Cameos from English History: Forty years of Stewart rule (1603-1643). 1887Macmillan, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... head ; but she gave great annoyance by her refusal to communicate after the English rite . Whether she missed the splendid Lutheran ritual of Denmark , or whether she preferred the bare simplicity of Calvinist Scotland , does not appear ...
... head ; but she gave great annoyance by her refusal to communicate after the English rite . Whether she missed the splendid Lutheran ritual of Denmark , or whether she preferred the bare simplicity of Calvinist Scotland , does not appear ...
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... heads on the castle tower . A day or two later Brooke was beheaded in the castle yard , and it was noted that he ... head being held up , nobody had said “ God saue the King " but the executioner and sheriff . Raleigh had his window ...
... heads on the castle tower . A day or two later Brooke was beheaded in the castle yard , and it was noted that he ... head being held up , nobody had said “ God saue the King " but the executioner and sheriff . Raleigh had his window ...
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... head lasted three hours , ending at last in the insertion of the words " curate or lawful minister " in the rubric ... heads - purity of doctrine , appointment of good pastors , good Church government , revision of the Prayer - book , in ...
... head lasted three hours , ending at last in the insertion of the words " curate or lawful minister " in the rubric ... heads - purity of doctrine , appointment of good pastors , good Church government , revision of the Prayer - book , in ...
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... head , that they feared that they were bringing the house down prematurely on their own heads , or else that they were discovered , and they sent out Guy Fawkes to gain intelligence . He brought back word that it was one Bright , a ...
... head , that they feared that they were bringing the house down prematurely on their own heads , or else that they were discovered , and they sent out Guy Fawkes to gain intelligence . He brought back word that it was one Bright , a ...
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... head of a peace party . A Franciscan monk of Antwerp , named Negen , was commissioned to begin the negotiation in 1607 , and after two years of intrigues and counter intrigues , the mediation of James I. and Henri IV . finally ...
... head of a peace party . A Franciscan monk of Antwerp , named Negen , was commissioned to begin the negotiation in 1607 , and after two years of intrigues and counter intrigues , the mediation of James I. and Henri IV . finally ...
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