The History of Normandy and of England: General relations of mediaeval Europe, the Carolovingian Empire, the Danish expeditions in the Gauls, and the establishment of RolloJ.W. Parker, 1851 - Great Britain |
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... received from Southey's Chronicle of the Cid , I gratified myself by the supposition that there were pas- sages in our English annals susceptible of being presented in a similar style ; and I began a " Chronicle of John Lackland ...
... received from Southey's Chronicle of the Cid , I gratified myself by the supposition that there were pas- sages in our English annals susceptible of being presented in a similar style ; and I began a " Chronicle of John Lackland ...
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... received as Canonical Books , have tainted the nobility of our national mind . An adequate parallel to their bitterness , their shabbiness , their shirking , their habitual disregard of honour and veracity , is hardly afforded even by ...
... received as Canonical Books , have tainted the nobility of our national mind . An adequate parallel to their bitterness , their shabbiness , their shirking , their habitual disregard of honour and veracity , is hardly afforded even by ...
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... received the most complete refutation . Yet in the same manner as the opponents of the Middle Ages have condemned them for their virtues , so have their defenders extolled their faults , justified their sins - Chivalry , not unjustly ...
... received the most complete refutation . Yet in the same manner as the opponents of the Middle Ages have condemned them for their virtues , so have their defenders extolled their faults , justified their sins - Chivalry , not unjustly ...
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... received the doctrine from a living teacher ; and , teacher in his turn , there has never been a dead silence . No languages are so truly living as those which have been consecrated to prayer and praise . The Hebrew has never died ; it ...
... received the doctrine from a living teacher ; and , teacher in his turn , there has never been a dead silence . No languages are so truly living as those which have been consecrated to prayer and praise . The Hebrew has never died ; it ...
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... received as a message of kindness by the Great Nation : whilst at home , many politicians of no mean capacity doubted the prudence of maiming the Royal title , and discarding the honours for which Old England combated at Cressy and ...
... received as a message of kindness by the Great Nation : whilst at home , many politicians of no mean capacity doubted the prudence of maiming the Royal title , and discarding the honours for which Old England combated at Cressy and ...
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