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... important emendations . The following is a list , drawn up by Dr. Pauli himself , of the various authorities which he has con- sulted in the composition of the several chapters : - CHAPTER I. - Historical Memorials of Canterbury , by ...
... important emendations . The following is a list , drawn up by Dr. Pauli himself , of the various authorities which he has con- sulted in the composition of the several chapters : - CHAPTER I. - Historical Memorials of Canterbury , by ...
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... importance - London was compelled to yield to a neighbouring spot , to which appertains a higher honour , and to which ... important intermediate station on the great road which led from the sea - coast to the city on the Thames ; but it ...
... importance - London was compelled to yield to a neighbouring spot , to which appertains a higher honour , and to which ... important intermediate station on the great road which led from the sea - coast to the city on the Thames ; but it ...
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... important ceremony of baptism , which in its results , was nearly as momentous an event as the conversion of Constantine the Great , or of Clovis , the Franco - Gallic prince . We are scarcely disposed , how- ever , to grant that the ...
... important ceremony of baptism , which in its results , was nearly as momentous an event as the conversion of Constantine the Great , or of Clovis , the Franco - Gallic prince . We are scarcely disposed , how- ever , to grant that the ...
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... important building founded by Ethelbert and Augustine was the great monastery , dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul , and situated close to the city walls , but outside them . It was destined to be the principal abode of the new ...
... important building founded by Ethelbert and Augustine was the great monastery , dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul , and situated close to the city walls , but outside them . It was destined to be the principal abode of the new ...
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... important agents in the mechanism of the secular State , whilst on the other hand , the tendency of the new interpretation of the canonical right of the Church , which had originated with William the Con- queror's great cotemporary ...
... important agents in the mechanism of the secular State , whilst on the other hand , the tendency of the new interpretation of the canonical right of the Church , which had originated with William the Con- queror's great cotemporary ...
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