The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and Modern, of All the Principal Nations of the Globe, Their Rise, Progress, Present Condition, Etc, Volume 2H. Bill, 1854 |
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... dominion . With this important document Dermot Macmorrogh hastened to Bristol to raise a force . For a time , however , he found even the king's letters - patent insufficient to induce men to volunteer for Ireland , where , according to ...
... dominion . With this important document Dermot Macmorrogh hastened to Bristol to raise a force . For a time , however , he found even the king's letters - patent insufficient to induce men to volunteer for Ireland , where , according to ...
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... dominion , and made such minor arrangements as chanced to occur to his mind or to the minds of his advisers , Henry departed from the scene of his easy conquest - if con- quest , indeed , that could be called in which he never had ...
... dominion , and made such minor arrangements as chanced to occur to his mind or to the minds of his advisers , Henry departed from the scene of his easy conquest - if con- quest , indeed , that could be called in which he never had ...
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... dominions as the liege vassal of the king of England ; and in consideration of his having the chief sovereignty of Ireland exclusive of the English pale , he under- took to secure the peaceable conduct of the other native princes ; to ...
... dominions as the liege vassal of the king of England ; and in consideration of his having the chief sovereignty of Ireland exclusive of the English pale , he under- took to secure the peaceable conduct of the other native princes ; to ...
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... dominion . The assistance which the rebels received enabled them to recommence and continue the civil war with advantage over the royal force , for the king was now in the power of the puritans ; and much as those bigots hated the ...
... dominion . The assistance which the rebels received enabled them to recommence and continue the civil war with advantage over the royal force , for the king was now in the power of the puritans ; and much as those bigots hated the ...
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... dominion of the Romans and the Caledonians . In the reign of Antoninus Pius , the pro - prætor , Lollius Urbius , drove the Scots far to the northward , and repaired the chain of forts built by Agri- cola , which lay between the Carron ...
... dominion of the Romans and the Caledonians . In the reign of Antoninus Pius , the pro - prætor , Lollius Urbius , drove the Scots far to the northward , and repaired the chain of forts built by Agri- cola , which lay between the Carron ...
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