The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.T. Davies ... Becket and De Hondt, and T. Cadell, 1771 - Great Britain |
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... immediately upon his defertion , flew out into thofe exceffes which are the confequence of brutality unrestrained by fear . They feized the bishop of Exeter , as he was paffing through the city , beheaded him without any form of tri- al ...
... immediately upon his defertion , flew out into thofe exceffes which are the confequence of brutality unrestrained by fear . They feized the bishop of Exeter , as he was paffing through the city , beheaded him without any form of tri- al ...
Page 72
... immediately to be led forth before the infulting populace , and seemed to take a favage pleasure in feasting her eyes with his diftreffes . The gibbet erected for his execution was fifty feet high ; his head was fent to London , where ...
... immediately to be led forth before the infulting populace , and seemed to take a favage pleasure in feasting her eyes with his diftreffes . The gibbet erected for his execution was fifty feet high ; his head was fent to London , where ...
Page 91
... immediately faw the advantages arifing from such a propofal . He was happy in the promised affiftance of Mountfort , an active and valiant prince , closely united to him by intereft , and thus opening to him an entrance into the heart ...
... immediately faw the advantages arifing from such a propofal . He was happy in the promised affiftance of Mountfort , an active and valiant prince , closely united to him by intereft , and thus opening to him an entrance into the heart ...
Page 105
... immediately cut to pieces ; and the garrison , with Edward , and Sir Wal- ter Manny at their head , rushing out in purfuit of the rest , a fierce and bloody engagement en- fued , in which the king overthrew and took Euftace Euftace de ...
... immediately cut to pieces ; and the garrison , with Edward , and Sir Wal- ter Manny at their head , rushing out in purfuit of the rest , a fierce and bloody engagement en- fued , in which the king overthrew and took Euftace Euftace de ...
Page 129
... immediately at- tempted giving a very indecent proof of his affertion . This provoked the father to such a degree , that he inftantly ftruck him dead with a blow of his hammer . The ftanders by ap- plauded his spirit ; and , one and all ...
... immediately at- tempted giving a very indecent proof of his affertion . This provoked the father to such a degree , that he inftantly ftruck him dead with a blow of his hammer . The ftanders by ap- plauded his spirit ; and , one and all ...
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