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... taken from the palace by force . They disfigured her face with hot irons , and sent her into Ireland . Seizing an opportunity of escaping , she returned to England , and was hasten- ecclesiastics , and put to death . Edwy , to avenge ...
... taken from the palace by force . They disfigured her face with hot irons , and sent her into Ireland . Seizing an opportunity of escaping , she returned to England , and was hasten- ecclesiastics , and put to death . Edwy , to avenge ...
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... taken from his prison again to be made a king . Many battles were fought . Matilda was again obliged to leave the kingdom , and the death of Gloucester , her active general , seemed to deprive her of all her hopes of ultimate success ...
... taken from his prison again to be made a king . Many battles were fought . Matilda was again obliged to leave the kingdom , and the death of Gloucester , her active general , seemed to deprive her of all her hopes of ultimate success ...
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... taken a solemn protest , and appealed to the pope , he , shortly after , left the kingdom and went to Rome ; which obliged the king to send an embassy to counteract Becket's influence at the papal court . he almost threw him down ...
... taken a solemn protest , and appealed to the pope , he , shortly after , left the kingdom and went to Rome ; which obliged the king to send an embassy to counteract Becket's influence at the papal court . he almost threw him down ...
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... taken prison- ers ; and that the whole garrison should be detained as hostages , till these conditions were fulfilled . " Thus ended the most famous siege recorded in history , whether we consider the length of time , the frenzied ...
... taken prison- ers ; and that the whole garrison should be detained as hostages , till these conditions were fulfilled . " Thus ended the most famous siege recorded in history , whether we consider the length of time , the frenzied ...
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... taken at his queen , with whom he had cohabit- ed nearly twenty years , or whether from scruples of conscience about his supposed incestuous connexion , because he had married his brother's wife , and the aspersions of illegitimacy cast ...
... taken at his queen , with whom he had cohabit- ed nearly twenty years , or whether from scruples of conscience about his supposed incestuous connexion , because he had married his brother's wife , and the aspersions of illegitimacy cast ...
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Page 202 - Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will. Mother of God ! he shall wear it on his shoulders, for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Page 28 - ... rent lying by him, therewith to purchase a new lease, beside a fair garnish of pewter on his cupboard, with so much more in odd...