me little above an hundred pounds by the year.
Page 133 - Where'er he turns, he meets a stranger's eye, His suppliants scorn him, and his followers fly ; Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glittering plate, The regal palace, the luxurious board, The liveried army, and the menial lord.
Page 137 - What man art thou?" quoth he : " Thou lookest as thou wouldest find an hare ; For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. " Approache near, and look up merrily ; Now ware you, sirs, and let this man have place. He in the waist is shapen as well as I ; This were a puppet in an arm to embrace For any woman ; small and fair of face ; He seemeth elvish by his countenance, For unto no wight doth he dalliance. " Say now somewhat, since other folk have said ; Tell us a tale of mirth, and that anon.
Page 115 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 152 - I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off.