Of the Britons before the arrival of the Romans-Henry IIIT. Davies, in Russel-street, 1771 |
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... monarchs may ftill be allowed to enjoy . the power of controlling the encroach- ments of the great at home . A king may easily be restrained from doing wrong , as he is but one man ; but if a number of the great are permitted to divide ...
... monarchs may ftill be allowed to enjoy . the power of controlling the encroach- ments of the great at home . A king may easily be restrained from doing wrong , as he is but one man ; but if a number of the great are permitted to divide ...
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... monarch accepting of a festival from Hengift , three hundred of his nobility were treacherously flaughtered , and himself detained as a captive . Be these facts as they may , it is certain that the affairs of the Britons gradually ...
... monarch accepting of a festival from Hengift , three hundred of his nobility were treacherously flaughtered , and himself detained as a captive . Be these facts as they may , it is certain that the affairs of the Britons gradually ...
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... monarch , however , after the death of Edwin , relapfed into his former idolatry , at the perfuafion of his wife . But upon his decease , Sigebert , his half - brother , who had been educated in France , reftored Christianity , and ...
... monarch , however , after the death of Edwin , relapfed into his former idolatry , at the perfuafion of his wife . But upon his decease , Sigebert , his half - brother , who had been educated in France , reftored Christianity , and ...
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... monarch inherit- ed the military virtues of Ceodwalla , but im- proved by policy , juftice , and prudence . He made war upon the Britons , who yet remained in Somerset , and having totally fubdued that province , he treated the ...
... monarch inherit- ed the military virtues of Ceodwalla , but im- proved by policy , juftice , and prudence . He made war upon the Britons , who yet remained in Somerset , and having totally fubdued that province , he treated the ...
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... monarch as Brithric , he withdrew fe- cretly into France , to the court of Charle- magne , at that time the most polished prince of Europe . This was a school , in which young Egbert failed not to make a rapid proficiency ; and he foon ...
... monarch as Brithric , he withdrew fe- cretly into France , to the court of Charle- magne , at that time the most polished prince of Europe . This was a school , in which young Egbert failed not to make a rapid proficiency ; and he foon ...
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