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... king can do no wrong . That belief gradually grew into the doctrine that the king rules by divine right . You can readily see that such a doctrine gave the king unlimited power . To deny the king's authority was likely to cost a man his ...
... king can do no wrong . That belief gradually grew into the doctrine that the king rules by divine right . You can readily see that such a doctrine gave the king unlimited power . To deny the king's authority was likely to cost a man his ...
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... King Charles was put to death . For the first time an English king met death at the hands of his people . He died bravely , and even his enemies regretted the necessity of such an extreme penalty . Many Englishmen , Scotchmen , and ...
... King Charles was put to death . For the first time an English king met death at the hands of his people . He died bravely , and even his enemies regretted the necessity of such an extreme penalty . Many Englishmen , Scotchmen , and ...
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... King . No man in London was happier because of the king's return than Henry Purcell . He knew that the king would restore him to his old place in the Westminster choir and that he would be busy again using his fine voice to make music ...
... King . No man in London was happier because of the king's return than Henry Purcell . He knew that the king would restore him to his old place in the Westminster choir and that he would be busy again using his fine voice to make music ...
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Allegro audience Bach ballads ballet bards bass beautiful music Beethoven called cathedral chapter Charlemagne Chorus church clavichord composer concert Cremona dance delighted DISCUSSION SENTENCES England English enjoy Erlking Europe Eurydice famous feeling folk music France French fugue German gift Gluck Greece Greek Handel happy harp harpsichord Haydn hear heard heart honor Hymn instruments Italian Italy keyboard instrument king knighthood knights learned listen Liszt lived Lohengrin London melody ment minnesingers minstrel movement Mozart MUSICAL MEASURE musician opera oratorio orchestra organ Overture palace Paris patron pattern piano play pleasure poem poet program music rhythm rich Roman Rome Russian Schubert singers singing sonata song soprano SPECIAL ACTIVITY spirit story suite sung symphony teacher tell theme THOUGHT QUESTIONS tion tone TOOL WORDS TRIAL trumpet tune Vienna violin voice Wagner William Tell worship write wrote young