The History of the Life of King Henry the Second: And the Age in which He Lived, in Five Books: 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...J. Dodsley, 1777 |
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... gave fo abfolute a sway , that fhe made little ufe even of her own under- standing , which , in the former tranfactions of her life , had appeared to be much stronger and fitter for government , than could be ima- gined from her prefent ...
... gave fo abfolute a sway , that fhe made little ufe even of her own under- standing , which , in the former tranfactions of her life , had appeared to be much stronger and fitter for government , than could be ima- gined from her prefent ...
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... gave the alarm to her friends , and , with all poffible filence and fecrefy , drew them infenfibly , by finall parties , out of the city , before the confpirators there were ready to act ; then mounting on horfeback fhe re- tired in a ...
... gave the alarm to her friends , and , with all poffible filence and fecrefy , drew them infenfibly , by finall parties , out of the city , before the confpirators there were ready to act ; then mounting on horfeback fhe re- tired in a ...
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... gave orders that the fortifications of his caftle at Winchester fhould be repaired and augmented , with other precautions , that were neceffary to put him in a better condition of openly quarrelling with Matilda . He then made a request ...
... gave orders that the fortifications of his caftle at Winchester fhould be repaired and augmented , with other precautions , that were neceffary to put him in a better condition of openly quarrelling with Matilda . He then made a request ...
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... gave him a fair pretence to break with her more decently , having the voice of the public on his fide . After this he came no more to her court , though often invited , but had a meeting , at Guilford , with the queen , his fifter in ...
... gave him a fair pretence to break with her more decently , having the voice of the public on his fide . After this he came no more to her court , though often invited , but had a meeting , at Guilford , with the queen , his fifter in ...
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... gave her leifure to wait for the return of the lords whom he had fent to her husband . They made their report to her on the thir- teenth of June , at the caftle of the Devifes , where she had again affembled her council . Malmb . ut The ...
... gave her leifure to wait for the return of the lords whom he had fent to her husband . They made their report to her on the thir- teenth of June , at the caftle of the Devifes , where she had again affembled her council . Malmb . ut The ...
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Abbot Suger affiftance againſt alfo alſo Anjou archbishop archbishop of Canterbury army auctores barons becauſe bishop Blois BOOK caftle caſtle caufe cauſe Chron Chron.Norm crown defired duke duke of Aquitaine dutchy earl of Anjou earl of Glocefter earldom efcuage eleven hundred enemy England English epift Euftace fafe faid fame fays fecure feemed fent ferve fervice feveral fhould fide fiege firſt fome foon forces fovereign fpirit ftate ftill ftrength ftrong fub ann fubjects fubmitted fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport fuprà Geoffry Gerv Gryffyth Guienne Henry Plantagenet Hift hiftorian himſelf honour huſband intereft king of France king of Scotland kingdom kingdom of England lefs lord Louis mafter Matilda meaſures moft moſt muſt neceffary Norman Normandy occafion paffed party perfon poffeffion pope prefent prince propofed raiſed reafon reign ſtate Stephen Suger thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treaty uſe vaffals Wales Welsh whofe William Wincheſter
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Էջ 58 - Glocefter himlelf had no inconfiderable 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 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 59 - Bleafterwards moft excellent in him; for his^15^' earheft impreflions were taken from his uncle, who, not only in learning, but in all other perfections, in magnanimity, valour, prudence, and all moral virtues, was the beft example that could be propofed to his imitation, Nor was it a fmall advantage to him that he was removed from the luxury of a court, and bred up among foldiers in the conftant...
Էջ 271 - Yet againft both thefe difficulties, uneafy as they were, he might have found a refource in the affection of his people. Henry the firft, in the beginning of his reign, was no lefs indebted to the clergy than he, nor was his title more clear: notwithftanding which he main.
Էջ 370 - ... in which their agility, fpirit, and impetuofity, made up what they wanted in weight and firmnefs : fo that, although they were eafily- overcome in a battle by regular troops, they were with great difficulty vanquished in a war.
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 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 374 - In other refpeils their manners fo nearly agreed, when that .author wrote, as to difcover the marks of a Celtic origin common to both. One is furprifed in obferving how abfolutely the Britons, after ~ their retreat into Wales, loft all the culture they had received from the Romans, and, inftead of refining the ancient inhabitants of that part of the ifland, relapfed themfelves into their rude and barbarous manners.
Էջ 293 - ... admiration ; a subject who died to save his king, or a king whose personal virtues could render his safety so dear to a subject whom he had not obliged by any extraordinary favours. The daughter of Hubert was educated by Henry, with all the affection that he owed to the memory of her father ; and, when she had attained to maturity, was honourably married to William de Longueville, a nobleman of great distinction, on condition of his taking the name of St. Clare, which the grateful Henry was desirous...
Էջ 372 - EngliuS j but moft of their gentry ftill continued to dwell in huts made of wattles, and fituated in folitudes, by the fides of the woods, as moft convenient for hunting and pafture, or for a retreat, in time of war. They had no gardens, nor orchards, nor any improvements about their...