Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 576 σελίδες |
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... excellent qualities of the unhappy Caractacus , was rejected for the favourite gallant : and she had the effrontery to declare Vellocatus King- -an act which exasperated the majo- rity of her subjects into a determination of supporting ...
... excellent qualities of the unhappy Caractacus , was rejected for the favourite gallant : and she had the effrontery to declare Vellocatus King- -an act which exasperated the majo- rity of her subjects into a determination of supporting ...
Σελίδα 24
... excellent custom was established amongst the Saxons in the descent of property , which went , bona fide , to the children of the possessor ; and this re- mained in force for a long period with respect to land , except in some particular ...
... excellent custom was established amongst the Saxons in the descent of property , which went , bona fide , to the children of the possessor ; and this re- mained in force for a long period with respect to land , except in some particular ...
Σελίδα 35
... excellent example to his successors , by decreeing that the lord or possessor should make a distribution of his property to his wife , children , and relations , to the best of his discretion ; and Henry emulated it : ་ " If any one of ...
... excellent example to his successors , by decreeing that the lord or possessor should make a distribution of his property to his wife , children , and relations , to the best of his discretion ; and Henry emulated it : ་ " If any one of ...
Σελίδα 37
... excellent character . Henry had superior talents as a general and politician ; the former he exerted in ambitious projects , and the latter in procuring him vast sums in merciless exactions . When William Rufus fell by the arrow of ...
... excellent character . Henry had superior talents as a general and politician ; the former he exerted in ambitious projects , and the latter in procuring him vast sums in merciless exactions . When William Rufus fell by the arrow of ...
Σελίδα 38
... excellent qualities balanced against one imperfection , which rendered the whole of the former useless and utterly abortive . In the first place he was an usurper ; and his ambition urged him to maintain his power by every means courage ...
... excellent qualities balanced against one imperfection , which rendered the whole of the former useless and utterly abortive . In the first place he was an usurper ; and his ambition urged him to maintain his power by every means courage ...
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