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<![CDATA[os, and sublimity." Long may
these sentiments abide in him! And as no man, to use his _own_ words,
"ever had fiercer enemies or firmer friends"--as no man, to use those of
others, was ever more bitter and sarcastic as a political enemy, more
affectionate and devoted as a private friend, the more deeply his future
writings are impregnated with the spirit of that volume, the more
heartfelt, let him be well assured, will be his gratification in that
hour when "we shall think of those we love, only to regret that we have
not loved more dearly, when we shall remember our enemies only to
forgive them."
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RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS.
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REGAL TABLET.
(_For the Mirror._)
The following Synopsis of English Sovereigns, and their contemporaries,
will, it is hoped, be acceptable to the readers of history.
JACOBUS.
(_Normans_.)
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
began his reign, 14th Oct. 1066, died 9th Sept. 1087.
_Contemporaries_.
_Popes_.
Alexander II., 1061.
Gregory VII., 1073.
Victor III., 1086.
_Emperors of the East._
Constantine XII.,1059.
Romanus IV., 1068.
Michael VII., 1071.
Nicephorus I., 1078.
Alexis I., 1081.
_Emperor of the West._
Henry IV., 1056.
_France._
Philip I., 1060.
_Scotland_.
Malcolm III., 1059.
Donald VIII., 1068.
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WILLIAM RUFUS
began his reign 9th Sept. 1087, died 2nd Aug. 1100.
_Popes._
Victor III., 1086.
Urban II., 1088.
Pascal II., 1099.
_Emperor of the East._
Alexis I., 1081.
_Emperor of the West._
Henry IV., 1056.
_France_.
Philip I., 1060.
_Scotland._
Donald VIII., 1068.
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HENRY I.
began his reign 2nd August 1100, ended 1st Dec. 1135.
_Popes._
Pascal II., 1099.
Gelassus II., 1118.
Calistus II., 1119.
Honorius II., 1124.
Innocent II., 1130.
Celestin II., 1134.
_Emperors of the East._
Alexis I., 1081.
John Cominus, 1118.
_Emperors of the West._
Henry IV., 1056.
Henry V., 1106.
Lotharius II., 1125.
_France._
Philip I., 1060.
Louis VI., 1108.
_Scotland._
Donald VIII., 1068.
Edgar, 1108.
David, 1134.
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STEPHEN
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