The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...Messrs. W. Sleater, H. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, T. Walker, W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and L. White, 1789 - Great Britain |
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... -- lute , he fatisfied himself with moderate power , and laboured only to be terrible to his enemies . A. D. His first care was to correct those disorders A 4 EDWARD 7 I. treuil, where he accommodated fome differences ...
... -- lute , he fatisfied himself with moderate power , and laboured only to be terrible to his enemies . A. D. His first care was to correct those disorders A 4 EDWARD 7 I. treuil, where he accommodated fome differences ...
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... himself was abfent from his army , upon a conference with fome of the barons of that country . Upon his return , fee- ing the dreadful fituation of his affairs , he ran desperately into the midst of the enemy , and quickly found that ...
... himself was abfent from his army , upon a conference with fome of the barons of that country . Upon his return , fee- ing the dreadful fituation of his affairs , he ran desperately into the midst of the enemy , and quickly found that ...
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... himself to the feveral competitors to the crown , and previous to his appointing one of them as his vaffal , he required their acknowledg- ment of his fuperiority . He naturally concluded that none of them would venture to difoblige the ...
... himself to the feveral competitors to the crown , and previous to his appointing one of them as his vaffal , he required their acknowledg- ment of his fuperiority . He naturally concluded that none of them would venture to difoblige the ...
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... himself was carried as a prifoner to London , and committed to cuftody in the Tower . Two years afterwards he was restored to his liberty , and ba nished to France , where he died in a private fta- tion , without making any further ...
... himself was carried as a prifoner to London , and committed to cuftody in the Tower . Two years afterwards he was restored to his liberty , and ba nished to France , where he died in a private fta- tion , without making any further ...
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... himself earneftly about providing money for fuch an ar- duous undertaking . This was not obtained with- out the greatest struggles with his clergy and the people ; fo that when he came to take the field in Flanders , at the head of an ...
... himself earneftly about providing money for fuch an ar- duous undertaking . This was not obtained with- out the greatest struggles with his clergy and the people ; fo that when he came to take the field in Flanders , at the head of an ...
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