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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... friends all over England , and to have a new parliament in the opening of next year . " Then a banquet of 120 dishes . " In the hurry of all this masking and feasting Edward had neither time nor inclination to think of his uncle , or to ...
... friends all over England , and to have a new parliament in the opening of next year . " Then a banquet of 120 dishes . " In the hurry of all this masking and feasting Edward had neither time nor inclination to think of his uncle , or to ...
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... friend , state . In order to gain a little time , he deter- who is generally supposed to have been Sir Wil- mined to ... friends and dependants as to the best way of managing this great affair - the king's death being still kept secret ...
... friend , state . In order to gain a little time , he deter- who is generally supposed to have been Sir Wil- mined to ... friends and dependants as to the best way of managing this great affair - the king's death being still kept secret ...
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... friends had exerted themselves in Suffolk , in Norfolk , and in Cambridgeshire , where the people detested Northumberland on account of his severity in sup- pressing the recent rebellion in those parts . There was indeed a very strong ...
... friends had exerted themselves in Suffolk , in Norfolk , and in Cambridgeshire , where the people detested Northumberland on account of his severity in sup- pressing the recent rebellion in those parts . There was indeed a very strong ...
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... friends - all zealous Papists - to their respective sees . Arundel , who hated him to death , though a little | lated on her happy success by Elizabeth . The before he had professed a wish to spend his heart's blood in his service . The ...
... friends - all zealous Papists - to their respective sees . Arundel , who hated him to death , though a little | lated on her happy success by Elizabeth . The before he had professed a wish to spend his heart's blood in his service . The ...
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... friends had been put to flight in the west . ' Arundel , marched from London against Sir Tho- She issued a proclamation of pardon to all the mas Wyatt , who had advanced to Rochester , and Kentish men with the exception of Sir Thomas ...
... friends had been put to flight in the west . ' Arundel , marched from London against Sir Tho- She issued a proclamation of pardon to all the mas Wyatt , who had advanced to Rochester , and Kentish men with the exception of Sir Thomas ...
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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...