The History of the Life and Reign of William the Fourth, the Reform Monarch of EnglandWilliam Emans, 1837 |
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... York . But , King Henry having at that time a large army at his command , asserted his title with effect ; and by the Statute of 7 , Henry IV . ch . 2 , it was enacted , that the inheritance of the Crown and Realms of England and France ...
... York . But , King Henry having at that time a large army at his command , asserted his title with effect ; and by the Statute of 7 , Henry IV . ch . 2 , it was enacted , that the inheritance of the Crown and Realms of England and France ...
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... York , Henry married in 1486 , and thus settled the fierce and bloody contests between the two families . How myste- rious are the ways of Heaven ! Often does it over - rule the wickedness of man for the accomplishment of the greatest ...
... York , Henry married in 1486 , and thus settled the fierce and bloody contests between the two families . How myste- rious are the ways of Heaven ! Often does it over - rule the wickedness of man for the accomplishment of the greatest ...
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... York , married James IV . of Scotland . So that King James had an undoubted hereditary right to both the English and Scottish Crowns , and was the heir both of Egbert , and William the Conqueror . In James , therefore , centered all the ...
... York , married James IV . of Scotland . So that King James had an undoubted hereditary right to both the English and Scottish Crowns , and was the heir both of Egbert , and William the Conqueror . In James , therefore , centered all the ...
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... York , several families would have been saved from destitution , and the name of the Duke of York not pronounced , with a heavy curse attached to it . The heir apparent to the Crown is the protegee , or to speak in a humbler strain ...
... York , several families would have been saved from destitution , and the name of the Duke of York not pronounced , with a heavy curse attached to it . The heir apparent to the Crown is the protegee , or to speak in a humbler strain ...
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... York , who regarded it in some respects , as a degradation of himself . One day when the royal brothers had been drinking deeply , and the Prince of Wales was literally lying under the table in a state of beastly intoxication , the Duke ...
... York , who regarded it in some respects , as a degradation of himself . One day when the royal brothers had been drinking deeply , and the Prince of Wales was literally lying under the table in a state of beastly intoxication , the Duke ...
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Seite 5 - So far. is it from being true, that we acquired a right by the revolution to elect our kings, that if we had possessed it before, the English nation did at that time most solemnly renounce and abdicate it, for themselves and for .all their posterity for ever.
Seite 515 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Seite 11 - ... to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess, and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body, and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said prince of Orange.
Seite 244 - His Royal Highness often tells me, he believes I am married ; for he never saw a lover so easy, or say so little of the object he has a regard for. When I tell him I certainly am not, he says, ' Then he is sure I must have a great esteem for you, and that it is not what is (vulgarly), I do not much like the use of that word, called love.
Seite 346 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Seite 535 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Seite 102 - General Washington observes — " After I wrote to you from Morris Town, I received information that the sentries at the door of Sir Henry Clinton were doubled at eight o'clock every night, from an apprehension of an attempt to surprise him in them. If this be true, it is more than probable the...
Seite 109 - ... hair was tied in a stiff Hessian tail, of an extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particularly attracted my notice ; for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts were, however, removed when Lord Hood introduced me to him. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation ; and an enthusiasm when speaking...
Seite 4 - Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons do in the name of all the people aforesaid most humbly and faithfully submit themselves, their heirs and posterities for ever...
Seite 507 - Majesty's arms, and the circumstances of the war in these •seas, required a considerable degree of enterprise, I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system...