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... took the place of the Paleolithic men . They are known as Neo . stone , Yorks . ( Evans . ) Neolithic celt or cutting in- strument from Guernsey . ( Evans . ) lithic , or men of the new stone age , because their stone implements were of ...
... took the place of the Paleolithic men . They are known as Neo . stone , Yorks . ( Evans . ) Neolithic celt or cutting in- strument from Guernsey . ( Evans . ) lithic , or men of the new stone age , because their stone implements were of ...
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... took possession of their lands , and , stepping into their place , established over the tribes chieftains who were now dependent on the Emperor instead of on Togidumnus and Caractacus . Claudius himself came for a brief visit to receive ...
... took possession of their lands , and , stepping into their place , established over the tribes chieftains who were now dependent on the Emperor instead of on Togidumnus and Caractacus . Claudius himself came for a brief visit to receive ...
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... took them into his service against the Picts , giving them the Isle of Thanet as a dwelling - place for themselves . With their help he defeated the Picts , but afterwards found himself unable to defend himself against his fierce ...
... took them into his service against the Picts , giving them the Isle of Thanet as a dwelling - place for themselves . With their help he defeated the Picts , but afterwards found himself unable to defend himself against his fierce ...
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... took place in the country cannot be certainly known . Many of the British were no doubt killed . Many took refuge in fens or woods , or fled to those portions of the island in which their countrymen were still independent . It is ...
... took place in the country cannot be certainly known . Many of the British were no doubt killed . Many took refuge in fens or woods , or fled to those portions of the island in which their countrymen were still independent . It is ...
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... took possession of half the city for them- selves , and left the remainder to the Welsh . Ine was , however , checked by fresh outbreaks of the subordinate Æthelings , and in 726 he gave up the struggle and went on a pilgrimage to Rome ...
... took possession of half the city for them- selves , and left the remainder to the Welsh . Ine was , however , checked by fresh outbreaks of the subordinate Æthelings , and in 726 he gave up the struggle and went on a pilgrimage to Rome ...
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Page 519 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 418 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
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Page 546 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Page 520 - A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream, and solemn vision, Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal.
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Page 540 - are most of them old decayed serving-men, and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality; do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen, that have honour and courage and resolution in them...
Page 540 - You must get men of a spirit, and take it not ill what I say — I know you will not — of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else you will be beaten still.