The History of England: The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest ... In three volumesLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839 |
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... chiefs ; and the conflicts of capricious and sanguinary robbery were exchanged for the possession and inheritance of property in its various sorts ; for trades and manufactures , for useful luxuries , peaceful industry , and domestic ...
... chiefs ; and the conflicts of capricious and sanguinary robbery were exchanged for the possession and inheritance of property in its various sorts ; for trades and manufactures , for useful luxuries , peaceful industry , and domestic ...
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... chief delights of this king were , the coursing of swift hounds , whose clamour during the sport he was eager to cheer , and the flights of birds whose nature it is to pursue their kindred prey . Every day , after his morning devotions ...
... chief delights of this king were , the coursing of swift hounds , whose clamour during the sport he was eager to cheer , and the flights of birds whose nature it is to pursue their kindred prey . Every day , after his morning devotions ...
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... chief mansion at Gyrstingthorpe , with all the property that stood thereon , both provisions and men . 45 Wynfleda , in her will , gives to her daughter the land at Ebbelesburn , and those men , the property , and all that thereon be ...
... chief mansion at Gyrstingthorpe , with all the property that stood thereon , both provisions and men . 45 Wynfleda , in her will , gives to her daughter the land at Ebbelesburn , and those men , the property , and all that thereon be ...
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... chief criterions of the general estimation . The delicacy and ingenuity of the workmanship were not yet allowed to be able to surpass the substantial worth . No commendation called them into existence ; none sought to acquire them ...
... chief criterions of the general estimation . The delicacy and ingenuity of the workmanship were not yet allowed to be able to surpass the substantial worth . No commendation called them into existence ; none sought to acquire them ...
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... chief seat of all these wonders is declared to have been Thessaly ; and so popular was the notion of witchcraft among those nations whom in our youth we are taught almost exclusively to admire , that even philosophers thought that they ...
... chief seat of all these wonders is declared to have been Thessaly ; and so popular was the notion of witchcraft among those nations whom in our youth we are taught almost exclusively to admire , that even philosophers thought that they ...
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