History of Great Britain and Ireland: With an Account of the Present State and Resources of the United Kingdom and Its Colonies; for the Use of Schools and Private StudentsOliver, 1871 - 491 trang |
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... soon reduced the country to a state of anarchy ; and it is not improbable that Vortigern had in view the destruction of his rival when he applied for the aid of foreign arms to enable him to repel the incursions of the Picts and Scots ...
... soon reduced the country to a state of anarchy ; and it is not improbable that Vortigern had in view the destruction of his rival when he applied for the aid of foreign arms to enable him to repel the incursions of the Picts and Scots ...
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... soon vanished . The strangers , having obtained a footing in the country , and being joined by rein- forcements of their brethren , soon manifested a determination to become its masters . The distraction caused by an irruption of the ...
... soon vanished . The strangers , having obtained a footing in the country , and being joined by rein- forcements of their brethren , soon manifested a determination to become its masters . The distraction caused by an irruption of the ...
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... soon became a mere horde of savages , whose chief pursuits were piracy and bloodshed , and whose only home was the stormy ocean . " The might of the tempest aids the arms of our rowers , " said they ; " the hurricane is our servant ...
... soon became a mere horde of savages , whose chief pursuits were piracy and bloodshed , and whose only home was the stormy ocean . " The might of the tempest aids the arms of our rowers , " said they ; " the hurricane is our servant ...
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... soon afterwards , however , defeated another formidable squadron , which so dispirited the Danish king Guthrun , who kept possession of Exeter , that he capitulated , gave hostages , and withdrew his army into Mercia . He did not ...
... soon afterwards , however , defeated another formidable squadron , which so dispirited the Danish king Guthrun , who kept possession of Exeter , that he capitulated , gave hostages , and withdrew his army into Mercia . He did not ...
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... soon afterwards instigated a general rising of the people , the abbot returned from his exile , and Edgar , Edwy's brother , was proclaimed sovereign of all England north of the Thames . To fill up the measure of their ven- geance ...
... soon afterwards instigated a general rising of the people , the abbot returned from his exile , and Edgar , Edwy's brother , was proclaimed sovereign of all England north of the Thames . To fill up the measure of their ven- geance ...
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