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 Seiten |
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... cruel , scems to be established beyond contradiction . In the reign of Edward the Confessor , two brothers , Earls Harold and Tosto , had an altercation at Windsor which terminated in blows . Tosto was beaten , and which 21 .
... cruel , scems to be established beyond contradiction . In the reign of Edward the Confessor , two brothers , Earls Harold and Tosto , had an altercation at Windsor which terminated in blows . Tosto was beaten , and which 21 .
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... earl , or baron , with whom the party had passed his seven or eight years of probation ; the knight elect fasted , prayed , per- formed penance , received the sacrament , confessed , was exhorted , bathed ; and at length , clothed in ...
... earl , or baron , with whom the party had passed his seven or eight years of probation ; the knight elect fasted , prayed , per- formed penance , received the sacrament , confessed , was exhorted , bathed ; and at length , clothed in ...
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... earl of Kent , who said to the archbishop of Canterbury , " Give me Boseham ; " the prelate , at a loss to com- prehend his meaning , hesitating , replied , " I give you Boseham . " The artful noble noble immediately took possession of ...
... earl of Kent , who said to the archbishop of Canterbury , " Give me Boseham ; " the prelate , at a loss to com- prehend his meaning , hesitating , replied , " I give you Boseham . " The artful noble noble immediately took possession of ...
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... Earl of Flanders . This then was the commencement of taxation for the prosecution of foreign hostilities . We are not acquainted exactly with its amount : we are certain , however , that the powers of numbers were equal to its ...
... Earl of Flanders . This then was the commencement of taxation for the prosecution of foreign hostilities . We are not acquainted exactly with its amount : we are certain , however , that the powers of numbers were equal to its ...
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... earl of Warren , that they would not have wanted leaders in a revolt . The same king appointed commissioners to examine into the titles of the estates of his ... earl earl alluded to met the commissioners with a rusty sword 45 Superstition.
... earl of Warren , that they would not have wanted leaders in a revolt . The same king appointed commissioners to examine into the titles of the estates of his ... earl earl alluded to met the commissioners with a rusty sword 45 Superstition.
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