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... fought against and conquered one another . We ought to be very glad that it is not so now ; but we must take care to remember that there have been quite distinct nations living in these islands , or we shall never really understand the ...
... fought against and conquered one another . We ought to be very glad that it is not so now ; but we must take care to remember that there have been quite distinct nations living in these islands , or we shall never really understand the ...
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... fought against our forefathers were killed , and those who submitted were made slaves . The women of course would be made slaves , or they would sometimes be married to their masters . Thus there may doubtless be some little British and ...
... fought against our forefathers were killed , and those who submitted were made slaves . The women of course would be made slaves , or they would sometimes be married to their masters . Thus there may doubtless be some little British and ...
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... fought many battles with the Welsh in Kent , in one of which Horsa is said to have been killed . At last they founded two little kingdoms , East Kent and West Kent . Of these two East Kent was doubtless always the greater , and in it ...
... fought many battles with the Welsh in Kent , in one of which Horsa is said to have been killed . At last they founded two little kingdoms , East Kent and West Kent . Of these two East Kent was doubtless always the greater , and in it ...
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... fought bravely against the English and sometimes beat them . This is that King Arthur of whom you may have heard , and of whom many strange stories are told . Very likely there was such a man , but we can tell nothing about him for ...
... fought bravely against the English and sometimes beat them . This is that King Arthur of whom you may have heard , and of whom many strange stories are told . Very likely there was such a man , but we can tell nothing about him for ...
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... fought with the Welsh along both the Thames and the Severn , and even got as far north as what is now Shropshire . In 577 he won a great battle against the Welsh at Deorham in Gloucestershire , and took the three great Roman towns of ...
... fought with the Welsh along both the Thames and the Severn , and even got as far north as what is now Shropshire . In 577 he won a great battle against the Welsh at Deorham in Gloucestershire , and took the three great Roman towns of ...
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