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... hereditary stad- holders , and at last into kings . But we may be sure that William the Eighth - William the Silent as he appears elsewhere - drew no small part of his real strength from the fact that he also was William the Eighth ...
... hereditary stad- holders , and at last into kings . But we may be sure that William the Eighth - William the Silent as he appears elsewhere - drew no small part of his real strength from the fact that he also was William the Eighth ...
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... hereditary surnames is when the son bears an epithet which had a meaning as applied to his father , but which has no meaning as applied to himself . When it is possible that John Long may be a short man , called Long merely because he ...
... hereditary surnames is when the son bears an epithet which had a meaning as applied to his father , but which has no meaning as applied to himself . When it is possible that John Long may be a short man , called Long merely because he ...
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... hereditary connexion with the English kingly house . All of them were invited and supported by at least a party in the country ; several of them were distinctly accepted by the national will as deliverers of the nation . The foreign ...
... hereditary connexion with the English kingly house . All of them were invited and supported by at least a party in the country ; several of them were distinctly accepted by the national will as deliverers of the nation . The foreign ...
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... the strength of such an hereditary claim as this , men were called on to brand as a dynasty of usurpers a dynasty which had reigned for three genera- XII . ] THE WARS OF THE ROSES . tions 270 [ ESSAY ENGLISH CIVIL WARS .
... the strength of such an hereditary claim as this , men were called on to brand as a dynasty of usurpers a dynasty which had reigned for three genera- XII . ] THE WARS OF THE ROSES . tions 270 [ ESSAY ENGLISH CIVIL WARS .
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... hereditary right . Henry was to keep the crown for life , and Richard was to succeed at his death , and in the meanwhile to be Regent or Protector of the kingdom . The effect of this award was to cut off the succession of Edward , the ...
... hereditary right . Henry was to keep the crown for life , and Richard was to succeed at his death , and in the meanwhile to be Regent or Protector of the kingdom . The effect of this award was to cut off the succession of Edward , the ...
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