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... whole extent of the western coast , from the Firth of Clyde to the extreme promontory of Cornwall ; and the principal cities of the inland country still opposed the arms of the barbarians . Resistance became more languid as the number ...
... whole extent of the western coast , from the Firth of Clyde to the extreme promontory of Cornwall ; and the principal cities of the inland country still opposed the arms of the barbarians . Resistance became more languid as the number ...
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... new and strange , and I cannot believe them all at once , nor can I leave all that I and my fathers and the whole 5 Gaul here means modern France . English folk have believed so long . But I see 14 PROSE READINGS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY .
... new and strange , and I cannot believe them all at once , nor can I leave all that I and my fathers and the whole 5 Gaul here means modern France . English folk have believed so long . But I see 14 PROSE READINGS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY .
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... whole story of the life of Christ , future judgment , purgatory , hell and heaven . All who heard it thought it divinely given . " Others after him , " says Bæda , " tried to make religious poems , but none could vie with him , for he ...
... whole story of the life of Christ , future judgment , purgatory , hell and heaven . All who heard it thought it divinely given . " Others after him , " says Bæda , " tried to make religious poems , but none could vie with him , for he ...
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... whole of his life , poetry continued to be his solace and amusement in trouble and care . It chanced one day that Alfred's mother , Osburgha , showed to him and his brothers a volume of Anglo - Saxon poetry which she possessed . " He ...
... whole of his life , poetry continued to be his solace and amusement in trouble and care . It chanced one day that Alfred's mother , Osburgha , showed to him and his brothers a volume of Anglo - Saxon poetry which she possessed . " He ...
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... whole South and East of England , who were armed as they could arm themselves , many of them very badly . Most of them had no coats of mail or other armour , and many had neither swords nor 1 Thanes were nobles who were bound to fight ...
... whole South and East of England , who were armed as they could arm themselves , many of them very badly . Most of them had no coats of mail or other armour , and many had neither swords nor 1 Thanes were nobles who were bound to fight ...
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