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John, the second of these two pests, put the coping stone on the villany of his family, and lost his French dominion in the lump. JOHN THE SECOND OF THESE TWO PESTS PUT THE COPING STONE ON THE VILLANY OF HIS FAMILY AND LOST HIS FRENCH DOMINION IN THE LUMP
her, since in his contest with the Church, in spite of the canonization of Beckett and the king’s formal penance at his tomb, he had in fact gained a victory for the Crown which it never really lost again; but in his days England was only a part of the vast dominion of his House, which included more than half of France, and his struggle with his feudatories and the French king, which sowed the seed of the loss of that dominion to the English Crown, took up much of his life, and finally beat him. His two immediate successors, Richard I. and John, were good specimens of the chiefs of their line, almost all of whom were very able men, having even a touch of genius in them, but therewithal were such wanton blackguards and scoundrels that one is almost forced to apply the theological word “wickedness” to them. Such characters belong specially to their times, fertile as they were both of great qualities and of scoundrelism, and in which our own special vice of hypocrisy was entirely lacking. INESS STILL FARTHER SINCE IN HIS CONTEST WITH THE CHURCH IN SPITE OF THE CANONISATION OF BECKET AND THE KING'S FORMER PENANCE AT HIS TOMB HE HAD IN FACT GAINED A VICTORY FOR THE CROWN WHICH IT NEVER REALLY LOST AGAIN BUT IN HIS DAYS ENGLAND WAS ONLY A PART OF THE VAST DOMINION OF HIS HOUSE WHICH INCLUDED MORE THAN HALF OF FRANCE AND HIS STRUGGLE WITH HIS FEUDATORIES IN THE FRENCH KING WHICH SOWED THE SEED OF THE LOSS OF THAT DOMINION TO THE ENGLISH CROWN TOOK UP MUCH OF HIS LIFE AND FINALLY BEAT HIM HIS TWO IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS RICHARD THE FIRST AND JOHN WERE GOOD SPECIMENS OF THE CHIEFS OF THEIR LINE ALMOST ALL OF WHOM WERE VERY ABLE MEN HAVING EVEN A TOUCH OF GENIUS IN THEM BUT THEREWITHAL WERE SUCH WANTON BLACKGUARDS AND SCOUNDRELS THAT ONE IS ALMOST FORCED TO APPLY THE THEOLOGICAL WORD WICKEDNESS TO THEM SUCH CHARACTERS BELONG SPECIALLY TO THEIR TIMES FERTILE AS THEY WERE BOTH OF GREAT QUALITIES AND OF SCOUNDRELISM AND IN WHICH OUR OWN SPECIAL VICE OF HYPOCRISY WAS ENTIRELY LACKING
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