The Englishman's library [ed. by E. H. L.].1824 |
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... knoll now almost covered with trees , which was the scene of one of the most re- markable events in our history . It was on this mount that Piers Gaveston , the favourite of a weak DEATH OF PIERS GAVESTON . 19 Death of Piers Gaveston.
... knoll now almost covered with trees , which was the scene of one of the most re- markable events in our history . It was on this mount that Piers Gaveston , the favourite of a weak DEATH OF PIERS GAVESTON . 19 Death of Piers Gaveston.
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Englishman E H L. mount that Piers Gaveston , the favourite of a weak monarch , ( Edward II . ) , was beheaded . The original ... favourite , Piers Gaveston . This young man was a Gascon by birth . He is 20 DEATH OF PIERS GAVESTON .
Englishman E H L. mount that Piers Gaveston , the favourite of a weak monarch , ( Edward II . ) , was beheaded . The original ... favourite , Piers Gaveston . This young man was a Gascon by birth . He is 20 DEATH OF PIERS GAVESTON .
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... favourite , and to load him with fortune and honours . He made a grant to him of the whole estate belonging to the earldom of Cornwall ; and also bestowed upon him a sum of money , which , in the currency of our own days , would appear ...
... favourite , and to load him with fortune and honours . He made a grant to him of the whole estate belonging to the earldom of Cornwall ; and also bestowed upon him a sum of money , which , in the currency of our own days , would appear ...
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... favourite , prevailed upon the Pope to absolve Gaveston , according to the wretched superstitions of those days , from the oath he had taken to leave the kingdom for ever . The sentence of excommunication was also suspended . At the ...
... favourite , prevailed upon the Pope to absolve Gaveston , according to the wretched superstitions of those days , from the oath he had taken to leave the kingdom for ever . The sentence of excommunication was also suspended . At the ...
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... favourite of Elizabeth . This man employed every artifice to undermine his autho- rity , and to ruin him with the Queen . For this pur- pose he drew over to his interest several of the Lords of the Council , who charged Cecil as the ...
... favourite of Elizabeth . This man employed every artifice to undermine his autho- rity , and to ruin him with the Queen . For this pur- pose he drew over to his interest several of the Lords of the Council , who charged Cecil as the ...
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