The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt, by C. MacFarlane and T. Thomson. Continued to signing of the treaty of San Stefano, Volume 2 |
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Charles MacFarlane. a few carried out into all the extravagances of | ditches , killed up the deer which they found ... carry themselves obediently for the future . and did not neglect so favourable an occasion of " Commissions ...
Charles MacFarlane. a few carried out into all the extravagances of | ditches , killed up the deer which they found ... carry themselves obediently for the future . and did not neglect so favourable an occasion of " Commissions ...
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... carried to London , and there unsavoury trash , the prisoners in the jail were executed . It was reckoned that about 4000 in forced to feed upon horseflesh . All this while all perished , by the sword or by the hands of the Lord Russell ...
... carried to London , and there unsavoury trash , the prisoners in the jail were executed . It was reckoned that about 4000 in forced to feed upon horseflesh . All this while all perished , by the sword or by the hands of the Lord Russell ...
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... carried off to their camp all the guns , artillery , and ammunition they could find in it . When the herald made ... carry them off prisoners to their camp . " To conclude , " says the chronicler , " they grew to such unmeasurable ...
... carried off to their camp all the guns , artillery , and ammunition they could find in it . When the herald made ... carry them off prisoners to their camp . " To conclude , " says the chronicler , " they grew to such unmeasurable ...
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... carried to ing the council to come to Windsor . On the 12th Windsor by his uncle , with an escort of 500 men , of October , accordingly , the whole of the lords , both Cranmer and Paget accompanying them . now twenty - two in number ...
... carried to ing the council to come to Windsor . On the 12th Windsor by his uncle , with an escort of 500 men , of October , accordingly , the whole of the lords , both Cranmer and Paget accompanying them . now twenty - two in number ...
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... carried himself so humbly , that his behaviour , with the king's great kindness to him , did so far prevail , that on the 10th of April after he was restored into favour , and sworn of the privy council . " Immediately after the rising ...
... carried himself so humbly , that his behaviour , with the king's great kindness to him , did so far prevail , that on the 10th of April after he was restored into favour , and sworn of the privy council . " Immediately after the rising ...
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Page 158 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the 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.
Page 367 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 362 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Page 157 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Page 250 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spoke like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 58 - 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 326 - Parliament business ; and that if any of the said members be complained of and questioned for anything said or done in Parliament, the same is to be showed to the King, by the advice and assent of all the Commons assembled in Parliament, before the King give credence to any private information.
Page 224 - A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the divell.
Page 270 - You shall swear by the blessed Trinity, and by the sacrament you now propose to receive, never to disclose directly or indirectly, by word or circumstance, the matter that shall be proposed to you to keep secret, nor desist from the execution thereof until the rest shall give you leave.
Page 325 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...