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... already remarked , lay close to , but just without , the city walls ; and here we are again reminded of Augustine's efforts to transfer , as far as possible , the local peculiarities of his former residence in Rome to his new home ...
... already remarked , lay close to , but just without , the city walls ; and here we are again reminded of Augustine's efforts to transfer , as far as possible , the local peculiarities of his former residence in Rome to his new home ...
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... already mentioned , Augustine laid the foundation . We know but little of the history of the original building , but it is certain that , in the eighth century , there arose in con- nexion with it a Benedictine monastery , which ...
... already mentioned , Augustine laid the foundation . We know but little of the history of the original building , but it is certain that , in the eighth century , there arose in con- nexion with it a Benedictine monastery , which ...
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... already growing dark and vespers had begun , most of the monks had collected together inside the church , but some , braver than the rest , hastened back to secure the gates and then hurried to the apartment of the archbishop , whom ...
... already growing dark and vespers had begun , most of the monks had collected together inside the church , but some , braver than the rest , hastened back to secure the gates and then hurried to the apartment of the archbishop , whom ...
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... already performed by the remains of the heroic martyr . Before three years had passed , Pope Alexander IIl . who had taken up Becket's cause , proclaimed his canon- isation ; and thus St. Thomas of Canterbury , whom the Catholic world ...
... already performed by the remains of the heroic martyr . Before three years had passed , Pope Alexander IIl . who had taken up Becket's cause , proclaimed his canon- isation ; and thus St. Thomas of Canterbury , whom the Catholic world ...
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... already alluded , and con- sequently a long interval elapsed before the relics could be taken from their concealed resting place and deposited beneath a more suitable monument . It was not till the year 1220 , fifty years after the ...
... already alluded , and con- sequently a long interval elapsed before the relics could be taken from their concealed resting place and deposited beneath a more suitable monument . It was not till the year 1220 , fifty years after the ...
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