History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... side , nor in connection with which any one has ever arisen to say that Bacon's decision was bought . The remainder of Bacon's life was given to literature and philosophy , and , among his other works , the " History of King Henry VII ...
... side , nor in connection with which any one has ever arisen to say that Bacon's decision was bought . The remainder of Bacon's life was given to literature and philosophy , and , among his other works , the " History of King Henry VII ...
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... , as upon all other oc- casions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester , stood ever upon the side of honour , raising his own reputation to the disad- vantage of the King his brother , and drawing the 6 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
... , as upon all other oc- casions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester , stood ever upon the side of honour , raising his own reputation to the disad- vantage of the King his brother , and drawing the 6 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
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... side , if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lan- caster , inherent in his person , he knew it was a title con- demned by parliament , and generally prejudged in the com- mon opinion of the realm , and that it tended directly ...
... side , if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lan- caster , inherent in his person , he knew it was a title con- demned by parliament , and generally prejudged in the com- mon opinion of the realm , and that it tended directly ...
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... side , and the times of Edward the fourth on the other , lucid intervals and 30 happy pauses ; yet they did ever hang over the kingdom , ready to break forth into new perturbations and calamities . And as his victory gave him the knee ...
... side , and the times of Edward the fourth on the other , lucid intervals and 30 happy pauses ; yet they did ever hang over the kingdom , ready to break forth into new perturbations and calamities . And as his victory gave him the knee ...
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... side with great wisdom , not ignorant of the affections and fears of the people , to disperse the conceit and terror of a conquest , had given order , that there 5 should be nothing in his journey like unto a warlike march or manner ...
... side with great wisdom , not ignorant of the affections and fears of the people , to disperse the conceit and terror of a conquest , had given order , that there 5 should be nothing in his journey like unto a warlike march or manner ...
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Page 270 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.