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... English in most of the large monasteries . The English language seemed in danger of dying out . French was the language of the Court and the nobles - even of the English nobles who wished to be considered as well bred as the Norman ...
... English in most of the large monasteries . The English language seemed in danger of dying out . French was the language of the Court and the nobles - even of the English nobles who wished to be considered as well bred as the Norman ...
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... English subjects about the number of needy Scots who had followed him to England and had been given places and fortunes , and he was de- termined to stop all unseemly jesting on the subject ; so when it was pointed out to him that in ...
... English subjects about the number of needy Scots who had followed him to England and had been given places and fortunes , and he was de- termined to stop all unseemly jesting on the subject ; so when it was pointed out to him that in ...
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... English very quickly , and learning the duties of an English sailor . Then he went to London , and , after some trouble , shipped as an able seaman on board the Duke of Sutherland , bound for Australia . The next fifteen years were ...
... English very quickly , and learning the duties of an English sailor . Then he went to London , and , after some trouble , shipped as an able seaman on board the Duke of Sutherland , bound for Australia . The next fifteen years were ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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