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 191
... father . The child was intrusted , by command of Henry , to the care of Elie de Saen , a Norman baron , who had been his father's friend . But the king soon became apprehensive , lest , in the person of the young prince , he might at ...
... father . The child was intrusted , by command of Henry , to the care of Elie de Saen , a Norman baron , who had been his father's friend . But the king soon became apprehensive , lest , in the person of the young prince , he might at ...
Page 202
... father's leniency . The young princes were not only par- doned , but received into favour , and enriched by new liberalities , while their supporters and adherents , with the exception of the king of Scot- land , and the earls of ...
... father's leniency . The young princes were not only par- doned , but received into favour , and enriched by new liberalities , while their supporters and adherents , with the exception of the king of Scot- land , and the earls of ...
Page 375
... father was king ; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years , from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign , and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ...
... father was king ; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years , from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign , and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ...
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