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accession Anne Archbishop army barons battle beheaded Bishop Britain British Britons brother brought Buonaparte Cæsar called CHAPTER Charles Charles II Church cloth lettered command conduct court Cromwell crown daughter death declared died discontent dominions Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl Edition Edward Edward IV eldest Emperor endeavoured enemies English executed father favour favourite fleet fought French George Henry II Henry VIII Heptarchy honour House House of Lords Ireland James John Julius Cæsar Katharine King of England King of France king's kingdom Lancaster land length London Lord marriage married Mary ment minister monarch murdered nation nobility noblemen obliged occasion parliament party peace persons Prince of Wales Princess Elizabeth proceedings Protestant Queen religion respect restored Richard Richard II Roman royal Saxons Scotland Scots seized sent shewed ships soon afterwards sovereign subjects succeeded TABLE thousand throne troops victory Westminster wife William young
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Страница 229 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which, though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way ; it will carry you from earth to heaven ; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Страница 228 - Mark, child ! what I say : they will cut off my head ! and perhaps make thee a king ; but mark what I say, thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them ! And thy head too they will cut off at last ! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them...
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Страница 228 - At these words, the child looked very steadfastly upon him. " Mark ! child, what I say : They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: but mark what I say : thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers, Charles and James, are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads when they can catch them ! And thy head too they will cut off at last ! And therefore I charge thee, do not be made a king by them...
Страница 229 - from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown; where no disturbance can have place." At one blow was his head severed from his body. A man in a vizor performed the office of executioner: Another, in a like disguise, held up to the spectators the head streaming with blood, and cried aloud, This is the head of a traitor!
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Страница 84 - There prevails a vulgar story, which, as it well suits the capacity of the monkish writers, is carefully recorded by them : that Edward, assembling the Welsh, promised to give them a prince of unexceptionable manners, a Welshman by birth, and one who could speak no other language.
Страница 291 - Dunkirk, under the eye of the young pretender ; and seven thousand men were actually embarked. M. de Roquefeuille sailed up the channel as far as Dungeness, a promontory on the coast of Kent, after having detached M. de Barreil, with five ships, to hasten the embarkation at Dunkirk. While the French admiral anchored off Dungeness, he perceived, on the twenty-fourth day of February, the British fleet, under sir John Norris, doubling the South Foreland from the.