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... thought it right wholly to throw aside the tales which have so often usurped the place of true history . These tales ought to be known , if only because they have usurped the place of true history . They ought also in many cases to be ...
... thought it right wholly to throw aside the tales which have so often usurped the place of true history . These tales ought to be known , if only because they have usurped the place of true history . They ought also in many cases to be ...
Page ix
... thought that it gave further life and interest to the story for those for whom it was at first meant , if I made those parts of the history which concerned Wessex , and especially those which concerned Somersetshire and the ...
... thought that it gave further life and interest to the story for those for whom it was at first meant , if I made those parts of the history which concerned Wessex , and especially those which concerned Somersetshire and the ...
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... thought rather hard , as there are no pleasant stories in it , such as you will often hear in other parts of my history . But , to under- stand thoroughly what comes after , you ought to keep WHO FIRST LIVED IN BRITAIN . 7.
... thought rather hard , as there are no pleasant stories in it , such as you will often hear in other parts of my history . But , to under- stand thoroughly what comes after , you ought to keep WHO FIRST LIVED IN BRITAIN . 7.
Page 11
... thought that Phoenician traders them- selves sailed as far as Britain , and bought the tin which is found in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands , and even perhaps worked the mines themselves . If this really was so , we must of course ...
... thought that Phoenician traders them- selves sailed as far as Britain , and bought the tin which is found in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands , and even perhaps worked the mines themselves . If this really was so , we must of course ...
Page 13
... thought more of his own greatness than of the good of his country ; but there was much in him which made men love him , and as a soldier and a ruler hardly any man has ever been greater . Before his time the Roman Province of Gaul was ...
... thought more of his own greatness than of the good of his country ; but there was much in him which made men love him , and as a soldier and a ruler hardly any man has ever been greater . Before his time the Roman Province of Gaul was ...
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