The history of the life of king Henry the second, and of the age in which he lived. To which is prefixed, A history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the confessor to the birth of Henry the second. 3 vols. [and] Notes to the second and third (fourth and fifth) books, Հատոր 2 |
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... granted their money to Stephen , for his support , and to her detriment , having been long combined with her enemies , as the had felt to her coft ; and therefore they must not expect that she would fhew any lenity to them , or remit ...
... granted their money to Stephen , for his support , and to her detriment , having been long combined with her enemies , as the had felt to her coft ; and therefore they must not expect that she would fhew any lenity to them , or remit ...
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... granted , he finished the excommuni- cation with still more feverity ; and then offering his throat to the furious duke , bade him strike . But that prince , either affected by the firmness of his courage , or having only meant to ...
... granted , he finished the excommuni- cation with still more feverity ; and then offering his throat to the furious duke , bade him strike . But that prince , either affected by the firmness of his courage , or having only meant to ...
Էջ 89
... which he excited the king and the whole nation to this pious warfare , and granted to all , who fhould en- gage therein , as full a pardon of all their paft Book I. paft offences , as his predeceffor , Urban OF KING HENRY II 89.
... which he excited the king and the whole nation to this pious warfare , and granted to all , who fhould en- gage therein , as full a pardon of all their paft Book I. paft offences , as his predeceffor , Urban OF KING HENRY II 89.
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... granted to all vaffals the liberty of mortgaging their lands to the church , or to any other perfons , against the great rule of the feudal law ; in order to raise the money which they wanted for this expedition , if their lords either ...
... granted to all vaffals the liberty of mortgaging their lands to the church , or to any other perfons , against the great rule of the feudal law ; in order to raise the money which they wanted for this expedition , if their lords either ...
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... granted their request ; and having fupplied them , as far as he was able , with money and other neceffaries , put them under the command of two noble chiefs , who were willing to ac- cept the dangerous charge , Archambaud earl of ...
... granted their request ; and having fupplied them , as far as he was able , with money and other neceffaries , put them under the command of two noble chiefs , who were willing to ac- cept the dangerous charge , Archambaud earl of ...
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The history of the life of king Henry the second, and of the ..., Հատորներ 4-5 George Lyttelton (1st baron.) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1769 |
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Էջ 371 - Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; it having been cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money told down, and under a penalty if the girls were returned.
Էջ 58 - Glocester himself had |ho inconsiderable tincture of learning, and was the patron of all who excelled in it ; qualities rare at all times in a nobleman of his high rank, but particularly in an age when knowledge and valour were thought incompatible, and not to be able to read was a mark of nobility. This truly great man...
Էջ 502 - Of Fees holden either immediately of the king, or of others who held of the king in capite ; and if alienated, whether the owners were cnfeoffed ab antique, or de novo ; as also fees holden in frank-almoigne, with the values thereof respectively.
Էջ 271 - ... in their defence. Thus he deftroyed the only ground upon which he could ftand, and changed the nature of the queftion between him and Matilda, making her caufe, and her fon's, the caufe of the nation, inltead pf a perfonal claim of inheritance.
Էջ 227 - Welch and the Scotch, calling themselves allies or auxiliaries to the Empress, but in reality enemies and destroyers of England, have broken their bounds, ravaged our borders, and taken from us whole provinces, which we never can hope to recover ; while instead of employing our united force...
Էջ 370 - ... of it was recent in their minds ; but it was frequently carried back, by a falfe fenfe of honour, even to very remote and traditional quarrels, in which any of their family had been ever engaged. For not only the nobles and gentry, but even the loweft among them, had each by heart his own genealogy, together with which he retained a...
Էջ 373 - Notwithstanding their poverty they were fo hofpitable, that every man's houfe was open to all; and thus no wants were felt by the moft indigent, nor was there a beggar in the nation. When any ftranger, or traveller came to a houfe, he ufed no other ceremony, than, at his firft entrance, to deliver his arms into the hands of the mafter, who thereupon offered to...
Էջ 39 - Yet that hiftorian affirms, that, even in the latter years of his reign, broken as he was with inceffant toils, and heavy from a too corpulent habit of body, if any thing happened in any part of his kingdom, by which the royal majefty was hurt or offended, he never fuffered it to continue unchaftifed.
Էջ 228 - England must pay the price of their services : our lands, our honours, must be the hire of these rapacious invaders. But suppose we should have the fortune to conquer for Stephen, what will be the consequence ? Will victory teach him moderation ? Will he learn from security that regard to our liberties, which he could not learn from danger...
Էջ 375 - ... paid, in his days, a more devout reverence to churches and churchmen, to the relics of 'faints, to crofles, and to bells, than any other nation. Whenever any of them happened to meet a monk, or other ecclefiaftic, they inftantly threw down their arms, and, bowing their heads, implored his bleffing.