The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles |
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... II . In the University of Oxford : three for the sons of poor clergymen ; founded the same year by the same founder ... Richard II . of England ( forced ) Stanislaus Leszczinski forced ) Victor Amadeus of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel ...
... II . In the University of Oxford : three for the sons of poor clergymen ; founded the same year by the same founder ... Richard II . of England ( forced ) Stanislaus Leszczinski forced ) Victor Amadeus of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel ...
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... II . , III . , IV . , half of V. , VI . , . XI . , XII . , XIII . , XIV . , XV . , and part of XVI . No writer has ... Richard II .; Anne of Cleves was one of the wives of Henry VIII ; Anne of Denmark was the wife of James I. of ...
... II . , III . , IV . , half of V. , VI . , . XI . , XII . , XIII . , XIV . , XV . , and part of XVI . No writer has ... Richard II .; Anne of Cleves was one of the wives of Henry VIII ; Anne of Denmark was the wife of James I. of ...
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... II called himself ' dux Normannorum et Aquitanorum . " Richard I. , John . and Henry III . called them . selves dux Normanniæ et Aquitaniæ . ' Edward I. , II , III . , dropped the former and called themselves dux Aquitaniæ . ' Between ...
... II called himself ' dux Normannorum et Aquitanorum . " Richard I. , John . and Henry III . called them . selves dux Normanniæ et Aquitaniæ . ' Edward I. , II , III . , dropped the former and called themselves dux Aquitaniæ . ' Between ...
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... II . England as before ; and for Eleanor of Aquitaine , gules , 1 lion passant gardant . His cognisances were a crescent beneath a star , an escarbuncle of 8 rays , and the broom - plant or genista for his name Planta - genet . RICHARD ...
... II . England as before ; and for Eleanor of Aquitaine , gules , 1 lion passant gardant . His cognisances were a crescent beneath a star , an escarbuncle of 8 rays , and the broom - plant or genista for his name Planta - genet . RICHARD ...
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... Richard II .; the ailer son of the house of Lancaster ; the bear and ragged staff of the earl of Warwick , and so on . Badger State ( The ) . The State of Wisconsin , in North America . The natives are [ Wisconsin ] badgers . Badingueux ...
... Richard II .; the ailer son of the house of Lancaster ; the bear and ragged staff of the earl of Warwick , and so on . Badger State ( The ) . The State of Wisconsin , in North America . The natives are [ Wisconsin ] badgers . Badingueux ...
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Page 501 - That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations ; That ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
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