An Abridgment of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the SecondPat. Wogan, 1797 - 406 страници |
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... still more to his own perfonal merit . His body was vigorous , his mind capacious and noble , and his courage not to be repreffed by apparent dan- ger . Upon coming to his dukedom of Normandy , though yet very young , he on all fides ...
... still more to his own perfonal merit . His body was vigorous , his mind capacious and noble , and his courage not to be repreffed by apparent dan- ger . Upon coming to his dukedom of Normandy , though yet very young , he on all fides ...
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... still farther upon Robert's poffeffions . Every confpiracy thus detected , ferved to enrich the king , who took care to apply to his own use those trea- fures which had been amaffed for the purpose of de- throning him . But the memory ...
... still farther upon Robert's poffeffions . Every confpiracy thus detected , ferved to enrich the king , who took care to apply to his own use those trea- fures which had been amaffed for the purpose of de- throning him . But the memory ...
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... still more deplorably ; for being under the command of petty and rapacious tyrants , who plundered them without mercy , the whole country was become a fcene of violence and depredation . It was in this miferable exigence , that the ...
... still more deplorably ; for being under the command of petty and rapacious tyrants , who plundered them without mercy , the whole country was become a fcene of violence and depredation . It was in this miferable exigence , that the ...
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... still re- tained , and fome remaining power , put him at the head of fixty thousand men , a fufficient number in-- deed , but not to be relied on , and with these he ad- vanced to Dover . Europe now regarded the im- portant preparations ...
... still re- tained , and fome remaining power , put him at the head of fixty thousand men , a fufficient number in-- deed , but not to be relied on , and with these he ad- vanced to Dover . Europe now regarded the im- portant preparations ...
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... still feared the com- binations of foreign ftates against him , as well as the internal machinations of the royal party . In or- der therefore to fecure his ill - acquired power , he was obliged to have recourse to an aid till now ...
... still feared the com- binations of foreign ftates against him , as well as the internal machinations of the royal party . In or- der therefore to fecure his ill - acquired power , he was obliged to have recourse to an aid till now ...
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