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... wrote a history of Britain from 449 to the writers . end of Henry I.'s reign , adding later a sequel on Stephen's reign up to 1142 , the year of the chronicler's death . Henry of Huntingdon wrote a history of the English about 1154 ...
... wrote a history of Britain from 449 to the writers . end of Henry I.'s reign , adding later a sequel on Stephen's reign up to 1142 , the year of the chronicler's death . Henry of Huntingdon wrote a history of the English about 1154 ...
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... wrote later the account of these sad times in his prose pamphlet , View of the Present State of Ireland . He never blames Grey's policy in the least , and shows himself strongly confirmed in hatred of the Irish race and of Roman ...
... wrote later the account of these sad times in his prose pamphlet , View of the Present State of Ireland . He never blames Grey's policy in the least , and shows himself strongly confirmed in hatred of the Irish race and of Roman ...
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... wrote a reply to Hobbes ' Leviathan , " and an Essay on the Active and Contemplative Life . 66 Clarendon's History of the Great Rebellion gives , in the form of memoirs of his own personal experience , the story of the eventful years ...
... wrote a reply to Hobbes ' Leviathan , " and an Essay on the Active and Contemplative Life . 66 Clarendon's History of the Great Rebellion gives , in the form of memoirs of his own personal experience , the story of the eventful years ...
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