Cameos from English History: Forty years of Stewart rule (1603-1643). 1887Macmillan, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... John Van Olden Barneveldt and two other distinguished statesmen ; the Archduke and Infanata sent Count Aremberg ; and two days later came the Baron de Rosny from Henry IV . , to assist M. de Beaumont , the resident ambassador . Rosny ...
... John Van Olden Barneveldt and two other distinguished statesmen ; the Archduke and Infanata sent Count Aremberg ; and two days later came the Baron de Rosny from Henry IV . , to assist M. de Beaumont , the resident ambassador . Rosny ...
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... John Gib , the King's clerk , struggled up among the boys and shouted that he had a message for the Sheriff , who , on hearing it , told Markham , since he was so ill - prepared , he should have two hours more grace , and leading him ...
... John Gib , the King's clerk , struggled up among the boys and shouted that he had a message for the Sheriff , who , on hearing it , told Markham , since he was so ill - prepared , he should have two hours more grace , and leading him ...
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... John Wright's brother Christopher , and Thomas Winter's brother Robert , and in December they all entered the house at Westminster taking with them a supply of hard eggs , dried meat and pasties , so as to have as little going in and ...
... John Wright's brother Christopher , and Thomas Winter's brother Robert , and in December they all entered the house at Westminster taking with them a supply of hard eggs , dried meat and pasties , so as to have as little going in and ...
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... John Johnson , and said he was Percy's servant ; but he did not deny his intention , and said he was sorry not to have carried it out . A Scotch noble asked him what the powder was for , and he answered , " To blow the Scotch beggars ...
... John Johnson , and said he was Percy's servant ; but he did not deny his intention , and said he was sorry not to have carried it out . A Scotch noble asked him what the powder was for , and he answered , " To blow the Scotch beggars ...
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... John Welch , who had married Knox's daughter , and four others were tried before the Court of Session , and though they denied its power in such matters , they were banished from his majesty's dominions . The Synod of Fife , in much ...
... John Welch , who had married Knox's daughter , and four others were tried before the Court of Session , and though they denied its power in such matters , they were banished from his majesty's dominions . The Synod of Fife , in much ...
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