The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688C. Corrall, 1811 - 418 trang |
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... throne , had despoiled the island of those who , in this desperate extremity , were best able to de- fend it . The Picts and Scots , finding that thé Romans had finally relinquished Britain , now regarded the whole as their prey , and ...
... throne , had despoiled the island of those who , in this desperate extremity , were best able to de- fend it . The Picts and Scots , finding that thé Romans had finally relinquished Britain , now regarded the whole as their prey , and ...
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... throne , accepted of a banquet from Hengist at Stone- henge , where 300 of his nobility were treache- rously slaughtered , and himself detained captive . But these stories seem to have been invented by the Welsh authors , in order to ...
... throne , accepted of a banquet from Hengist at Stone- henge , where 300 of his nobility were treache- rously slaughtered , and himself detained captive . But these stories seem to have been invented by the Welsh authors , in order to ...
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... throne of Mercia , the most extensive of the Saxon kingdoms . Apprehensive , however , of a dangerous league against him , like that by which he himself had been enabled to overthrow Ceaulin , he had the prudence to resign the king- dom ...
... throne of Mercia , the most extensive of the Saxon kingdoms . Apprehensive , however , of a dangerous league against him , like that by which he himself had been enabled to overthrow Ceaulin , he had the prudence to resign the king- dom ...
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... throne , had once embraced , of converting the British Saxons . It happened , that this prelate , at that time in a private station , had observed in the market- place of Rome , some Saxon youth exposed to sale , whom the Roman ...
... throne , had once embraced , of converting the British Saxons . It happened , that this prelate , at that time in a private station , had observed in the market- place of Rome , some Saxon youth exposed to sale , whom the Roman ...
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... throne . He is celebrated by Bede for two exploits ; for establishing the fast of Lent in his kingdom , and for utterly extirpating idolatry ; which , notwithstanding the prevalence of Chris- tianity , had hitherto been tolerated by the ...
... throne . He is celebrated by Bede for two exploits ; for establishing the fast of Lent in his kingdom , and for utterly extirpating idolatry ; which , notwithstanding the prevalence of Chris- tianity , had hitherto been tolerated by the ...
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