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... given to children from the very first . In truth the more rigidly accurate and scien- tific a statement is , the more easy it is for a child to take it in . The difficulty does not lie with the child , who has simply to learn , but with ...
... given to children from the very first . In truth the more rigidly accurate and scien- tific a statement is , the more easy it is for a child to take it in . The difficulty does not lie with the child , who has simply to learn , but with ...
Page viii
... given to names still in common use . I have therefore , somewhat at the ex- pense of consistency , left some of the more common names , such as Alfred , Edward , and Edith , in their modern spelling ; while other names which are less ...
... given to names still in common use . I have therefore , somewhat at the ex- pense of consistency , left some of the more common names , such as Alfred , Edward , and Edith , in their modern spelling ; while other names which are less ...
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... given to Gyrth and Leofwine • A. D. 1054 1055 · 1056 1057 ( ? ) 1058 Harold goes on a pilgrimage to Rome . The minster at Waltham consecrated by Archbishop Cynesige ; he dies and is succeeded by Ealdred ; Walter and Gisa Bishops of ...
... given to Gyrth and Leofwine • A. D. 1054 1055 · 1056 1057 ( ? ) 1058 Harold goes on a pilgrimage to Rome . The minster at Waltham consecrated by Archbishop Cynesige ; he dies and is succeeded by Ealdred ; Walter and Gisa Bishops of ...
Page 43
... , 1 The word Pope , Papa , пañâs , simply means father . In the East this name is given to every Priest , but in the West only to the Bishop of Rome . and the more so as Britain had once been a HOW THE ENGLISH BECAME CHRISTIANS . 43.
... , 1 The word Pope , Papa , пañâs , simply means father . In the East this name is given to every Priest , but in the West only to the Bishop of Rome . and the more so as Britain had once been a HOW THE ENGLISH BECAME CHRISTIANS . 43.
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... given him . For Gregory had told him in one of his letters that , in ordering his new Church , he was not bound to do in everything exactly as was done at Rome , but that it would be right to choose from among the customs of different ...
... given him . For Gregory had told him in one of his letters that , in ordering his new Church , he was not bound to do in everything exactly as was done at Rome , but that it would be right to choose from among the customs of different ...
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