The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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... English Capitals , from York Cathedral 854 471 Decorated English Capitals , from York Cathedral 514 Mounting of a Cannon , from Froissart . MS . in the British Museum 9333 9 9 93 870 871 871 872 874 874 874 854 472 to 481 Progressive ...
... English Capitals , from York Cathedral 854 471 Decorated English Capitals , from York Cathedral 514 Mounting of a Cannon , from Froissart . MS . in the British Museum 9333 9 9 93 870 871 871 872 874 874 874 854 472 to 481 Progressive ...
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... English by Aaron Thompson , 8vo . Lond . 1718. An analysis of the work is given by Mr. Geo . Ellis , in his Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances , vol . i . sec . 3. The Brut of Tysilio is printed in the second volume of the ...
... English by Aaron Thompson , 8vo . Lond . 1718. An analysis of the work is given by Mr. Geo . Ellis , in his Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances , vol . i . sec . 3. The Brut of Tysilio is printed in the second volume of the ...
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... English ( the au- thor means the pronunciation of English by the Scotch Highlanders ) , there is an opening for a curious inquiry I never met with . " - pp . 141 , 145 . + History of Ireland , p . 103. The view that has been taken of ...
... English ( the au- thor means the pronunciation of English by the Scotch Highlanders ) , there is an opening for a curious inquiry I never met with . " - pp . 141 , 145 . + History of Ireland , p . 103. The view that has been taken of ...
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... English , was honourably kept . During the four following years the Danes continued their de- sultory invasions ; and when ( in 998 ) Ethelred had got ready a strong fleet and army to oppose them , some of his own officers gave the ...
... English , was honourably kept . During the four following years the Danes continued their de- sultory invasions ; and when ( in 998 ) Ethelred had got ready a strong fleet and army to oppose them , some of his own officers gave the ...
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... English had known since the days of Alfred and Athelstane . He was cheerful and accessible to all his subjects , without distinction of race or nation . He took pleasure in old songs and ballads , of which both Danes and Saxons were ...
... English had known since the days of Alfred and Athelstane . He was cheerful and accessible to all his subjects , without distinction of race or nation . He took pleasure in old songs and ballads , of which both Danes and Saxons were ...
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