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... England , ' ' Biographical Dictionary , ' Jesse's Memoirs of the Court of the Stuarts , ' Belsham's ' Court and Family of George III . , ' and Miss Strick- land's Lives of the Queens of England . ' 6 Believe me , 6 My dear Duchess ...
... England , ' ' Biographical Dictionary , ' Jesse's Memoirs of the Court of the Stuarts , ' Belsham's ' Court and Family of George III . , ' and Miss Strick- land's Lives of the Queens of England . ' 6 Believe me , 6 My dear Duchess ...
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... England . He then found his learning very useful ; for it enabled him to establish an excellent code of laws , and a system of government , under which his subjects enjoyed safety and peace . Some of his laws remain even to this day ...
... England . He then found his learning very useful ; for it enabled him to establish an excellent code of laws , and a system of government , under which his subjects enjoyed safety and peace . Some of his laws remain even to this day ...
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... England at that time , to decide the claims of succession , or such an unjust act could not have been com- mitted . Hence you see how necessary are laws for preserving the peace and welfare of a nation . The French seem to have had a ...
... England at that time , to decide the claims of succession , or such an unjust act could not have been com- mitted . Hence you see how necessary are laws for preserving the peace and welfare of a nation . The French seem to have had a ...
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... resolved to yield no longer to his uncle . He sought his early friend , Philip , and entreated his aid against John , who had then become King of England ; -a request with which Philip was quite willing to comply , as he PRINCE ARTHUR . II.
... resolved to yield no longer to his uncle . He sought his early friend , Philip , and entreated his aid against John , who had then become King of England ; -a request with which Philip was quite willing to comply , as he PRINCE ARTHUR . II.
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... England . This speech so enraged John , that he left the prison , vowing that his nephew should not live much longer to annoy him . One evening , just as it was becoming dusk , and Arthur's solitary chamber was looking more than usually ...
... England . This speech so enraged John , that he left the prison , vowing that his nephew should not live much longer to annoy him . One evening , just as it was becoming dusk , and Arthur's solitary chamber was looking more than usually ...
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