Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain: From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria, Or Royal Book of BeautyH.G.Bohn, 1862 - 516 páginas |
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... royal residence . Fourteen years after his marriage , William undertook his great expedition against England . He had at first much difficulty in prevailing upon his nobles to embark with him in so perilous an enter- prise ; but having ...
... royal residence . Fourteen years after his marriage , William undertook his great expedition against England . He had at first much difficulty in prevailing upon his nobles to embark with him in so perilous an enter- prise ; but having ...
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... royal Saxon mother , with her three fatherless children , took ship secretly and fled from the Conqueror's court . She was Agatha , daughter of the Emperor Henry the Second of Germany , and widow of Edward Atheling . The royal lineage ...
... royal Saxon mother , with her three fatherless children , took ship secretly and fled from the Conqueror's court . She was Agatha , daughter of the Emperor Henry the Second of Germany , and widow of Edward Atheling . The royal lineage ...
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... royal birth . Matilda and Mary were instructed in the literature of the times , in which the elder attained a degree of knowledge far above most of her sex . She also excelled in music ; and her after - history shows that she must have ...
... royal birth . Matilda and Mary were instructed in the literature of the times , in which the elder attained a degree of knowledge far above most of her sex . She also excelled in music ; and her after - history shows that she must have ...
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From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria, Or Royal Book of Beauty Mary Botham Howitt. a princess of Saxon lineage , one of that royal race still so fondly remembered . This was the Princess Matilda . Wild was the joy that rung ...
From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria, Or Royal Book of Beauty Mary Botham Howitt. a princess of Saxon lineage , one of that royal race still so fondly remembered . This was the Princess Matilda . Wild was the joy that rung ...
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... royal maiden tremble and shrink when she stood before the priestly conclave . But the spirit of her fearless Scottish ancestors was within her , and Matilda gave her answers with firmness and dignity , befitting her womanly nature no ...
... royal maiden tremble and shrink when she stood before the priestly conclave . But the spirit of her fearless Scottish ancestors was within her , and Matilda gave her answers with firmness and dignity , befitting her womanly nature no ...
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