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... army , have aspired to nobility , and generally for themselves or their posterity obtained it . Hence a Peerage embraces an account of almost all that has been illustrious in public life . It is not for him who has taken this task upon ...
... army , have aspired to nobility , and generally for themselves or their posterity obtained it . Hence a Peerage embraces an account of almost all that has been illustrious in public life . It is not for him who has taken this task upon ...
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... army to assist Wenceslaus III . Ottocarus , King of Bohemia , against Beta IV . King of Hungary , whom Albert took prisoner in a battle that lasted nine days , and behaved himself with so much courage , that he was made a knight , and ...
... army to assist Wenceslaus III . Ottocarus , King of Bohemia , against Beta IV . King of Hungary , whom Albert took prisoner in a battle that lasted nine days , and behaved himself with so much courage , that he was made a knight , and ...
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... army , in opposition to Charles IX . King of Sweden . He signed the confederacy of Leipsic against the Emperor , 1631 ; beat the imperialists in the battle of Oldendorp ; and took Hameln , 1633 ; Osnabrug , Hildesheim , & c . 1634 ...
... army , in opposition to Charles IX . King of Sweden . He signed the confederacy of Leipsic against the Emperor , 1631 ; beat the imperialists in the battle of Oldendorp ; and took Hameln , 1633 ; Osnabrug , Hildesheim , & c . 1634 ...
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... army on the Rhine against the French , from 1707 to 1710 . driven out of his dominions , and after ten years exile , died at Mentz , 1632 , aged thirty - six . His beautiful and ill - fated queen , after many years of tribu- lation ...
... army on the Rhine against the French , from 1707 to 1710 . driven out of his dominions , and after ten years exile , died at Mentz , 1632 , aged thirty - six . His beautiful and ill - fated queen , after many years of tribu- lation ...
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... army ; Ernest - Augustus was a man of warm pas- sions and violent temper ; easily irritated , and when irritated , in- capable of controul . Sophia herself had treated Count Konigs- mark with regard , and attention ; and the lover was ...
... army ; Ernest - Augustus was a man of warm pas- sions and violent temper ; easily irritated , and when irritated , in- capable of controul . Sophia herself had treated Count Konigs- mark with regard , and attention ; and the lover was ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards ancestor Anne anno appointed April arms army August Baron Bedford Bishop born Brington brother buried Burnet castle Cavendish Charles church coheir command court Custos Rotulorum daughter and heir daughter of Sir death December Douglass Duke of Hamilton Duke of Norfolk Duke of Saxony Duke of Somerset Earl of Sunderland Edward III eldest elected Elizabeth England father favour February fourth France Garter George Grace Hamilton Henry VIII Hist honour house of peers Howard Ibid Ireland January July June King James King's kingdom Knight Lady lands letters patent Lord Lieutenant Lord Sunderland Lordship Majesty Majesty's manor March Margaret Marlborough Marquis marriage married to Sir Mary November October parliament peers person præd Prince privy-council Queen reign Richard Royal Highness Russell Scotland Scots September Seymour Sir Edward Seymour Sir John Sir Robert Sir William sons Spencer succeeded Suffolk third Viscount wife
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Seite 365 - Divi Britannici, being a remark upon the lives of all the kings of this isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660.
Seite 397 - Neither is there wanting daily, handsome occasion to retire, were it not for grinning honour. For let occasion be never so handsome, unless a man were resolved to fight on the parliament side, which, for my part, I had rather be hanged, it will be said without doubt, that a man is afraid to fight. If there could be an expedient found to salve the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour. The discontent that I and other honest men receive daily, is beyond expression.
Seite 189 - first son, and the heirs male of his body ; and in default of such issue, to the use of...
Seite 330 - Immediately I fell on his rear with my three troops ; which did so astonish him, that he gave over the chase, and would fain have delivered himself from me. But I pressing on forced them...
Seite 213 - she was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously vicious and ravenous; foolish, but imperious ; very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues with other men, while yet she pretended she was jealous of him.
Seite 347 - February 1689, passed by an overwhelming majority with only one vote against, which stated that King James the Second having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original contract between King and People; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked Persons, having violated the fundamental laws and withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom hath abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby vacant.
Seite 236 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Seite 372 - Encrease of his Powers multiplied his Victories. At the opening of the next Campaign, when all his Army was not yet...
Seite 340 - Protestant re" ligion, are in great danger from Popery, and " that either this Parliament must suppress the " power and growth of Popery, or else that " Popery will soon destroy, not only Parliament, " but all that is near and dear to us.
Seite 245 - March 31st, 1718, he was elected one of the knights companions of the most noble order of the garter, and installed at Windsor, on April 30th following.