Analysis of English history, by W.C. Pearce and S. Hague |
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Page 137 - That on the first of May, 1707, and for ever after, the kingdoms of England and Scotland shall be united into one kingdom, by the name of Great Britain.
Page 51 - Thomas, Duke of Clarence; John, Duke of Bedford; Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester; Blanche, who was married to the Duke of Bavaria; and Philippa, who was married to the King of Denmark.
Page 138 - ... the sleeping lion. The people heard with astonishment doctrines preached from the throne and the pulpit, subversive of liberty and property, and all the natural rights of humanity. They examined into the divinity of this claim, and found it weakly and fallaciously supported...
Page 46 - Lionel, duke of Clarence; John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster; Edmund, duke of Y'ork ; and Thomas of Woodstock, later duke of Gloucester.
Page 134 - ... shall hereafter come to any person not being a native " of this kingdom of England, this nation shall not be obliged " to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or " territories which do not belong to the crown of England, " without consent of parliament.
Page 138 - Anne, c. 11, whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths is vested in trustees for ever, to form a perpetual fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
Page 120 - The reformed churches, alike of England and the continent, were excluded from fellowship with the Anglican church. Every minister, who should not, before the twenty-fourth of August, 1662, publicly declare his assent and consent to everything contained in the Book of Common Prayer...
Page 28 - ... homage to his lord, openly and humbly kneeling, being ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands both together between those of the lord, who sat before him, and there professing that " he did become his man, from that day forth, of life and limb and earthly honour ; " and then he received a kiss from his lord.
Page 7 - Bede mentions seven kings who had a primacy (imperium or ducatus) — Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. One of these, Oswald, is called by Adamnau, who wrote before Bede, ' totius Britauniae imperator ordinatus a Deo.
Page 4 - Superior 3 is nearly identical with the present one into England and Scotland. The provinces were: Britannia Prima, or the district to the south of the Thames and the Bristol Channel; Britannia Secunda, the present principality of Wales; Flavia Caesariensis, so called from the master of Agricola, which extended from the Thames to the Mersey and the Humber. Beyond the Humber, to the distance of twenty-five miles north of the Picts...