History of Great Britain and IrelandOliver and Boyd, 1868 - 517 trang |
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... formed the groundwork of the most affecting of all Shakspeare's tragedies . 3. SCOTLAND . - The Scottish historians were resolved not to be behind their neighbours in the antiquity which they claimed for their nation . Their story was ...
... formed the groundwork of the most affecting of all Shakspeare's tragedies . 3. SCOTLAND . - The Scottish historians were resolved not to be behind their neighbours in the antiquity which they claimed for their nation . Their story was ...
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... formed without some of its leaves . The mistletoe , when found growing upon it , was cut by the arch - druid with a golden knife , and the day of its gathering was kept as a solemn religious festival . Besides their natural temples in ...
... formed without some of its leaves . The mistletoe , when found growing upon it , was cut by the arch - druid with a golden knife , and the day of its gathering was kept as a solemn religious festival . Besides their natural temples in ...
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... formed three states , Northumbria , Mercia , and Wessex , which had subverted or absorbed all the others . Sometimes a part , at other times the whole , of the Saxon states were united under one leader , who was called the Bret- walda ...
... formed three states , Northumbria , Mercia , and Wessex , which had subverted or absorbed all the others . Sometimes a part , at other times the whole , of the Saxon states were united under one leader , who was called the Bret- walda ...
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... formed an extensive king- dom from the river Tweed to the extremity of Cornwall . EXERCISES . 1. From what part of Europe did the people called Saxons come ? Were they all strictly Saxons , or did they consist partly of other tribes ...
... formed an extensive king- dom from the river Tweed to the extremity of Cornwall . EXERCISES . 1. From what part of Europe did the people called Saxons come ? Were they all strictly Saxons , or did they consist partly of other tribes ...
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... clergy practised image - worship to a great extent , and a belief in purgatory formed part of their creed . Penance , confession , and expiatory masses for the dead were strictly enforced , 32 FROM THE DEATH OF ALFRED.
... clergy practised image - worship to a great extent , and a belief in purgatory formed part of their creed . Penance , confession , and expiatory masses for the dead were strictly enforced , 32 FROM THE DEATH OF ALFRED.
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