Stories from the State Papers: The gunpowder plot. A perished kernel [Robert Carr, earl of Somerset] The massacre of Amboyna. The gathering of the storm. The Lancashire witches. The great fire of London. A national scare [1667Chatto & Windus, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... interest , both for the ordinary reader and the historical student . ' ' Two entertaining volumes .'- ATHENEUM . SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . A POLITICAL STUDY . One Volume . ' Any one who wishes to know what manner of man Walpole was , and ...
... interest , both for the ordinary reader and the historical student . ' ' Two entertaining volumes .'- ATHENEUM . SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . A POLITICAL STUDY . One Volume . ' Any one who wishes to know what manner of man Walpole was , and ...
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... interests of the cree dominate over those of the country . looked towards England for aid , so looked towards Spain . Negotiations were reopened wit the King of Spain for money and assistance . His Majest was informed that the condition ...
... interests of the cree dominate over those of the country . looked towards England for aid , so looked towards Spain . Negotiations were reopened wit the King of Spain for money and assistance . His Majest was informed that the condition ...
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... interest in England , and was far more anxious to conclude an advantageous peace with James than to convert him into a dangerous enemy . He declined to tempt fortune by the creation of another Armada . Thus foiled in all their attempts ...
... interest in England , and was far more anxious to conclude an advantageous peace with James than to convert him into a dangerous enemy . He declined to tempt fortune by the creation of another Armada . Thus foiled in all their attempts ...
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... interests . On the accession of James , Mounteagle forsook his plotting courses , posed as a loyal adherent of the King , and became one of the most prominent of those ' tame ducks ' used by the Court to ' decoy the wild ones . ' He was ...
... interests . On the accession of James , Mounteagle forsook his plotting courses , posed as a loyal adherent of the King , and became one of the most prominent of those ' tame ducks ' used by the Court to ' decoy the wild ones . ' He was ...
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... resolve , and , as we have seen , strongly prejudiced the Court in the interests of the young wife . ' The divorce between the Earl and Coun- tess of Essex , ' writes Chamberlain to Carleton , 50 STORIES FROM THE STATE PAFERS .
... resolve , and , as we have seen , strongly prejudiced the Court in the interests of the young wife . ' The divorce between the Earl and Coun- tess of Essex , ' writes Chamberlain to Carleton , 50 STORIES FROM THE STATE PAFERS .
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Academy Notes accused Amboyna amongst Author BESANT and JAMES BRET HARTE brought Buckingham Carr castle Catesby cause chief Church cloth extra cloth limp COLLINS Coloured command Company confessed conspirators Council Countess Countess of Somerset Court Crown 8vo death declared Demdike Demy 8vo Domestic Duke Dutch Earl East Indies Edited enemy England English Catholics Everard Digby examination Facsimile favour favourite Fawkes fire fleet France Garnet gilt guilty GUNPOWDER PLOT hand hath HENRY honour House JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE Jesuits John JULIAN HAWTHORNE June King King's kingdom Lady letter London Lord MACQUOID Majesty matter ment Mogul Mounteagle never numerous Illustrations OUIDA Overbury Papers Papists Parliament Pendle Forest Percy persons Portrait Post 8vo priest prisoner proceedings Protestant Queen refused reign Royal sent ships Sir Thomas Small 8vo Somerset Sovereign Stories tion Tower trade trial Vols W. H. MALLOCK WALTER BESANT Wentworth whilst WILKIE COLLINS witchcraft witches writes
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