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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... story of King Lear . But all these legends , the cherished lore of the Monasteries , were the assured belief of the ... stories enough for the gratification of the most romantic temper . For , in the real narratives of that ancestry , we ...
... story of King Lear . But all these legends , the cherished lore of the Monasteries , were the assured belief of the ... stories enough for the gratification of the most romantic temper . For , in the real narratives of that ancestry , we ...
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... story of their conquest , have exhibited , with a just admiration , some heroic examples of this national character . Upon the shores , then , of this our Britain , in the latter part of the summer of the year 55 before the birth of the ...
... story of their conquest , have exhibited , with a just admiration , some heroic examples of this national character . Upon the shores , then , of this our Britain , in the latter part of the summer of the year 55 before the birth of the ...
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... story of Caligula : * Thiers that of Napo- leon . The parallel is somewhat remarkable . In the centre of an amphitheatre , on the margin of the sea , was erected a throne for the CALGARY SAICA Claudius . SC AV French emperor . Be- fore ...
... story of Caligula : * Thiers that of Napo- leon . The parallel is somewhat remarkable . In the centre of an amphitheatre , on the margin of the sea , was erected a throne for the CALGARY SAICA Claudius . SC AV French emperor . Be- fore ...
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... story of a great æra in the life of our nation , whose influence will be permanent when even these mighty ruins shall be swept away . Burgh Castle ( Gariannonum ) is situated at the junction of the Waveney and the Yare . The east wall ...
... story of a great æra in the life of our nation , whose influence will be permanent when even these mighty ruins shall be swept away . Burgh Castle ( Gariannonum ) is situated at the junction of the Waveney and the Yare . The east wall ...
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... story of whose martyrdom , soiled and worse martyred with the fabling zeal of some idle fancies , more fond of miracles than apprehensive of truth , deserves not longer digression . " The legend of Saint Alban , as told by Bede , has ...
... story of whose martyrdom , soiled and worse martyred with the fabling zeal of some idle fancies , more fond of miracles than apprehensive of truth , deserves not longer digression . " The legend of Saint Alban , as told by Bede , has ...
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