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... returned to York ; Charlemagne , who had sought to retain him , still maintaining direct relations by investing Alcuin with the office of ambassador to Offa , King of Mercia . After a stay of not quite two years in England , Alcuin returned ...
... returned to York ; Charlemagne , who had sought to retain him , still maintaining direct relations by investing Alcuin with the office of ambassador to Offa , King of Mercia . After a stay of not quite two years in England , Alcuin returned ...
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... returned to Scotland with a secret understanding that she was returned for execution . Then it was that the Casket Letters were first published to the world . George Buchanan published anonymously in Latin , an enforcement of the ...
... returned to Scotland with a secret understanding that she was returned for execution . Then it was that the Casket Letters were first published to the world . George Buchanan published anonymously in Latin , an enforcement of the ...
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... returned home , I soon made a visit to him to welcome him into the country . After some common discourses had passed between us , he called for a manuscript of his , which , being brought , he delivered to me , bidding me take it home ...
... returned home , I soon made a visit to him to welcome him into the country . After some common discourses had passed between us , he called for a manuscript of his , which , being brought , he delivered to me , bidding me take it home ...
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