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... Lord Hastings to death , and made himself King ; and how the little King Edward and his brother were murdered in the Tower .... CHAPTER XXXV . 117 RICHARD III . - 1483 to 1485 . How Richard the Third tried to make the people his friends ...
... Lord Hastings to death , and made himself King ; and how the little King Edward and his brother were murdered in the Tower .... CHAPTER XXXV . 117 RICHARD III . - 1483 to 1485 . How Richard the Third tried to make the people his friends ...
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... Lord Russell and many more to be put to death CHAPTER LII . JAMES II . - 1685 to 1688 . 201 How the Duke of Monmouth rebelled against James the Second , and was beheaded ; how Colonel Kirke and Judge Jeffries committed great cruel- ties ...
... Lord Russell and many more to be put to death CHAPTER LII . JAMES II . - 1685 to 1688 . 201 How the Duke of Monmouth rebelled against James the Second , and was beheaded ; how Colonel Kirke and Judge Jeffries committed great cruel- ties ...
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... a ship and went to sea twice , should be a Thane , which means that he should be called lord , instead of mister , when he was spoken to . Once I was reading a very old book , and c 2 CHAP . X. 27 EDWARD ATHELSTANE .
... a ship and went to sea twice , should be a Thane , which means that he should be called lord , instead of mister , when he was spoken to . Once I was reading a very old book , and c 2 CHAP . X. 27 EDWARD ATHELSTANE .
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... lords of the court , by the sea side , some of them , thinking to please him by flattery , began to praise him very much indeed , and to call him great , and wise , and good , and then foolishly talked of his power , and said they were ...
... lords of the court , by the sea side , some of them , thinking to please him by flattery , began to praise him very much indeed , and to call him great , and wise , and good , and then foolishly talked of his power , and said they were ...
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... lords looked at one another , and thought King Canute must be mad , to think the sea would really obey him , although they had been so wicked as to tell him it would , the moment before . Of course the sea rose as it does every day ...
... lords looked at one another , and thought King Canute must be mad , to think the sea would really obey him , although they had been so wicked as to tell him it would , the moment before . Of course the sea rose as it does every day ...
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