The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... English army in France . He fought at Verneuil in 1424 and took part in the unsuccessful siege of Orléans in 1429 . Talbot's rashness was largely responsible for the severe English defeat at Patay ( June 1429 ) , where he was taken ...
... English army in France . He fought at Verneuil in 1424 and took part in the unsuccessful siege of Orléans in 1429 . Talbot's rashness was largely responsible for the severe English defeat at Patay ( June 1429 ) , where he was taken ...
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... English quatrain and couplet pattern , but resembles the Italian in using a linked rhyme scheme : abab bcbc cdcd ee . Perhaps the great- est of all sonnet sequences is Shakespeare's , addressed to a young man and a " dark lady . " In ...
... English quatrain and couplet pattern , but resembles the Italian in using a linked rhyme scheme : abab bcbc cdcd ee . Perhaps the great- est of all sonnet sequences is Shakespeare's , addressed to a young man and a " dark lady . " In ...
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... English throne as King James I. After the exe- cution ( 1649 ) of James's son Charles I , the Stuarts were excluded from the throne until the restoration of Charles II in 1660. Charles II was succeeded in 1685 by his Roman Cath- olic ...
... English throne as King James I. After the exe- cution ( 1649 ) of James's son Charles I , the Stuarts were excluded from the throne until the restoration of Charles II in 1660. Charles II was succeeded in 1685 by his Roman Cath- olic ...
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