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... interest which this spot has claimed from the earliest ages in the pages of history . . The stranger , who in the present day is borne rapidly along the railway through the slopes and luxuriant hop- gardens of Kent , cannot fail to be ...
... interest which this spot has claimed from the earliest ages in the pages of history . . The stranger , who in the present day is borne rapidly along the railway through the slopes and luxuriant hop- gardens of Kent , cannot fail to be ...
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... interests , and not only made the monasteries a common butt for the con- tempt and scorn of the populace , but even struck a deep blow at the internal organization and peace of these institutions . The voice of public opinion , which ...
... interests , and not only made the monasteries a common butt for the con- tempt and scorn of the populace , but even struck a deep blow at the internal organization and peace of these institutions . The voice of public opinion , which ...
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... interests of real life . And , in truth , the theology of this new school remained free from the dryness and abstruseness of the older systems as long as it adhered to its original popular mode of preaching , in which the subject was ...
... interests of real life . And , in truth , the theology of this new school remained free from the dryness and abstruseness of the older systems as long as it adhered to its original popular mode of preaching , in which the subject was ...
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... interest in the administration was taken into such slight account , that the sovereign caused a summons to be issued chiefly on the ground of special confidence or personal acquaint- ance , and probably also with reference to the value ...
... interest in the administration was taken into such slight account , that the sovereign caused a summons to be issued chiefly on the ground of special confidence or personal acquaint- ance , and probably also with reference to the value ...
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... interest to summon a majority of prelates -indeed , often more than double the number of the tem- poral lords - a proof how much they needed the support of the clergy against the assumptions of the several noble families who were at ...
... interest to summon a majority of prelates -indeed , often more than double the number of the tem- poral lords - a proof how much they needed the support of the clergy against the assumptions of the several noble families who were at ...
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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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