 | Impartial hand - 1764 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...fcourge to the clergy, vain-glorious, rapacious and diflblute, and an inveterate enemy to the Englifti, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity; when the Normans attempted to deprive him of the crown, fcarce poffefled of one fmgle virtue, to compenfate... | |
 | James Murray - 1764 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...fcourge to the clergy, vain-glorious, rapacious and difiblute, and an inveterate enemy to the Englifh, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity ; when the Normans attempted to deprive him of the crown, fcarce poffeffed of one fingle virtue, to compenfate... | |
 | 1797 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...glorious, talkative, rapacious, lav i in, and diflblutc ; and an inveterate enemy to the £ngli(h, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity,...enflave them ; and at one time imprifoned fifty of the belt families in the kingdom, on pretence of killing his deer; fo th.it they were compelled to purchafc... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...glorious, talkative, rapacious, lavifti, and diflblute ; and an inveterate enemy to the Englifh, thougli he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity, when the Norman Jords intended to expel him from the throne. In return for this inftance of their loyalty, he took... | |
 | J. Cooper - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 298
...vain-glorious, talkative, rapacious, lavish, and dissolute, and an inveterate enemy to the English, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity,...Norman lords intended to expel him from the throne. He Kved in a scandalous commerce with prostitutes, professing his contempt for marriage. Having no... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 794
...vain-glorious, talkative, rapacious, lavish, and dissolute ; and an inveterate enemy to the English, jects, 1 observed some with scimitars instance of their loyalty, he took all opportunities to fleece and enslave them ; and at one time imprisoned... | |
 | 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 450
...vainglorious» talkative, rapacious, laviih, and diiTolute ; and an inveterate enemy to the Engliih, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity,...took all opportunities to fleece and enflave them 5 and at one time imprifoned fifty of the beft families in the kingdom, on pretence of killing his... | |
 | Cooper (rev. mr.) - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 262
...vain-glorious, talkative, rapacious, lavish, and dissolute, and an inveterate enemy to the English, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity,...Norman lords intended to expel him from the throne. As he had no legitimate issue, the crown devolved to his brother Henry. William, at the time of his... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 200
...Normandy. William was devoid of learning, principle, and humanity, and an inveterate enemy to the English, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity when the Norman Lords sought to expel him from the throne. He was accidentally wounded by an arrow, shot by Walter Tyrrel,... | |
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Engliih, though he owed his crown to their valour and fidelity, when the Norman lords intended to expel him from the throne. In return for this inftance of their loyalty, he took all opportunities to fleece and enflave them... 