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... sovereigns - ... WILLIAM AND MARY , 1689-1702 . - Bill of Rights - War in Ireland and Scotland - War with France Massacre of Glencoe Partition treaties- Attainder of Fenwick - Act of Settlement - William's death ... ... *** Page 120 ...
... sovereigns - ... WILLIAM AND MARY , 1689-1702 . - Bill of Rights - War in Ireland and Scotland - War with France Massacre of Glencoe Partition treaties- Attainder of Fenwick - Act of Settlement - William's death ... ... *** Page 120 ...
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... sovereigns , Penda and Offa , of Mercia , were especially noted for their martial prowess . About the beginning of the ninth century the kingdom of Wessex became the most powerful of the Saxon states ; and EGBERT , who succeeded to the ...
... sovereigns , Penda and Offa , of Mercia , were especially noted for their martial prowess . About the beginning of the ninth century the kingdom of Wessex became the most powerful of the Saxon states ; and EGBERT , who succeeded to the ...
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... sovereigns sought alliances by marriage with his sisters . One of the latter espoused Charles the Simple , of France ... sovereign ; and from that time their country ceased to be a kingdom , and was governed by an earl ( 954 ) . Dunstan ...
... sovereigns sought alliances by marriage with his sisters . One of the latter espoused Charles the Simple , of France ... sovereign ; and from that time their country ceased to be a kingdom , and was governed by an earl ( 954 ) . Dunstan ...
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... paramount , that Ethelred escaped to Normandy . Sweyn died a few weeks after his overthrow of the Saxon king , and the Danish party chose Canute as their sovereign ; but Ethelred was recalled 14 ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... paramount , that Ethelred escaped to Normandy . Sweyn died a few weeks after his overthrow of the Saxon king , and the Danish party chose Canute as their sovereign ; but Ethelred was recalled 14 ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... sovereign of six kingdoms , England , Scotland , Wales , Denmark , Sweden , and Norway , was flattered by his courtiers , as if he were the greatest of monarchs , whose behest was law ; but on one occasion at least , he had the good ...
... sovereign of six kingdoms , England , Scotland , Wales , Denmark , Sweden , and Norway , was flattered by his courtiers , as if he were the greatest of monarchs , whose behest was law ; but on one occasion at least , he had the good ...
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Page 74 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 91 - Paul, and of the most holy pope, granted and committed to me in these parts, do absolve thee, first from all ecclesiastical censures, in whatever manner they have been incurred, and then from all thy sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous so ever they may be, even from...
Page 91 - May our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon thee, and absolve thee by the merits of his most holy passion. And I, by his authority, that of his blessed apostles, Peter and Paul, and of the most holy pope, granted and committed to me in these parts, do absolve thee, first, from all ecclesiastical censures, in whatever manner they may have been incurred; then from all thy sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be...
Page 87 - 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. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of...
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Page 71 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Page 90 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Page 103 - This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of the most dreadful burning of this Protestant city, begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction, in the beginning of September, in the year of our LORD 1666, in order to the carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating the Protestant Religion, and old English Liberty, and introducing Popery and Slavery.
Page 75 - England as the prelates and clergy of your Realm representing the said church in their synods and convocations have recognized...
Page 146 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.