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... secure the fulfilment of a wish . These midsummer - night dances , which were known in Britain as Beltanes , are nothing but the remains of an earlier form of Baal - worship , practised by the ancestors of the people , and followed long ...
... secure the fulfilment of a wish . These midsummer - night dances , which were known in Britain as Beltanes , are nothing but the remains of an earlier form of Baal - worship , practised by the ancestors of the people , and followed long ...
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... secure peace from their attacks as Alfred had done for his subjects . We have said nothing of the Danish wars in England , because they are fully described in the Old English History , 1 but we shall now have to notice more at length ...
... secure peace from their attacks as Alfred had done for his subjects . We have said nothing of the Danish wars in England , because they are fully described in the Old English History , 1 but we shall now have to notice more at length ...
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... secure the crown for himself , he lingered in the North and paid no respect to her wishes and warnings . Knud's Sons , 1035-1042 . - But while Harthaknud loitered away his time in Denmark , his half - brother Harald , known to us in ...
... secure the crown for himself , he lingered in the North and paid no respect to her wishes and warnings . Knud's Sons , 1035-1042 . - But while Harthaknud loitered away his time in Denmark , his half - brother Harald , known to us in ...
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... secure a strong influence over them , which helped him greatly in his efforts to make himself king of all Denmark It was the same in Sweden , where the Ynglingar who had charge of Odin's chief temple at Uppsala were , from the first ...
... secure a strong influence over them , which helped him greatly in his efforts to make himself king of all Denmark It was the same in Sweden , where the Ynglingar who had charge of Odin's chief temple at Uppsala were , from the first ...
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... secure to Svend the crown of Denmark ; but although in that respect Svend's fortune was better than he had any right to expect , he was not without plenty of troubles . In the first CHAPTER VII Svend Estridsen, the Father of Danish Kings.
... secure to Svend the crown of Denmark ; but although in that respect Svend's fortune was better than he had any right to expect , he was not without plenty of troubles . In the first CHAPTER VII Svend Estridsen, the Father of Danish Kings.
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