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... able agents of his policy , but he never allowed any one to make himself necessary to his service or an irremovable support to his throne . The most dangerous competitor against whom he was ever pitted was perhaps the strong - hearted ...
... able agents of his policy , but he never allowed any one to make himself necessary to his service or an irremovable support to his throne . The most dangerous competitor against whom he was ever pitted was perhaps the strong - hearted ...
Pagina 22
... able to defend one's own ! It would be shameful to lose it as long as one could defend it . The Bretons would have bragged prettily with my saddle ! ' In another encounter he was unhorsed by a soldier , who was preparing to strike him ...
... able to defend one's own ! It would be shameful to lose it as long as one could defend it . The Bretons would have bragged prettily with my saddle ! ' In another encounter he was unhorsed by a soldier , who was preparing to strike him ...
Pagina 25
... able to maintain himself at all . But he did so , and not only crushed every rebellion at home and secured and enlarged his borders in the British island , but gradually ousted Robert from the posses- sion WILLIAM ' RUFUS . ' 25.
... able to maintain himself at all . But he did so , and not only crushed every rebellion at home and secured and enlarged his borders in the British island , but gradually ousted Robert from the posses- sion WILLIAM ' RUFUS . ' 25.
Pagina 26
... able brother Henry tried his hand against him , but failed . His Norman barons found they were not an essential basis of his authority . His Anglo- Danish subjects found they were used by the King as instruments against their common ...
... able brother Henry tried his hand against him , but failed . His Norman barons found they were not an essential basis of his authority . His Anglo- Danish subjects found they were used by the King as instruments against their common ...
Pagina 36
... able , with as little as possible . He was free during his whole life from impure desires , for as we have learned from those who were well informed , he was led by female blandishments , not for the gratification of an intimacy , but ...
... able , with as little as possible . He was free during his whole life from impure desires , for as we have learned from those who were well informed , he was led by female blandishments , not for the gratification of an intimacy , but ...
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Estimates of the English Kings from William 'the Conquereor' to George III. John Langton Sanford Volledige weergave - 1872 |
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