A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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Page 57
... sovereign and their own good behaviour . It appears , however , that towards the end of this period , owing to the increasing power of , rather than to any formal change in , the constitution , the great earls were most commonly ...
... sovereign and their own good behaviour . It appears , however , that towards the end of this period , owing to the increasing power of , rather than to any formal change in , the constitution , the great earls were most commonly ...
Page 85
... sovereign power in such critical circumstances . Besides , the stain in Athelstan's birth was not , in those times , deemed so considerable as to exclude him from the throne , ATHELSTAN , eighth King from the Heptarchy . Ann . 925 to ...
... sovereign power in such critical circumstances . Besides , the stain in Athelstan's birth was not , in those times , deemed so considerable as to exclude him from the throne , ATHELSTAN , eighth King from the Heptarchy . Ann . 925 to ...
Page 100
... sovereign would never be true to him . The removal into Hungary of the two eldest sons of Edmond was , next to their death , considered by Canute as the greatest security to his government ; he had no farther anxiety except with regard ...
... sovereign would never be true to him . The removal into Hungary of the two eldest sons of Edmond was , next to their death , considered by Canute as the greatest security to his government ; he had no farther anxiety except with regard ...
Page 114
... sovereigns , this ad- vantage was overbalanced by the more frequent and formidable invasions of the Danes ; as these savage pagans , finding the monasteries better stored with booty and provisions than any other places , plundered them ...
... sovereigns , this ad- vantage was overbalanced by the more frequent and formidable invasions of the Danes ; as these savage pagans , finding the monasteries better stored with booty and provisions than any other places , plundered them ...
Page 130
... sovereign whom they had hoped to gain by their submission , they had tamely surrendered themselves , not only to a conqueror , but to a tyrant . Impressed with the sense of this dismal situation , many fled into foreign countries . They ...
... sovereign whom they had hoped to gain by their submission , they had tamely surrendered themselves , not only to a conqueror , but to a tyrant . Impressed with the sense of this dismal situation , many fled into foreign countries . They ...
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