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... court of Charlemagne , now returned , and took the throne of Wessex , and carried on success- ful expeditions against the Britons of Devonshire aud Cornwall . He had reigned over Wessex about nineteen years , when Kenwolf , king of ...
... court of Charlemagne , now returned , and took the throne of Wessex , and carried on success- ful expeditions against the Britons of Devonshire aud Cornwall . He had reigned over Wessex about nineteen years , when Kenwolf , king of ...
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... courts ; and when a priest was wicked , there were no proper means of punishing him for his crimes for , though the ... court , that none of you will rid me of this low - born priest ! " Four knights who heard this , set out at once for ...
... courts ; and when a priest was wicked , there were no proper means of punishing him for his crimes for , though the ... court , that none of you will rid me of this low - born priest ! " Four knights who heard this , set out at once for ...
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... courts . He did away with the absurd custom of trial by ordeal , by which persons accused of crime - after laying hold of red - hot iron , or plunging the naked arm into boiling water , and so forth - were declared guilty or innocent ...
... courts . He did away with the absurd custom of trial by ordeal , by which persons accused of crime - after laying hold of red - hot iron , or plunging the naked arm into boiling water , and so forth - were declared guilty or innocent ...
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... courts into Exchequer , Chancery & c . , is but the development of this ancient arrangement for conducting legal business before the king in person , in Westminster Hall . caps in the air , amid shouts from all classes 38 THE HISTORY OF ...
... courts into Exchequer , Chancery & c . , is but the development of this ancient arrangement for conducting legal business before the king in person , in Westminster Hall . caps in the air , amid shouts from all classes 38 THE HISTORY OF ...
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... court and kingdom , a parliament met in 1310 , sword in hand , to appoint a committee - known in history as The Ordainers - to 1310 draw up ordi- nances , or rules , for the better management of the king's house- hold , and for the re ...
... court and kingdom , a parliament met in 1310 , sword in hand , to appoint a committee - known in history as The Ordainers - to 1310 draw up ordi- nances , or rules , for the better management of the king's house- hold , and for the re ...
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Página 120 - I am come here. If I would have given way to an Arbitrary Way, for to have all Laws changed according to the Power of the Sword, I needed not to have come here ; and therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your Charge) that I am the Martyr of the People.
Página 102 - 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.
Página 112 - ... your attendance at this parliament : for God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement, but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they shall receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Página 89 - The earl smiled, and confessed that his fortune was too narrow for such magnificence.
Página 105 - ... by her pretended ones. Few sovereigns of England succeeded to the throne in more difficult circumstances; and none ever conducted the government with such uniform success and felicity.
Página 164 - I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to uplift my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy.
Página 124 - You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament: the Lord has done with you." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this conduct : " Sir Harry," cried Cromwell, with a loud voice, " O ! sir Harry Vane, the Lord deliver me from sir Harry Vane.
Página 183 - Buonaparte entered that capital in the evening of the same day, and resumed the government without opposition. His first attempt was to conciliate the allies, to whom he proposed to maintain the peace on the terms which had been lately settled with Louis. But the allies unanimously rejected the proposition, and began immediately to put their armies in motion, with the resolution of once more displacing this unprincipled disturber of the world. The English and Prussians were first in motion.
Página 231 - Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, born Nov. 9, 1841. Alice Maud Mary, born April 25, 1843. Alfred Ernest Albert, born Aug. 6, 1844. Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846. Louisa Caroline Alberta, born March 18, 1848. Arthur William Patrick Albert, born May 1, 1850. Leopold George Duncan Albert, born April 7, 1853. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, born April 14, 1857.
Página 106 - She then prepared for the block, by taking off her veil and upper garments ; and one of the executioners rudely endeavouring to assist, she gently checked him, and said with a smile, that she had not been accustomed to undress before so many spectators, nor to be served by such valets.