The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1856 - Great Britain |
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... become to all a wondrous reality - the story of King Lear . But all these legends , the cherished lore of the Monasteries , were the assured belief of the chivalric ages . Spenser has versified them ; Milton has embodied them in stately ...
... become to all a wondrous reality - the story of King Lear . But all these legends , the cherished lore of the Monasteries , were the assured belief of the chivalric ages . Spenser has versified them ; Milton has embodied them in stately ...
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... become acquainted with it . " " Nothing in the early existence of Britain indicated the greatness which * Flavius Josephus , lib . ii . c . 16 . + P. Chevalier , La Bretagne , p . 639 . THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN . she was destined to attain.
... become acquainted with it . " " Nothing in the early existence of Britain indicated the greatness which * Flavius Josephus , lib . ii . c . 16 . + P. Chevalier , La Bretagne , p . 639 . THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN . she was destined to attain.
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... beasts . " Ptolemy , the Geographer , who flourished about a century and a half after the Romans had become acquainted with Britain , describes its * Hist . , lib . v . c . 31 . 6 CESAR'S INVASION . * [ B.C. 55 . inhabitants.
... beasts . " Ptolemy , the Geographer , who flourished about a century and a half after the Romans had become acquainted with Britain , describes its * Hist . , lib . v . c . 31 . 6 CESAR'S INVASION . * [ B.C. 55 . inhabitants.
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... beasts . ' Ptolemy , the Geographer , who flourished about a century and a half after the Romans had become acquainted with Britain , describes its Hist . , lib . v . c . 31 . CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY . [ A.D. 37 . the.
... beasts . ' Ptolemy , the Geographer , who flourished about a century and a half after the Romans had become acquainted with Britain , describes its Hist . , lib . v . c . 31 . CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY . [ A.D. 37 . the.
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... , in the lapse of ages , become again a country of dense woods and impervious marshes - if the A.D. 37. ] CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY . 11 record. Druidical Circle at Darab . Chariots . From Flaxman . General view of Abury -
... , in the lapse of ages , become again a country of dense woods and impervious marshes - if the A.D. 37. ] CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY . 11 record. Druidical Circle at Darab . Chariots . From Flaxman . General view of Abury -
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