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... Pope , who remained firm to his pur- pose , encouraged them to persevere . After they had traversed the whole of Gaul , and reached the sea - coast , they crossed from the territories of the Morini to the shores of Kent , and landed on ...
... Pope , who remained firm to his pur- pose , encouraged them to persevere . After they had traversed the whole of Gaul , and reached the sea - coast , they crossed from the territories of the Morini to the shores of Kent , and landed on ...
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... Pope had long since heard , married Bertha , a Merovingian prin- cess of the race of Clovis , who was permitted by this tolerant worshipper of Woden to exercise her orthodox faith without hindrance , and who had even been suffered . to ...
... Pope had long since heard , married Bertha , a Merovingian prin- cess of the race of Clovis , who was permitted by this tolerant worshipper of Woden to exercise her orthodox faith without hindrance , and who had even been suffered . to ...
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... Pope's special injunction to win the affections of the people , by studiously adhering to spots that had been hallowed to them by their earlier heathen worship , was obeyed , and the pagan fane converted by purification and consecration ...
... Pope's special injunction to win the affections of the people , by studiously adhering to spots that had been hallowed to them by their earlier heathen worship , was obeyed , and the pagan fane converted by purification and consecration ...
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... Pope Syl- vester . The building was dedicated to the Saviour , and it bears to this day the name of Christ Church Cathedral . The original church , of which not a trace now remains , is said , in many of its features , to have been an ...
... Pope Syl- vester . The building was dedicated to the Saviour , and it bears to this day the name of Christ Church Cathedral . The original church , of which not a trace now remains , is said , in many of its features , to have been an ...
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... Pope Gregory , the champion of the Lord , sent him forth to carry the glad tidings of the Gospel over the salt waves of the sea to those who dwell in the islands . " To a later age , and to a very different sphere of ideas , belongs ...
... Pope Gregory , the champion of the Lord , sent him forth to carry the glad tidings of the Gospel over the salt waves of the sea to those who dwell in the islands . " To a later age , and to a very different sphere of ideas , belongs ...
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Page 5 - European History, Narrated in a Series of Historical Selections from the best Authorities. Edited and arranged by EM SEWELL and CM YONGE. First Series, crown 8vo. 6s. ; Second Series, 1088-1228, crown 8vo. 6s. Third Edition. " We know of scarcely anything," says the GUARDIAN, of this volume, "which is so likely to raise to a higher level the average standard of English education.
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