The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 1George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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Page 37
... Edward had intrusted armed bodies to watch the whole territory from Cornwall to the Avon , and falling in with the two divisions in Somer- setshire , they overtook and destroyed them.3 The miserable remnant sheltered themselves in a ...
... Edward had intrusted armed bodies to watch the whole territory from Cornwall to the Avon , and falling in with the two divisions in Somer- setshire , they overtook and destroyed them.3 The miserable remnant sheltered themselves in a ...
Page 89
... Edward hastened to Winchester , seized her treasures , and swept away the cattle and corn from the lands which she possessed as her dower . This violation of filial duty appears cruel and unmanly ; nor have we any particular information ...
... Edward hastened to Winchester , seized her treasures , and swept away the cattle and corn from the lands which she possessed as her dower . This violation of filial duty appears cruel and unmanly ; nor have we any particular information ...
Page 387
... Edward , having been compelled by the superior numbers of the enemy , to bring up all his reserves , was making his last efforts , but , at the critical period of nearly entire exhaustion on both sides , the duke of Norfolk brought up a ...
... Edward , having been compelled by the superior numbers of the enemy , to bring up all his reserves , was making his last efforts , but , at the critical period of nearly entire exhaustion on both sides , the duke of Norfolk brought up a ...
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