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... once conceived a wish for the conversion of England . So after he had become Pope , he , in 597 , sent into Britain a band of monks having at their head Augustine , after- wards styled Saint . Æthelbert King of Kent , who was the most ...
... once conceived a wish for the conversion of England . So after he had become Pope , he , in 597 , sent into Britain a band of monks having at their head Augustine , after- wards styled Saint . Æthelbert King of Kent , who was the most ...
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... once began to quarrel again . Besides this , they disputed as to which of Edgar's sons should be King ; but finally the elder , Edward , was elected . After a reign of less than four years , the young King was murdered at Corfes Gate ...
... once began to quarrel again . Besides this , they disputed as to which of Edgar's sons should be King ; but finally the elder , Edward , was elected . After a reign of less than four years , the young King was murdered at Corfes Gate ...
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... once at the Norman court , had , willingly or unwillingly , sworn to support William . King Edward was buried in his own new Minster , where he was soon honoured as a saint ; for , though he utterly neglected his duties as a ruler , he ...
... once at the Norman court , had , willingly or unwillingly , sworn to support William . King Edward was buried in his own new Minster , where he was soon honoured as a saint ; for , though he utterly neglected his duties as a ruler , he ...
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... once was a dreary moor or fen . Westminster Abbey was built upon what was then a thicket - grown island or peninsula , enclosed by river and streams and marshes , and called Thorn - ey , that is , the Isle of Thorns . By the Abbey was ...
... once was a dreary moor or fen . Westminster Abbey was built upon what was then a thicket - grown island or peninsula , enclosed by river and streams and marshes , and called Thorn - ey , that is , the Isle of Thorns . By the Abbey was ...
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... once his donjon , keep , or tower was built , he was king of the country round , and , until regular siege was laid to it , might laugh at the law . But though a strong , it was a dark and dreary dwelling . A splendid specimen of the ...
... once his donjon , keep , or tower was built , he was king of the country round , and , until regular siege was laid to it , might laugh at the law . But though a strong , it was a dark and dreary dwelling . A splendid specimen of the ...
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