A Student's History of England from the Earliest Times to 1885, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... greater now that Gaul was under Roman rule than they had been when its Celtic tribes were still independent . Yet , in spite of the growth of trade , Britain was still a rude and barbarous country . Its exports were but cattle and hides ...
... greater now that Gaul was under Roman rule than they had been when its Celtic tribes were still independent . Yet , in spite of the growth of trade , Britain was still a rude and barbarous country . Its exports were but cattle and hides ...
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... greater was the number of Britons preserved alive . II . English and Welsh .-- The bulk of the population on the eastern and southern coasts was undoubtedly English . English institutions and English language took firm root . The ...
... greater was the number of Britons preserved alive . II . English and Welsh .-- The bulk of the population on the eastern and southern coasts was undoubtedly English . English institutions and English language took firm root . The ...
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... greater than the Ealdorman's , and his warriors were more numerous than those which the Ealdorman had led . He must come of a royal family-- that is , of one supposed to be descended from the god Woden . As it was necessary that he ...
... greater than the Ealdorman's , and his warriors were more numerous than those which the Ealdorman had led . He must come of a royal family-- that is , of one supposed to be descended from the god Woden . As it was necessary that he ...
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... greater part of what had once been known as Upper Britain . ( See p . 25. ) This territory was inhabited by a mixed population of Britons and Goidels , with an isolated body of Picts in Galloway . A common danger from the English fused ...
... greater part of what had once been known as Upper Britain . ( See p . 25. ) This territory was inhabited by a mixed population of Britons and Goidels , with an isolated body of Picts in Galloway . A common danger from the English fused ...
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... greater part of the small states which still existed — Sussex , Kent , Essex , East Anglia , and most of the small kingdoms of central England - were no longer bordered by a Celtic population . For them the war of conquest and defence ...
... greater part of the small states which still existed — Sussex , Kent , Essex , East Anglia , and most of the small kingdoms of central England - were no longer bordered by a Celtic population . For them the war of conquest and defence ...
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