This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...labor of their vocation. Would-be noblemen fell upon their monarch like robbers upon an unsinging traveler. Favorites, courtiers, soldiers, eminent lawyers, asked for land and for titles, for abbeys, for priories, for manors. They begged for them; they importuned, they intrigued, for them; they offered themselves souls ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...labor of their vocation. Would-be noblemen fell upon their monarch like robbers upon an unsinging traveler. Favorites, courtiers, soldiers, eminent lawyers, asked for land and for titles, for abbeys, for priories, for manors. They begged for them; they importuned, they intrigued, for them; they offered themselves souls and bodies in exchange for them. The lands and the houses most of them got, and many of them got the titles. Such a swarm of human harpies was never let loose upon a country as that which ravaged England from 1540 to 1600. It is to this rapacity, this gathering of the vultures over the carcass of the Roman church, that most of the oldest noble families in England owe their possessions and their peerages. Some of those highest in rank owe their coronets to the efforts made by that estimable monarch, Charles II., with the aid of Barbara Palmer, Louise de Que'rouaille, and Nell Gwynn, to increase the nobility of the kingdom. Those three ladies (the first two were made duchesses, respectively, of Cleveland and of Portsmouth, 1 This has striking illustration in the fortunes of one very great and important barony, that of Northumberland. The recent Dukes of Northumberland have assumed the name of Percy; but their family name is Smithson-A great Yorkshire baronet, Sir Hugh Smithson, married the heiress of the Northumberland estates, and was invested with the title which had lapsed for lack of a male heir. A Yorkshire gentleman spoke to me with some disapproval of the assumption of the Percy name by Sir Hugh, who he said was "just as good as the Percies,"--his own name, by the bye, ended in son, which is a sign of the Danish origin of many families in the North of England. What he said was measurably true, indeed; because the family into wh...
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G+ Not ex-lib. Hardcover in dark green cloth, no jacket, small 8vo. 1882 to title page, 1881 copyright, no indication of specific printing. xii + 601pp. G to VG-. Rubbing, scuffing and superficial scratches to cloth with surface loss along hinges, fore edges and at tips of mildly toed-in corners. Stronger abrasion and surface loss at spine ends with no nicks or chips; gilt stamped titles clean and bright. Very mild spine slant/cocking with no effect on strong, but quite stiff binding, opens flat at several places throughout. Pages uniformly toned with foxing to preliminary pages and at rear; 1 1/4" tear off outer margins pp.289-90. Pages clean and unmarked save for prev. owner's info upper corner pre-title page.
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Good. No Jacket. Book Olive green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Closed tears to spine ends, moderate surface wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Smooth black endpapers. Previous owner name in pencil on blank flyleaf. 1882 on title page, 1881 on copyright page. 601 pages.
