A History and Defence of Magna Charta: Containing a Copy of the Original Charter ... with an English Translation; ... with an Introductory Discourse, ... To which is Added, An Essay on Parliaments, ...J. Bell, (successor to Mr. Bathoe); S. Bladon; and C. Etherington, at York, 1769 - 284 pages |
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Page v
... to acquit or condemn any perfon that is claffed amongst the latter . AFTER various revolutions , the feven kingdoms were reduced to one , the fceptre of of the Saxons paffed into the hands of the Danes Ď Í S Č Ô URSE . V.
... to acquit or condemn any perfon that is claffed amongst the latter . AFTER various revolutions , the feven kingdoms were reduced to one , the fceptre of of the Saxons paffed into the hands of the Danes Ď Í S Č Ô URSE . V.
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... hands of the Danes ; and returned , in process of time , into the poffeffion of the Saxons again . DURING these affairs the English confti- tution , from the beft accounts , appears to have suffered no little alteration ; the nobles ...
... hands of the Danes ; and returned , in process of time , into the poffeffion of the Saxons again . DURING these affairs the English confti- tution , from the beft accounts , appears to have suffered no little alteration ; the nobles ...
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... hands of fubtile priests , and of evil kings . THEY fped in all these toilfome warfares . And how could they have failed ? The nerves of men in a cause so noble are endued with double vigour . The general ardour is derived to each ...
... hands of fubtile priests , and of evil kings . THEY fped in all these toilfome warfares . And how could they have failed ? The nerves of men in a cause so noble are endued with double vigour . The general ardour is derived to each ...
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... hand and feal , with the confirmation of an oath over and above the coronation - oath , any new inven- tion or innovation at all ; for as WILLIAM I. be- gan it , fo I am fure that HENRY I. and K. STE- PHEN , and HENRY II . did the fame ...
... hand and feal , with the confirmation of an oath over and above the coronation - oath , any new inven- tion or innovation at all ; for as WILLIAM I. be- gan it , fo I am fure that HENRY I. and K. STE- PHEN , and HENRY II . did the fame ...
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... hand . For above a dozen years before , in the third of this King's reign upon a fummon of his to the earls and barons to attend him with horse and arms into Normandy , they held a conference together at Leicester , and by general ...
... hand . For above a dozen years before , in the third of this King's reign upon a fummon of his to the earls and barons to attend him with horse and arms into Normandy , they held a conference together at Leicester , and by general ...
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